Electricians, apprentices, and work across rail, off-grid power, solar and commercial sites. We want one person to own delivery from the day a job is booked to the day it is invoiced.

About us

Effective Electrical is a licensed electrical contractor based in Wendouree, trading in Ballarat since 2009. We do rail electrical maintenance and lighting for various rail industry companies. We design and build off-grid power systems for homes, farms and remote sites, and sell grid-connect solar and batteries as Ballarat Solar Panels. We are a growing team.

What you own

- The weekly schedule for every crew, built in AroFlo and locked by Thursday
- Materials, suppliers and purchase orders, so gear is on site before the crew
- Job packs and briefings for leading hands before every start
- Powercor connections, inspections, plant hire, traffic and rail access bookings
- Same-day job sheets and AroFlo statuses, chased until done
- WIP and job close-out, handed to invoicing within 1 business day
- Day-to-day lead of our admin support, starting with a remote admin assistant

What success looks like

No job held up by missing gear.



No finished job sitting uninvoiced past 3 days. A scheduling routine in place from your first weeks, with every crew booked a week ahead and every hour accounted for.

You have

- 3+ years running operations or project coordination in an electrical, solar or trade services business
- Daily use of a job management system: AroFlo, Simpro or ServiceM8
- Experience scheduling 8 or more field staff at once
- The backbone to hold experienced tradespeople to a standard on paperwork
- A problem solver who works issues out and brings a fix, not only the problem

Bonus: an electrical trade background, solar compliance knowledge (Powercor, STCs, Solar Victoria), rail worksite experience, or Xero.

What we offer

- $100k to $120k base + super, with a written pay ladder to $150k + KPI bonus, each step earned on results
- Company vehicle, phone and laptop
- Report straight to the two directors, with the authority to run deliveryli>
- Monday to Friday, on site in Wendouree

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🏢 Effective Electrical p/l
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