The Opportunity
Are you a recently qualified electrician looking for your next career move? Join our Port Kembla team and deliver electrical trade services within the Coke Plant on the BlueScope contract. In this hands-on role, you’ll be responsible for the installation, maintenance, repair, and replacement of equipment and systems, helping ensure safe, reliable, and efficient operations.
Why Join Us?
- Enjoy a 9-day fortnight with 2 RDO’s every month
- Earn a base rate of $42.98 per hour + super, allowances, and overtime opportunities
- Secure a permanent full-time position with structured career development and progression pathways
- Be part of a supportive, high-performing team that values collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement
- Access exclusive VenPerks benefits, including paid parental leave, Fitness Passport, and discounts across private healthcare, travel, retail, and more
Key Accountabilities
- Perform preventative and corrective maintenance on plant and equipment to ensure safe and efficient operation
- Repair, refurbish, replace, test, and tag electrical equipment, including emergency and exit lighting systems
- Complete all required maintenance, inspection, and Quality Assurance (QA) documentation accurately
- Report incidents, hazards, spills, and near misses to the Site Supervisor
- Assist with spare parts, consumables, and store management activities
- Maintain tools, equipment, vehicles, and plant items in a safe and serviceable condition
- Follow all safety, quality, technical, regulatory, and contract requirements, ensuring approvals are obtained before work commences
- Support the Electrical Supervisor with work planning, scheduling, job coordination, and continuous improvement initiatives
- Participate in training activities and supervise subcontractors where required
- Undertake additional duties as directed
About You
- Licensed Electrician with relevant trade qualifications
- EEHA (Electrical Equipment in Hazardous Areas) training highly regarded
- EWP (Elevated Work Platform) ticket and experience highly regarded
- Current driver’s licence preferred
- Positive attitude with a strong commitment to teamwork
- Strong fault-finding and diagnostic capability across integrated mechanical and electrical systems
- High Voltage Safe Work Practices and/or High Voltage Switching certification highly regarded (on the job training available)
- Confined Space Entry certification highly regarded
- Experience with PLC and SCADA systems advantageous
About Ventia
As a leading services provider, we maintain, operate, and manage the essential infrastructure that makes modern life possible across Australia and New Zealand. With more than 35,000 employees and subcontractors across 400 sites, joining Ventia means becoming part of a team that values its people, supports career growth, and helps everyone go further towards their full potential.
Our commitment to Fairness, Inclusion and Respect shapes how we lead, collaborate, hire and support one another. We welcome applications from people of all ages, abilities and backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people of all genders, identities, sexual orientations, beliefs and caring responsibilities. We are dedicated to providing an accessible recruitment process and encourage you to request adjustments at any stage.
How to apply
Click the Apply Now button to start the journey to find your further with Ventia.
Position Reference Number:167366
