• Multiple Permanent Full-time roles available | $85,412 - $120,871 +15.5% Super +15% OT potential
• Grow and develop your career at a leading energy organisation
• Can be based in Ourimbah, Wallsend & Upper Hunter (Muswellbrook) | Fortnightly Rostered Day Off (RDO)

Just imagine a future where households and businesses can generate their own energy and sell it back to the grid, ultimately connecting communities and empowering lives. Are you ready to play your part in an evolving industry?

Ausgrid is on an exciting transformation journey and now is the time to be a part of something big. We are proud to service Australia’s east coast as a leading business in energy distribution, delivering a safe and reliable electricity supply to more than 1.8 million homes – that’s over four million Australians relying on us every day.

We take pride in knowing that the work we collectively achieve today, will transform the world tomorrow. We value a culture of working and living safely, being customer focussed, commercially minded, collaborative, honest, accountable, and respectful. Our values are not just initiatives driven by leaders; they define the way we work.

Your new role

Is a safety-first culture important to you? At Ausgrid, safety is not just an initiative driven by leaders in the business, it is embedded in our core values. Our employees progress and develop their career in a safe environment.

Reporting to the Field Supervisor, you will be responsible for the maintenance and commissioning of primary, secondary, and communications equipment in distribution, zone and sub-transmission substations and networks to ensure the safety, reliability, sustainability, and affordability for our customers and network assets.

You will be given an opportunity to:

• Broaden your knowledge and skills as part of a highly talented team.
• Elevate your career in a business that is revolutionising the world of energy.

Spark our interest!

Our hiring decisions are not only based on your experience and skills, but we also take into consideration your passion, attitude, and alignment to our core values.

We are looking for someone who has:

• A thirst for knowledge and continual learning.
• Working in a supportive and collaborative team environment.
• Takes pride in providing a quality service.
• Keen interest in working on technologically advanced systems in an ever-changing industry.
• Qualified in a relevant electrical trade.
• Holds a Class C drivers' licence.
• Holds a WH&S WorkCover – General Induction.

Further energise us through your additional skills and qualifications in:

• Advanced Trade Technician Course (or equivalent)
• Advanced Diploma of Electrical Engineering (or equivalent)
• ACMA Communications Cabling Licence
• Applicable HRW Licences (EWP, Crane, Dogging, etc.)
• Experience in High Voltage Operating/Permit applications.
• Class MR / HR Driver’s Licence
• Experience in commissioning and maintenance of Protection systems or industrial automation systems.
• Optical fibre splicing experience.

Grow with Ausgrid

To continue building on our rich heritage, we actively invest in our people’s development through secondments, onsite training, mentoring circles, e-learning, Australian Graduate School of Management programs (UNSW) and study assistance. It is through our investment in our people that the average tenure across the business is 14 years and our current turnover is sitting at a market competitive rate of just 3.9%.

Ausgrid perks

Revel in more than just a competitive salary! Our employees enjoy a dynamic range of market leading support and safety services, wellbeing programs, corporate discounts, and flexibility arrangement in many forms.

Our people are paramount to the continued success of Ausgrid, therefore celebrating great work is important to us! It’s not just the big wins that count, we have provided our employees the opportunity to applaud peer successes daily through our Amped Recognition Program. But let’s not forget the major milestones! For those ready to exceed expectations, anticipate a nomination for a CEO award at our formal end of year Award gala.

Belonging at Ausgrid

To deliver the best possible service to our customers we strive towards a workforce that reflects the diverse community that we serve. Ausgrid is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce and we encourage applications from women, people from culturally diverse backgrounds, people with disabilities, people from the LGBTQI+ community and Indigenous Australians.

If you require support with your application/reasonable adjustments for the interview process, we want to hear from you.