High Voltage Operator/Electrician

Ventia’ Sydney Water High Voltage Contract provides specialised High Voltage operations and maintenance to Sydney Water’s vast array of critical High Voltage assets, providing electrical and mechanical services.
 

Help our team at Ventia drive safety on activities such as breakdowns, preventions and corrective maintenance on high voltage equipment and assets. 
 

This full-time opportunity offers you 38 hours a week, starting at 7.00am and finishing at 4pm with overtime available. The starting pay rate is $54.57 per hour plus Super. This role requires travel anywhere in Sydney Water’s area of operation. This stretches from Warriewood in the north, Mount Victoria in the west and Shellharbour in the south.

 
What’s on Offer:

• Starting pay rate of $54.57/hr
• Training & Upskilling: Become an authorised “HV Operator” after 6 months
• RDO (Rostered Day Off) monthly
• Tool of trade vehicle provided
• Call-out allowance
• Work assignment based on home location
• Full Uniform & PPE provided

What you’ll be doing:

• Performing breakdown, corrective and preventative maintenance on Sydney Water’s large array of High Voltage assets (3.3kV – 33kV) within their greater Sydney Metropolitan, Blue Mountains and Illawarra regions
• Performing complex switching operations, isolations and earthing on their critical High Voltage assets 
• Providing High Voltage isolations for various sub-contractors who perform High Voltage Condition Monitoring work, Gas powered Co-Generator work, Hydro Plant work and High Voltage Project work
• Planning of monthly High Voltage preventative maintenance work
• Liaising with Sydney Water Plant Team members when planning preventative maintenance work
• You will be required to be ‘On-Call’ once every 7 – 9 weeks on a 24/7 basis (after being 6 months in the role and once becoming an authorised HV operator)

 
About you

• Demonstrated field experience performing maintenance on high voltage equipment and/or performing High Voltage switching operations – Including earthing
• Experience in issuing and/or receiving High Voltage Access Permits (Access Permits Course)
• Understanding high voltage Single Line Diagrams and electrical control wiring diagrams
• Undertaken an initial ‘High Voltage Switching and Access Permit Issuer’ course 
• Hold a current driver’s licence
• Hold a current NSW Electrical Supervisors Certificate or Electrical Contractors Licence

 
About Ventia
Ventia is a leading infrastructure services company, operating across Australia and New Zealand. Our clients are the owners and operators of assets that are critical to our local communities. We pride ourselves on working smart, safely, and sustainably, harnessing the latest technologies and brightest minds. With a diverse and proud heritage, we have a track record of delivering essential services to the communities in which we operate.
 
Diversity
Ventia is enriched by the diverse experiences, talents and cultures that our people bring to the organisation, while celebrating and respecting the communities we operate in. We are committed to providing a safe and positive environment that provides equal opportunities for individuals of all backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people,  LGTBQI+, Women, Veterans and spouses and people with disabilities.
 
How to apply
If you are looking to expand your career with a business that rewards and values its employees, please apply below by clicking on the apply now button.
 
Alternatively, you may reach out to Grace Aberin at grace.aberin@skoutsolutions.com for any inquiries about this position.

Position Reference Number: 158027