Maintenance Electrician
South East Queensland | Permanent Full-Time | Day & Night Shift Opportunities | Overtime Available
Join a high-performing engineering team

An established Australian food manufacturer is seeking an experienced Maintenance Electrician to join its engineering team.

Supporting a large-scale 24/7 processing facility, you'll play a key role in maintaining plant reliability, responding to electrical breakdowns and driving continuous improvement.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys electrical fault finding, preventative maintenance and improving equipment reliability within a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

The Role

Reporting to the Electrical Supervisor, you'll work across a diverse range of automated production equipment, carrying out electrical fault finding, preventative maintenance and equipment improvements to maximise plant performance.

Your responsibilities will include:

- Responding to electrical breakdowns and restoring plant operation safely and efficiently.

- Completing preventative and planned electrical maintenance.

- Fault finding across PLC-controlled production equipment.

- Maintaining motors, VSDs, sensors, conveyors, instrumentation and automated processing equipment.

- Assisting with equipment upgrades, installations and commissioning.

- Diagnosing and resolving electrical faults to minimise downtime.

- Participating in planned shutdowns and reliability improvement projects.

- Working closely with Production to minimise downtime and improve plant performance.

- Identifying opportunities to improve reliability, safety and operational efficiency.





About You

To be successful, you'll ideally possess:

- Current Electrical Licence.

- Experience as a Maintenance Electrician within food manufacturing, FMCG, beverage, dairy, meat processing or another continuous manufacturing environment.

- Strong electrical fault-finding and diagnostic skills.

- Experience working with PLC-controlled equipment.

- Knowledge of motors, drives, control systems and industrial electrical equipment.

- A proactive approach to preventative maintenance and continuous improvement.

- Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively with Production and fellow tradespeople.

- Commitment to workplace safety and quality standards.

What's on Offer

- Permanent full-time position.

- Competitive hourly rate plus penalties and overtime.

- Weekly pay.

- Stable employment with a growing Australian manufacturer.

- Modern manufacturing facility with ongoing capital investment.

- Supportive engineering leadership team.

- Ongoing training and development.

- Genuine long-term career progression opportunities.

Apply

If you're an experienced Maintenance Electrician looking for a long-term chance within a modern manufacturing environment where you can make a genuine impact, we'd like to hear from you.

Please click Apply Now or contact Chris Newsham at Axxion Search for a confidential discussion.

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📌 Maintenance Electrician (Brisbane)
🏢 Axxion Search
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