Location: Geelong, VIC, AU
Company: CSIRO
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Role highlights
- Keep critical electrical and instrumentation systems running in a high-containment environment
- Hands-on, varied work - Maintenance, breakdowns, calibrations, HV operations and project installs
- 18-month Term Opportunity with 15.4% Super
About CSIRO
As Australia's national science agency, CSIRO is solving the greatest challenges through innovative science and technology. Many of our iconic innovations were once considered impossible until someone, just like you, joined us and took on the challenge.
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The opportunity
As the Electrical and Instrumentation Technician at the Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness (ACDP) in Geelong, you’ll use your electrical and instrumentation expertise to support the safe and reliable operation of high-containment PC2–PC4 laboratory environments.
You’ll maintain, operate and upgrade critical facility systems that underpin microbiological security. Including essential air, water, steam, fuel and sewage treatment systems, statutory instrumentation calibrations, and electrical maintenance across the site. You’ll also support the operation and upkeep of the high‑voltage network, respond to breakdowns, coordinate specialist contractors, and contribute to projects through installation and commissioning of new infrastructure, all while supporting strong HSE and regulatory documentation practices.
High-level duties include:
- Use relevant industrial electrical expertise and experience to carry out maintenance, repair and installation of electrical systems to ensure safe, reliable and compliant operation across the ACDP facility.
- Operate and maintain the site’s high-voltage network and diesel backup HV generators to provide a safe and uninterrupted HV supply to critical containment and research systems.
- Calibrate, maintain and troubleshoot pressure, temperature, level and flow instrumentation to ensure accurate environmental control, reliable containment system performance and full regulatory compliance.
- Coordinate and supervise specialist contractors by managing permits, safety and biosecurity compliance, access and documentation, ensuring high quality and compliant delivery of contracted work.
- Maintain, test and monitor UPS systems to guarantee continuous, clean power to essential containment and monitoring systems, reducing the risk of power related failures.
- Diagnose and resolve electrical, instrumentation and control system faults quickly and systematically to minimise downtime and maintain operational continuity in high containment environments.
- Work safely within PC2–PC4 environments and maintain systems essential to microbiological security, ensuring all tasks uphold ACDP biosecurity requirements and mandatory training is completed.
Role particulars
Location and office arrangements: Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness (ACDP), Geelong
Salary: AU$100,103 – AU$113,251 per annum (pro rata for part-time), plus 15.4% superannuation
Tenure & work schedule: Specified term of 18 months
Reference: 102831
As the successful candidate, you will bring:
Essential criteria
- Victorian A Grade Electrical License (or ability to obtain one if from another state) with relevant post trade experience and relevant trade qualifications for an Electrician.
- Dual trade certificate III or IV in Electrical Instrumentation.
- Demonstrated electrical maintenance experience across industrial, process industry, building services or manufacturing plant environments, in both installation and operational maintenance work.
- Demonstrated experience independently diagnosing and resolving faults in process control and electrical systems within an industrial environment.
- Competence to accurately interpret control system and electrical schematics, engineering drawings, operating and maintenance manuals.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills including demonstrated experience to effectively work as part of a team.
- A demonstrated commitment to OHS&E, safe working practices, including Lock out - Tag out and permit systems.
Desirable
- Possession of High Voltage Operators qualification or willingness to acquire high voltage operators’ qualification
- Demonstrable understanding of and experience with SCADA or similar plant control systems, programmable logic controllers (PLC) and variable speed drives (VSD).
- Experience with the calibration, maintenance and troubleshooting of instrumentation—such as pressure, temperature, level and flow systems—within an industrial or process plant environment, including exposure to automated control systems and complex plant operations.
- Experience working with high-voltage (HV) systems in an industrial or complex facility environment, including exposure to HV switching, isolation, protection systems and safe work practices associated with high energy electrical distribution.
For full details about this role, and other criteria, please review the Position Description.
Not sure if you meet all the criteria?
While it is CSIRO policy that the successful candidate must meet all the essential criteria, there are many ways to demonstrate this. Don’t let the list discourage you. If you are unsure about applying, please reach out to the contact person in the Position Description.
Setting you up for success
We are committed to providing a recruitment process that is fair, equitable and accessible to everyone. We recognise that it may be helpful for us to adjust our process to make it equitable for your individual situation. Please contact Careers.online@csiro.au and let us know how we can support you.
Life at CSIRO and flexible work arrangements
We work flexibly at CSIRO, offering a range of options for how, when and where you work. We can discuss flexible work arrangements with you during the recruitment process. CSIRO also offers a range of leave entitlements, benefits and career development opportunities. To find out more, visit Careers at CSIRO.
Inclusion and belonging
Solving Australia's greatest challenges takes a diversity of minds and lived experiences. We know diverse teams are more effective and deliver more innovative outcomes. As an equal employment opportunity organisation, we are committed to creating diverse and inclusive teams where people feel they belong. We recognise true diversity encompasses all ages, abilities, cultures, faiths, levels of education, genders, sexualities, diversity of thought and much more. We focus on hiring people who share our values of People First, Further Together, Making it Real and Trusted.
CSIRO holds Gold Status for the Australian Workplace Equality Index for LGBTQIA+ inclusion, and a Science in Australia Gender Equity Bronze Award.
Eligibility
This is a security assessed position, applications for this position are open to Australian Citizens with the successful candidate being required to be able to obtain and maintain a security clearance at the Negative Vetting 1 level.
Appointment to this role is subject to provision of a national police check and may be subject to other security/medical/character requirements, including Security Assessment/Microbiological Security Requirements for Personnel Working on the Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness (ACDP) Site.
Child safety
CSIRO is committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people involved in our activities and programs. View our Child Safe Policy.
How to apply
Please apply online and submit a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) and CV that demonstrate your motivation and ability to meet the essential requirements of this role.
Applications close
22nd of April, 11pm AEDT