Industrial Maintenance A Grade Electrician

Circular Plastics Australia part of the PACT Group is creating a truly circular economy by giving billions of used plastic bottles and containers a new life. Our facilities will enable plastic waste to be recycled locally and made into new bottles and packaging, rather than ending up in landfills.

About this opportunity

The primary purpose of the site Industrial Maintenance electrician is to provide production support on the current plant machinery, both breakdown/troubleshooting, project and CI implementation.  This site electrician role is part of a maintenance team covering 24hrs, 5 days a week operation with additional support for weekend production as required.

We are looking for fill a night shift.

Your key responsibilities will be to:

This role requires the individual to work autonomously and at times and having to make prioritising decisions as required. Fault finding and troubleshooting is critical to the role, working on a range of specialised equipment.

There is a requirement to have a solid understanding of the following equipment;

• PLC logic, SCADA and IO troubleshooting, Siemens
• Safety control logic, with an understanding of Australian Safety Standards
• Understanding of extruders, Automated bulk bagging machines and optical sorting systems
• Maintenance of electrical controls of pneumatic and hydraulic systems, conveying and optical sorting systems
• Site services including, compressors, chillers, boilers.

As well as participate in the following;

• assisting technicians / Machine operators on site as required
• daily meetings as required

Your skills and experience

• To be successful in this role, you’ll have:
• General electrical troubleshooting, maintenance & repairs on manufacturing production lines
• Proven and strong knowledge a PLC’s c/w associated Software, VSD’s, HMI’s,etc
• Understanding and working with Safety Systems and Standards, Omron, PIlz, etc
• A team player with a positive, self-motivated and proactive attitude is essential.
• Able to read and understand ELD’s and P&ID’s
• Stock control of relevant electrical spare parts

• A Class Electrical licence