TRADE QUALIFIED ELECTRICIAN

SunPork Group; Kingaroy; On-site; AUD 85,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Staff discounts on a range of products

Employee Wellbeing Benefits including

Learning and development opportunities

Job summary

Swickers Kingaroy Bacon Factory, part of SunPork Group, is seeking a maintenance electrician to support a high-volume pork processing operation in Kingaroy, QLD. You will join a safety‑focused team on a 12‑hour rotating roster to keep machinery reliable and production flowing.

Applicants must hold Trade Certificate 3 Electrotechnology Electrician and have demonstrated electrical industry experience; on‑the‑job training is available.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience in the electrical industry; on‑the‑job training available.
• Trade Certificate 3 Electrotechnology Electrician required.
• Ability to work a 12-hour rotating roster.

Responsibilities

• Act with urgency when machinery fault or breakdown occurs.
• Work methodically to ensure production runs smoothly and safely.
• Identify and solve root causes to prevent recurrence.
• Complete preventative maintenance tasks to a high standard.
• Ensure clear handover between maintenance and production teams.
• Be flexible, on call, and able to work a rotating roster.
• Hold relevant trade qualifications and licenses.
• Collaborate with other departments to support operations.
• Apply WHS practices and legislation in daily work.
• Be reliable and punctual with attendance.

Skills

Electrical industry experience

Education

Trade Certificate 3 Electrotechnology Electrician

Job description

Swickers Kingaroy Bacon Factory is an export meat processing facility, based in the South Burnett Region and is ideally located just 2 - 3 hours’ drive to Brisbane, Toowoomba, Sunshine Coast and Fraser Coast. Swickers has been in operation in Kingaroy for over 50 years and today employs approximately 800 employees.

SunPork Group is Australia’s leading farmer-owned and operated pork producer, committed to delivering the highest quality fresh Australian pork to market. With over 1,500 employees across 52 locations in Australia and New Zealand, we take pride in being a trusted name in the industry.

We’re passionate about what we do through our commitment togrowth, to ourpeopleand to theresponsible and ethical care of our animals—ensuring their wellbeing and health and comfort is at the heart of everything we do.

In joining us, you will become part of an ever-growing business – passionate about producing the best quality Aussie pork for Aussie plates – from farm to plate.

As part of the Sunpork Group, Swickers is a state-of-the-art processing facility specialising solely in the production of fresh pork and distributing it widely across Australia and internationally. Swickers processes 95% of all Queensland’s pork production, including the production of various pork value-add products for consumers worldwide. Swickers is the largest Australian owned pork processor and continues to be a market leader in pork production.

What we offer

By joining us, you will become part of an ever-growing family – passionate about providing the best quality. At SunPork we provide:

• Staff discounts on a range of products
• Employee Wellbeing Benefits including discounts to 400+ retailers
• Learning and development opportunities

The opportunity

As a member of the Maintenance team your role will workvery closelywith the facility. Our business aims to reliably and efficientlyprocess pigsand pork products to the highest levels of welfare, quality and customer satisfaction, with a strong focus on Safety, Quality and People.

Main duties will include, but are not limited to:

• Ability to act with urgency when machinery fault or breakdown occurs
• Work in a methodical manner to ensure production runs smoothly using good observation and problem-solving methodologies
• Ability to identify and solve root causes to prevent further re-occurrences
• Complete any preventative maintenance tasks given in a timely manner and to a high standard.
• Ensure clear handover of work performed between the maintenance team and production teams so that all safety and food quality standards are well managed.
• Must be able to work flexible hours, be on call and able to work in a rotating roster
• Hold relevant trade qualifications and current licenses
• Demonstrated ability to work as part of a growing and interdependent team, working collaboratively with other departments
• Knowledge of WH&S practices and legislation
• Need to be reliable & Punctual with work attendance

Job Description

What we’re looking for

Swickers has established an efficient, highly skilled yet diversified team. As a key member you will have:

• Demonstrated experience in the Electrical Industry-Previous experience in a similar role preferred, but on the job training will be available.
• Trade Certificate 3 Electrotechnology Electrician as a minimum.
• Must be able to work 12-hour even time rotating roster.

Desired Skills and Experience

SunPork is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants must have the right to work in Australia.