Electrician - Hazardous Area/Instrumentation (Experience Required)

Electrical, high voltage, data, switchboards and engineering. Providing in-house, turnkey solutions for our customers.

ARA Electrical Engineering Services are specialists in the delivery of fully integrated electrical and communications solutions. Our diverse capabilities and comprehensive engineering services enable us to provide a wide range of high quality, customer driven solutions for clients across multiple industries, including mining and resources, infrastructure, steel, oil, gas, water, sewerage, energy generation, utilities, developments, manufacturing, food and beverage, process and petrochemical, defence, data centres, computer rooms and commercial projects. With our highly skilled workforce and outstanding safety record, we remain committed to the high standard of safety and quality we deliver to our customers.

ARA Electrical is seeking an experienced Industrial Hazardous Area Electrician to perform service and installation work in the Port Botany Area 2036.
This role is ideally suited to someone from a heavy industry background with experience troubleshooting automated equipment.

Job tasks and responsibilities:

• Field service and breakdown support for a range of customers over varying industries
• Preventative and corrective maintenance
• Install & maintain electrical cabling & equipment
• Fault find electrical faults on electric motors, variable speed drives & electrical control equipment
• Breakdowns & installation services

Experience and Skills

• Be a Trade Certified and Licenced Electrician.
• Cert III Instrumentation. (not essential)
• Cert IV in Hazardous areas
• NSW Drivers Licence
• Maintenance experience in a process plant
• Have excellent knowledge of current Australian Standards
• Has a sound understanding of SCADA and PLC systems and associated ancillary software.
• Proven ability to troubleshoot and fault finding in various circuits i.e. Motor circuits, motor controllers and instruments
• Strong background in industrial automation and control systems
• Have good communication skills
• A strong commitment to safety and a safe working environment
• Dedicated to customer satisfaction
• Self-motivated with the ability to work unsupervised
• Ability and desire to participate in a rotating after-hours on-call roster
• Be motivated and have an excellent work ethic and attention to detail

Job benefits and perks:

• Remuneration as per NEW service EBA
• A supportive team with a great opportunity for growth and a safe, friendly work environment
• Permanent, long-term employment
• Opportunity to advance your career
• Availability for overtime
• Immediate start
• Company uniform supplied
• Further training to service the specialised industries we cater for
• Flexible RDOs
• Company vehicle, tablet and phone supplied