02 Sep
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Konnecting
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Alexandria
02 Sep
Konnecting
Alexandria
Maintenance**Electrician Sydney
$55-$60/hr Electricians | $45-$55/hr Fitters | Full-Time Permanent**
Key Benefits
- Competitive hourly rates with overtime opportunities available
- Join a stable and growing essential services operation
- Diverse role supporting industrial laundry and processing equipment
- Secure long-term employment with career development opportunities
The Opportunity An exciting prospect exists for an experienced Maintenance Electrician to join a well-established industrial services and textile processing facility in Sydney. Reporting to the Engineering Manager, you will play a critical role in ensuring the reliability, efficiency, and safety of plant equipment within a high-volume production environment. You will be responsible for preventative maintenance, breakdown response, fault finding, equipment upgrades, and continuous improvement initiatives that support daily operations.
This hands-on role is ideal for a trade-qualified Electrician or Maintenance Fitter with experience maintaining production equipment in industrial, manufacturing, processing, laundry, or automated environments.
While an Electrical Trade qualification is preferred, applications are welcomed from experienced Maintenance Fitters with strong mechanical maintenance experience and a proven track record in a production setting.
Please Note: Applicants performing electrical work must hold a current Unrestricted NSW Electrical Licence.
Key Responsibilities
- Perform preventative and corrective maintenance on industrial processing and laundry equipment
- Diagnose and repair electrical, mechanical, pneumatic and hydraulic faults
- Respond promptly to equipment breakdowns to minimise operational downtime
- Maintain and repair conveyors, pumps, motors, boilers, dryers, washers, ironers and other processing equipment
- Conduct root cause analysis and implement permanent corrective actions
- Assist with installation, commissioning and upgrades of plant equipment
- Complete maintenance records and work orders accurately
- Support spare parts inventory management
- Participate in safety, quality and environmental initiatives
- Assist with continuous improvement, LEAN manufacturing and 5S activities
- Work closely with production teams to maximise equipment reliability and plant performance
- Liaise with external contractors and equipment suppliers when required
About You****Essential
- Trade qualification as an Electrician or Maintenance Fitter
- Current Unrestricted NSW Electrical Licence(Electrician applicants only)
- Previous industrial maintenance experience
- Strong fault-finding and troubleshooting abilities
- Experience conducting preventative and corrective maintenance
- Ability to read and interpret technical drawings and manuals
- Strong commitment to workplace health and safety
- Excellent communication and teamwork skills
- Full Australian working rights
Highly Regarded
- Experience within industrial laundry, manufacturing, FMCG, food processing, logistics,
packaging,or automated production facilities
- Knowledge of conveyors, motors, pumps, gearboxes, pneumatic systems and automated machinery
- PLC fault-finding experience
- Boiler or Steam Plant experience
- Forklift Licence
- Experience using CMMS maintenance systems
- Exposure to continuous improvement and LEAN methodologies
What We're Looking For We are seeking a proactive and technically capable maintenance professional who enjoys working in a fast-paced production environment and takes pride in maintaining critical equipment to the highest standard. Candidates with experience in industrial laundry operations, textile services, manufacturing, FMCG, food processing, packaging, logistics or automated processing facilities are strongly encouraged to apply.
The successful candidate will be a hands-on problem solver with the ability to work independently while contributing positively to a collaborative maintenance team.
What's On Offer
- Permanent full time position
- Competitive hourly rates based on skills and experience
- Ongoing overtime opportunities
- Stable long-term employment with an established organisation
- Supportive leadership and engineering team
- Diverse maintenance environment with a wide range of equipment
- Opportunities for training and career progression
- Immediate start available for the right candidate
If you are an experienced Maintenance Electrician with an Unrestricted NSW Electrical Licence, or an accomplished Maintenance Fitter looking for your next challenge within a successful industrial processing operation, we encourage you to apply today.
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