Senior Electrical & Controls Engineer South-East Melbourne | Permanent, full time The Business Our client is a global leader in building component technology, and its Australian automation division designs, builds and supports the machinery behind the country’s timber frame and truss manufacturing plants.

That includes presses, saws, jigs, material-handling equipment and fully automated production lines. The division has grown strongly on the back of revenue growth, with its own local facility for assembly, commissioning, engineering, development and training.

With the team expanding and experienced engineers moving on, this role is central to building long-term capability. You’ll join a multidisciplinary team of around a dozen controls, electrical, mechanical, software and hardware specialists, and help move automation support from reactive to proactive.

Key responsibilities You’ll start by getting to know the business, its machinery and the electrical and control systems that run it, and acting as the escalation point for customers on electrical and controls issues. From there you’ll become the subject matter expert on how the equipment is wired, controlled and protected.

Day to day, you’ll program, troubleshoot and upgrade PLC and HMI systems across presses, saws, jigs, material-handling equipment and automated production lines. You’ll fault-find electrical systems including drives, motors, sensors, I/O and safety circuits, and review and update electrical schematics and control panel designs. You’ll attend customer sites to resolve critical electrical and controls breakdowns, with more site time in your first few months, and support installation and commissioning alongside project teams.

Looking ahead, you’ll lead improvements to electrical design, machine safety and control system reliability, and play a key role in the business’s migration from Allen-Bradley to Siemens. You’ll explore recent controls technology and automation solutions that could be introduced across the product range,



and develop and own the electrical and controls strategy for the automation portfolio.

Alongside this, you’ll create and maintain electrical drawings, control system documentation and standard work instructions, mentor a junior electrical engineer joining the team, and work closely with the mechanical, software and hardware teams.

What you’ll bring

- Strong electrical experience across industrial machinery, including schematics, control panels, drives, sensors and machine safety
- PLC programming and troubleshooting experience, ideally on Rockwell/Allen-Bradley and Siemens. The business is moving to Siemens, so a willingness to learn it is enough.
- Hands-on shop-floor experience in manufacturing, machine building or system integration, and confidence getting into the code and the hardware to find the fault
- An engineering degree, or a pathway from an electrical trade into controls engineering
- Clear communication with customers and across mechanical, software and hardware teams
- A documentation and process mindset, plus the flexibility to handle shifting priorities

Why this role You’ll join a business that’s investing in its automation capability and growing its team. The role gives you room to shape how the division supports its equipment and customers, with a clear path into ownership of the automation portfolio. You’ll also have the opportunity to mentor a junior electrical engineer and help develop the next generation of the team. A competitive salary package is on offer, including super and an annual incentive plan. To apply, click Apply or contact Emma O’Donnell at Six Degrees Executive on [email protected] for a confidential conversation.

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📌 Electrical & Automation Engineer (Dandenong South)
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📍 Dandenong South