Technician Maintenance - Electrican

Whitehaven Coal is the dominant player in Australia's only emerging high-quality coal basin. With a culture based on our STRIVE values, our reputation for excellence in project delivery and safe, efficient and environmentally responsible operations continues to grow.

Our STRIVE Values connect us and define how we behave. Whitehaven Coal award, recognise and celebrate individuals and teams going above and beyond the requirements of their role to deliver excellent outcomes while demonstrating our values of Safety, Teamwork, Respect, Integrity, Value and Excellence.

What You'll Do

• Maintain CHPP electrical systems — conduct inspections, preventive maintenance and fault‑finding across screens, centrifuges, conveyors, pumps, thickeners, flotation circuits, feeders and associated fixed‑plant equipment.
• Support plant reliability — identify defects, implement corrective actions and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives across the CHPP.
• Perform HV operations — switching, testing, commissioning and troubleshooting in accordance with site HV procedures.
• Ensure compliance and safety — work within the site SHMS, electrical standards and statutory regulations, ensuring safe isolations and controlled maintenance activities.
• Document maintenance activities — record electrical performance data, defects and improvements to support reliability engineering and operational planning.

What You'll Bring

• Current Queensland Electrical Licence with a strong commitment to safe, compliant electrical work.
• Experience in CHPP, fixed‑plant, mineral processing or heavy industrial electrical maintenance.
• Demonstrated capability in complex process‑plant isolations and safe work on fixed‑plant systems.
• Strong technical expertise across SCADA, PLCs, instrumentation, and advanced fault‑diagnosis techniques.
• Qualifications and/or experience in High Voltage Switching & Access, or the ability to obtain these.
• Exposure to EEHA maintenance processes and inspections.