Licensed Electrician – $57+/hr All-In | Commercial Fitouts & Refurb
Somerville Electric Pty Ltd – Sydney CBD NSW
Effectively $***** an hour, all-in — a permanent part of our team.
This is a permanent role with consistent work — not a casual placement that dries up when the project ends.
No "attractive rate" guessing games — here's the actual maths: $*****/hr base + $5.00/hr productivity + $40/day travel (worth ~$5/hr) = $*****/hr - under our Single Enterprise Agreement, so add super and full EBA conditions with a 36-hour week on top of that.
About Us
Somerville Electric has been wiring Sydney since ****.
We're a tight-knit, owner-led commercial contractor delivering award-winning CBD office fitouts — the kind that win MBA NSW Interior Fitout awards — plus warehousing and light industrial projects.
Our work spans feature and architectural lighting, general and dedicated power, and full structured cabling backbones (copper and fibre), with a strong pipeline booked ahead.
We value quality workmanship, reliability, and looking after our people — many of our sparkies and PMs started on the tools here and have been with us 10+ years.
The Role
We're looking for motivated Licensed Electricians for an immediate start across our commercial fitout and industrial projects in the Sydney CBD and surrounds.
Consistent work, regular overtime available, and genuine variety — high-end fitouts, structured cabling and comms installs (copper and fibre, rough-in to termination and testing), comms room builds, lighting control and feature lighting.
If you've got comms cabling skills or want to build them, you'll get plenty of it here.
What We Offer
Effectively $*****/hr all-in: $*****/hr EBA base + $5.00/hr productivity + $40/day travel (worth ~$5/hr) - full EBA rates and conditions
Leading Hand applications welcome - $*****/hr base + allowances (effectively $*****/hr+ all-in) for the right experience
36-hour week - 2 RD's every 4 Weeks
Consistent overtime at penalty rates as per or EA




Permanent role with genuine job security — solid pipeline of booked work
Variety of work: award-winning CBD fitouts, structured cabling and comms room builds, secure sites - sharpen your skills, not just pull cable
Supportive team with long-term career advancement - many of our team started on the tools and moved up
Responsibilities
Install electrical & communications cabling systems, components and equipment to high-end specifications and relevant codes
Rough-in and fit-off across CBD commercial fitout projects — general and dedicated power, feature and architectural lighting, automated lighting control and clients' critical infrastructure
Structured cabling installs — copper and fibre, containment and cable support systems, termination, testing and vendor certification
Comms room builds (MCR/FCR) — including the critical power supply, UPS systems & switchboards, racking, stacking, patching and associated IT equipment & infrastructure
Fault-finding, testing and commissioning using appropriate test instruments
Read and interpret electrical, architectural and services drawings — and coordinate with other trades on live sites
Mentor and supervise apprentices coming up behind you, in line with company supervision policy
Deliver quality workmanship safely, to program, and to the standard a high-end finish demands
Requirements
Current NSW Electrical licence
Completed electrical qualification
Current Australian driver's licence - well regarded
Construction Induction Safety certificate (White Card)
Full working rights in Australia
Experience in communications/structured cabling or Cert III Telecommunications well regarded (not essential)
Leading Hands — we want to hear from you
Running crews now, or ready to step up?
We're also considering Leading Hand applications.
You'll run a crew on our projects with real support behind you — our current PMs came up exactly this way, from Leading Hand to running multi-million dollar projects.
Leading Hand EBA rate is effectively $*****/hr+ all-in.
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📌 Licensed Electrician – $57+/Hr All-In | Commercial Fitouts & Refurb (New South Wales)
🏢 Somerville Electric
📍 New South Wales