• Permanent full-time role based at Glenbrook Power Station
• Opportunity to challenge your skills in a complex plant environment
• Very Competitive salary on offer

About Alinta Energy:

At Alinta Energy, we’re constantly striving to do better. Whether it’s lowering customers costs, providing world class local service or sustainable energy, our aim is to be better. And to keep getting better day after day. Better for our customers. Better for Australia. And better for our environment.

We’re a leading Australian utility with an owned and contracted generation portfolio of 3,000MW, over 1 million combined electricity and gas retail customers, and around 1,000 employees across Australia and New Zealand. Supplying energy in Australia for over 20 years, today we’re a vertically integrated energy company providing generation, retail and wholesale supply of gas and electricity across Australia. We support the development of renewable energy generation and offer local customer service through support hubs in Perth, Western Australia and Morwell in Victoria.

Our Culture:

It’s an exciting time to become a part of our growing team at Alinta Energy. Our people are our greatest asset and we’re committed to a culture that’s focussed on being better at providing great service externally and internally. An organisation where people truly matter. That’s better.

At Glenbrook Power Station, south of Auckland, Alinta Energy utilizes waste gases from New Zealand Steel’s iron making process to produce steam, drive turbines and generate electricity. Achieving continuity of operations while meeting all regulatory requirements is critical. Our maintenance team of 6 coordinates outages, implements maintenance procedures and ensures compliance with codes of practice.

About the role:

We have a unique opportunity for a Technician to join our Glenbrook Power Station. The successful candidate will be a strong team worker with excellent communications skills and a continuous improvement mindset. You will develop and execute the maintenance program including preventative and corrective maintenance, job plans and safe systems of work.

Duties:

• Investigating plant and equipment faults in a timely manner including the provision of call out support when required, troubleshooting and developing action plans with accurate scoping and specification of remedial work.
• Assisting in budget preparation, monitoring and controlling maintenance costs.
• Ensuring all maintenance data is recorded, maintained and available for analysis and audit.
• Ensuring all statutory codes and regulations where applicable are complied with.
• Safe Contractor management and supervision.

Skills & Experience:

• Mechanical trade certificate, NZCE or equivalent
• Experience in maintenance of boilers, steam turbines, pressure piping systems and auxiliary plant (highly prized)
• Contractor management and supervision experience
• Ability to read and interpret technical documents, drawings and procedures
• Demonstrated ability to perform detailed fault finding on complex machinery / systems
• Understanding of strategy-based maintenance principles, condition-based monitoring practices, reliability centred maintenance and quality management systems

This is an opportunity to work with a dedicated team coming together to conquer a huge variety of technical challenges. Every new maintenance task is a puzzle. It’s an opportunity to question your approach and thinking. It’s an invitation to move beyond the accepted to find what’s next. Every challenge you conquer changes you, deepens your understanding. You’re always growing at Alinta Energy.

One of our key values at Alinta is ‘People Matter’, so even if you don’t possess all the mentioned skills and experience, we would still encourage you to apply!

Benefits:

• Staff energy discount offer (where products are available)
• Generous employee referral bonus
• Salary Packaging options
• Wellness programs including our Employee Assistance Program and free full access to the Headspace application
• Paid community volunteer leave
• Access to LinkedIn learning
• Discount program for a range of products and services
• 14 weeks of fully paid parental leave
• Company paid salary continuance insurance
• Ability to purchase additional leave
• Modern offices with free snacks, drinks, and coffee

Let’s spread the positive energy together…

Alinta Energy is a 2023 Circle Back Initiative employer - we commit to respond to every applicant.

Please note that if your application progresses you will be required to complete background/pre-employment checks. These checks may include but are not limited to - right to work/immigration checks, reference checks, criminal background checks, qualification checks and additional finance checks for finance related positions.

How to apply:

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