About The Role

There’s never been a better time to join Tomago Aluminium. With our long-term future secured, we’re entering a new chapter of investment, innovation and opportunity.

We’re looking for an experienced Instrumentation Technician to join our Asset Management team in a daywork role, providing hands-on technical support across calibration, maintenance, breakdown response and equipment repairs.

Working closely with production and maintenance teams, you’ll help improve equipment reliability and support the safe and productive operation of our plant. Whether you're coming from manufacturing, mining, heavy industry, utilities or a related field, this is an opportunity to build a rewarding long-term career with a business that's investing in its people and future.

What You’ll Be Doing

You'll help maintain and improve critical plant equipment, ensuring safe, reliable and efficient operations across one of Australia's largest manufacturing sites.

No two days will be quite the same. You’ll work across our operation to:

- Carry out planned maintenance and timely, effective equipment repairs
- Troubleshoot instrumentation and control issues
- Repair, test and calibrate electronic and instrumentation equipment
- Provide technical support to production and field maintenance teams
- Contribute to improvements across our process control systems
- Work collaboratively within a team-based industrial setting

About you We value diverse experiences, backgrounds and perspectives. If your experience aligns with most of the criteria below, we encourage you to apply. You’ll be a qualified electrical tradesperson who enjoys fault finding, solving technical problems and working collaboratively with others.

Essential

- Electrical Trade Certificate
- Qualified Supervisor Licence
- Strong commitment to workplace health and safety
- Effective problem-solving capability
- Ability to work well within a team environment




- A customer-focused approach when supporting production and maintenance teams.

Highly regarded

- Instrument Trade Certificate or Instrument Conversion Certificate
- Post Trade Certificate in Electronics
- Experience in industrial instrumentation maintenance and repair
- Ability to interpret electrical drawings
- Experience repairing and calibrating analogue and digital control instrumentation
- Experience with weighing, level, flow, pressure, temperature or combustion control systems
- Experience with Type B combustion appliances.

Why Tomago Aluminium For more than 42 years, Tomago Aluminium has been a cornerstone of Australian manufacturing and one of the industry's most innovative aluminium producers. Today, we're moving forward with confidence. With our long-term future secured, we're investing in our people, capability, technology and operations, creating exciting opportunities for skilled trades professionals to develop their expertise and build rewarding long-term careers.

Join a team where your expertise is valued, your contribution makes a real impact, and you'll help shape the next chapter of Tomago Aluminium's success.

Employee Benefits

- Competitive enterprise agreements with generous allowances
- Career progression through enterprise agreement grades based on demonstrated capability
- 4-day week roster supporting work life balance
- 16 weeks paid parental leave for primary and 2 weeks for secondary caregivers after 12 months tenure
- Free onsite gym facilities
- Access to an Employee Assistance Program for family members
- Onsite free parking
- Onsite canteen facilities

At Tomago Aluminium, we believe diverse teams make us stronger. We welcome applications from people of all genders, cultures, backgrounds, abilities and experiences. If you're excited about this opportunity but don't meet every requirement, we still encourage you to apply. Preferred candidates will be subject to drug and alcohol testing as part of the pre-employment medical in accordance with our Fitness for Work policy.

📌 Electrical Instrumentation Technician (Newcastle)
🏢 Tomago Aluminium
📍 Newcastle