We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated individual to join our E&I; team at Karratha for Perdaman's Ammonia & Urea project. The E&I; Technician - Licensed (Fixed Term) will be responsible for maintaining electrical and instrumentation assets across the entire plant and offsites, ensuring optimal performance, compliance with safety and regulatory standards, and supporting operational excellence.
Key responsibilities
- Maintain assets in responsible area to ensure optimal performance
- Conduct maintenance and troubleshooting in compliance with safety, regulatory, and operational standards
- Collaborate with plant operators, technicians, and engineers
- Manage life cycle planning and ensure availability of critical spares on-site
- Support the installation, commissioning, and startup of current plant, ensuring compliance with technical specifications
- Provide technical support during commissioning, ensuring thorough testing and seamless integration
- Maintenance and troubleshooting of electrical and instrumentation assets
- Act as isolation officer for electrical and instrumentation as part of permit to work
- Investigate failures, analyse issues, and report concerns to supervisors for corrective actions
- Maintain accurate logs, history, and ERP records
About you
- Electrician with full electrical license in Australia and Certificate-IV in Instrumentation or Australian Licensed Electrician with demonstrable experience in process instrumentation
- Minimum of 5 years in chemical, petrochemical, or fertiliser plant
- Proven expertise in maintaining and troubleshooting of assets in responsible areas
- Previous experience in Process Plants and familiar with electrical equipment in Hazardous Area (EEHA)
- Full working rights in Australia or eligible to get working rights in Australia
- Engineering qualification recognised by Engineers Australia and eligible to pass the skill assessment
- Conversant with English language
- Physically capable of traversing the plant and accessing process plant and equipment at different elevations
- High Voltage Switching ticket (or willing to get a ticket before joining)
- First Aid training including CPR
About us
Perdaman, a leading player in the fertiliser industry with its corporate office in Western Australia, is developing an Ammonia & Urea project in Karratha.