Electrical Supply Operative

• Join Ausgrid as we embark on our exciting transformation journey!
• Permanent Full Time | $76,698 - $83,888 + 15.5% Super + fortnightly RDO!
• Enoy a fortnightly Rostered Day Off (RDO) in support of work life balance

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. 

Our vision is simple; for our communities to have the power for a resilient, affordable net zero future. ​  

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.

Meet our team!

In a world where you spend more hours per week with your work colleagues than your family, it is important to us that you enjoy the team you are in!  

Energise your career as part of the Safety, Delivery & Operations Group in a pivotal role, ensuring the safety and reliability of our network for our customers. You will be joining a multi-functional team that work closely together in all aspects of maintaining the distribution network in the Mount Kuring-Gai OR Sydney CBD area.

Your new role

Reporting to the Field Supervisor, the Electricity Supply Operative will have a vital role in providing general services to support the construction, maintenance and breakdown work of the organisation’s property and network assets. You will prepare work sites and equipment to enable the wider team to perform safe completion of works, participating in emergency restoration work, safely operating plant, machinery, equipment and vehicles and acting as a safety observer for activities on or around the network.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Groundman services for line crews and general labouring tasks to assist the crew
• Crane and plant operation (bobcat, excavator, cable winch trucks, truck driving
• Participate in emergency restoration work and on call rosters.

Spark our interest!
Our hiring decisions are not only based on your experience and skills, but your passion, attitude, and alignment to our core values. 

We are looking for someone who holds safety as a priority with a proven capability to work effectively within a team or work crew. You are a people person and a team player with high attention to detail & strong time management skills. 

Energise us through your skills and qualifications in: 

• High Risk Work Licences (HRWL) – multiple e.g., dogging, forklift, mobile crane
• Class MR drivers licence
• Sound knowledge of relevant statutes, regulations, and procedures such as safe working practices, network standards and codes of practice
• WH&S WorkCover – General Induction
• Demonstrated experience in the operation of plant and equipment
• Competence in the use of various hand, power operated and specialised tools
• Asbestos awareness and understanding of how to work safely with asbestos materials
• Demonstrated experience in the application of safe manual handling techniques
• Basic skills in the use of computers and mobile devices
• Demonstrated experience in effectively communicating with others
• Competency in use of various hand, power operated and specialised tool

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.

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 arrangements 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.

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 LGBTQIA+ community and First Nations people.

If you require support with your application/reasonable adjustments for the interview process, please reach out to our dedicated Talent team.

Must have full Australian work rights to be considered.