Electrician - Leading Hand 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