Maintenance Electrician

Maintenance Electrician | $60/hr + Penalties | $166K Earning Potential

Permanent Full-Time | Broadmeadows | 12-Hour Shifts | 2 Positions Available

$60/hr base + 15% shift loading + weekend penalties

Our client is looking for A-Grade Maintenance Electricians to join their permanent maintenance team at a well-established food manufacturing site in Broadmeadows.

There are two permanent positions available:

• 🔄 Rotating Day & Night Shift
• 🌙 Dedicated Night Shift

Both positions offer the same $60 per hour base rate, plus applicable shift and weekend penalties.

💰 What's on offer?

• $60 per hour base rate
• 15% shift loading
• Saturday – 1.5x ($90/hr)
• Sunday – 2x ($120/hr)
• Approx. $166K annual earning potential based on the current roster and applicable loadings/penalties
• Permanent full-time employment
• 12-hour shifts
• Long-term job security
• Established maintenance team
• Ongoing training and development

🕐 Choose your roster

Position 1 – Rotating Day & Night

• 6:00am – 6:00pm
• 6:00pm – 6:00am
• Day/night rotation every 14 days

Position 2 – Dedicated Night Shift

• 6:00pm – 6:00am
• Permanent night shift
• No day-shift rotation

Both positions pay the same $60/hr base rate.

🔧 The role

You'll be responsible for keeping production machinery running safely and reliably, including:

• Preventative and breakdown maintenance
• Electrical fault finding and diagnostics
• Troubleshooting production machinery
• Electrical control systems
• Planned maintenance and inspections
• Machinery installations, upgrades and commissioning
• Reading and interpreting electrical drawings
• Working with Production to minimise downtime
• Completing maintenance records and documentation

👷 What you need

• Current A-Grade Electrical Licence – essential
• Previous experience as a Maintenance Electrician
• Manufacturing, industrial or production maintenance experience
• Strong electrical fault-finding and diagnostic skills
• Experience with preventative and breakdown maintenance
• Ability to read electrical drawings
• PLC fault-finding experience highly regarded
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills

Food manufacturing experience is not essential.

The bottom line

If you're an experienced Maintenance Electrician looking for permanent employment, $60/hr base pay, strong penalties and earning potential of around $166K, this is worth a look.

And if you're sick of rotating nights and days, there's also a dedicated night-shift position available at the same base rate.

Apply now with your resume, or contact Chandler Personnel for a confidential discussion.