Electrical Maintenance Technician

2 weeks ago

Southern Highlands, Australia Orion Full time

**Job description**:
Job Title - Electrical Maintenance Technician
Location Invergordon
Key Skills & Requirements
- Qualified time served Electrician or Electrical maintenance technician with a minimum of 4 years relevant experience in an industrial environment
- C&G/NVQ Qualification or equivalent
- 18th Edition Qualification
- Analytical capacity to identify and address technical issues/opportunities which can impact upon production and quality

Purpose of the Job
As part of the Maintenance team the Electrical Maintenance Technician will assist in fault diagnosis and repair activities on key technical process equipment and provide support to production teams on technical process equipment as required. They will work closely with all staff in each area to ensure the smooth running of core business plant, optimising the productivity of machinery, equipment, proactively working to eliminate plant downtime and make improvements to the processes and ensuring the site and facility infrastructure is tested and maintained in accordance with current legislation.
Required
- Qualified time served Electrician or Electrical maintenance technician with a minimum of 4 years relevant experience in an industrial environment
- C&G/NVQ Qualification or equivalent
- 18th Edition Qualification
- Analytical capacity to identify and address technical issues/opportunities which can impact upon production and quality
- Experience of motor controls, temperature and pressure sensing and control systems
- Experience of planned preventative maintenance systems
- Experience in troubleshooting installation, fault finding, and repairs
- Able to read electrical drawings for fault diagnosis and isolation of circuits
- Computer literate

Desirable
- PLC Knowledge (Siemens S7)
- InTouch Wonderware Scada experience
- Knowledge of variable speed drives and soft starts
- High voltage 11KV experience
- Knowledge of steam systems
- Knowledge of hydraulic systems

Key Competencies
- Analysis and strategic thinking
- Effective decision making
- Results focused
- Excellent communication skills
- Problem solving ability
- Planning and organisation skills
- Proactive approach
- Capable of using own initiative

Key Responsibilities
- Completing the electrical maintenance within all areas of the plant.
- Carryout visual inspections of electrical equipment, report and repair;
- Fault diagnosis and repair using and handling appropriate electrical repair and test equipment;
- To liaise with production personnel ensuring all machinery and equipment is in proper working order;
- To carry out all maintenance duties in a safe and practical manner;
- To work with Maintenance System to carry out weekly, monthly, 6 monthly checks on all plant and equipment;
- To keep all areas clean, tidy and orderly;
- To ensure a quick response to breakdowns and emergency callout situations;
- Prepare specifications and technical detail to fully define performance on equipment, material and services.
- Perform PLC control level issue diagnosis.
- Ensure that all process changes are documented and controlled using the established change management process.
- Provide detailed analysis and testing of existing and new engineering solutions and components.
- Be responsible for incident follow-up, root cause analysis and documentation.
- Document control system and equipment configuration changes and keep the documentation updated on systems.

General and administrative
- To foster good relations and promote a good team working culture with all areas of the business.
- Communicate effectively with local management team, site personnel and contractors.
- Maintaining records of all electrical and controls related inventories.
- Complete a log of electrical repair, PLC code changes and maintenance works.
- Ensure Company policies and procedures are adhered to.
- Meet all assigned goals and assist others in accomplishing their goals.
- Attendance/participation of arranged training to ensure skill levels are maintained/improved.

Our role in supporting **_diversity_** and **_inclusion_**
As an international workforce business, we are committed to sourcing personnel that reflects the diversity and values of our client base but also that of Orion Group. We welcome the wide range of experiences and viewpoints that potential workers bring to our business and our clients, including those based on nationality, gender, culture, educational and professional backgrounds, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, and age differences, job classification and religion. In our inclusive workplace, regardless of your employment status as staff or contract, everyone is assured the right of equitable, fair and respectful treatment.

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