Electrical Engineering Technician (Farms)

Job Type: Permanent position | Full time position

Job Description

Electrical Engineering Technician (Farms) SunPork Group – Toolleen VIC 3551 Who We

Are SunPork Group is dedicated to delivering the finest quality fresh Australian pork to market. We are proud to be the largest Australian farmer owned and operated producer of quality Australian pork products. Employing 1,600+ employees across 52 locations in Australia and NZ.

SunPork is committed to animal welfare and the responsible, ethical care of animals to ensure their comfort, health, and welfare. Together with our dedicated specialist veterinary health, nutrition, research and development teams, and farm and production teams, the person in this position is committed to the care of our pigs and the production of high quality, sustainable pork. What we offer: By joining us, you will become part of an ever-growing family – passionate about producing the best quality Aussiepork for Aussie plates.

At SunPork we provide: Professional learning and development opportunities; Competitive salary; Enjoy staff discounts on a range of products; Base salary range: $79,500.00 - $80,500.00 + Superannuation

The Opportunity Our farms depend on functional and reliable electrical engineering control systems at all times to ensure farms are operational, safe, and in service at all times – 24/7 and 365 days per year to support positive animal welfare outcomes, optimal environmental conditions and sustained and efficient production.

The Electrical Engineering Technician (Farms) will be responsible for the installation, maintenance, modification,



and repair of electrical engineering control systems, essential for water supply, feeding, ventilation, heating, and other critical environmental controls at our piggery farms. This role plays a key part in ensuring the continuous functionality and reliability of our control systems to support animal welfare, production efficiency, and safe working conditions. Location: Toolleen Piggery - Toolleen VIC 3551 with travel to and from our other Victorian sites.

Key Responsibilities:

- Undertake checking, maintenance and repair of electrical engineering and electrical control systems and equipment located in piggery farm units with a focus on water supply/drippers, feed systems (electrical sow feeder system) and electrical environmental control systems;
- Ensure electrical engineering systems and equipment located in piggery farm unit’s uptime is achieved by effective and effective preventative maintenance and repairs on all control systems;
- Liaise with Piggery Unit Manager on planned upgrades and maintenance schedules for electrical engineering systems;
- Complete reactive and breakdown electrical engineering maintenance when required;
- Examining and testing electrical engineering equipment, instruments, and control systems to troubleshoot and diagnose faults;




- Adjusting, repairing, and replacing worn/defective parts and maintaining electrical engineering control systems, equipment, and instruments;
- Disassemble, recondition, and re-install reconditioned or new, or modified electrical engineering assemblies, components, machine tools and controls, and hydraulic power systems;
- Observe and understand the flow of all products at specified stages in the production process or adherence to specifications;
- Develop an understanding of all electrical engineering and automated systems that control areas of the farm unit production facility including dry sow, breeding, farrowing, weaning and grower units;
- Identify opportunities for improvements in quality, costs, or efficiency of electrical engineering and automated equipment, by developing a full understanding, internally and externally, of the facility;
- Maintain records of planned and completed maintenance utilising work orders and maintenance logs to verify that records adhere to equipment specifications;
- Analyse or estimate electrical engineering maintenance costs, such as production equipment, and plant space;
- Conduct and record product tests and diagnostic activities to support piggery environmental controls and the production process;
- Installing, upgrading, modifying, and calibrating electrical engineering and control systems;
- Maintain a high level of quality control in accordance with the quality assurance standards; with a focus on continual improvement of all electrical engineering and instrument/control systems;
- Ensure

📌 Electrical Engineering Technician (Toolleen)
🏢 The Sunpork Group
📍 Toolleen