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Form of workIDS653 Automation Technician West Ongoing Employment
Goulburn-Murray Water (GMW) is Australia’s largest rural water corporation responsible for storing, managing, and delivering water across most of northern Victoria. GMW provides more than 39,000 services to about 25,000 customers in its operating region.
This exciting opportunity exists within our Infrastructure Delivery Services Division, based in Kerang. We are responsible for the strategic management of GMW’s infrastructure and assets to ensure appropriate asset management policy, planning and coordinated delivery of capital and maintenance programs is achieved.
The Automation Technician role is primarily responsible for ongoing maintenance and technical support of all Automated assets within GMW’s assets infrastructure.
These assets can include regulators metering outlets communication nodes telemetry networks and their associated equipment.
We would like to hear from you if you meet the following:
- Electrical A Grade Licence or relevant trade qualifications
- Ability to inspect and identify faults in automated and electrical assets and undertake repair’s to damaged equipment.
- Knowledge of contemporary wiring standards
- Knowledge of AC/DC electrical theory
- Ability to work independently and remotely
- Ability to read electrical drawings/schematics.
Advantageous (desired) skills:
- Knowledge in the maintenance of instrumentation programmable logic controller (PLC) remote terminal units (RTU) SCADA systems telemetry and radio systems and associated programming applications.
- RTU programming and configuration.
- Knowledge of Automated irrigation systems.
- Certificate 3 in telecommunications or similar electronics qualifications
- Understanding of SCADA network and ability to remotely diagnose failures within the automated system.
For more information, or to view the position description, please visit our website.
Applications close on 9th April 2024. To apply for this role please complete the GMW application form provided on our careers page and email together with a copy of your current CV to ***********@gmwater.com.au.
GMW is an equal opportunity employer supporting diversity and inclusion in the workplace. GMW encourages people with diverse backgrounds, experience and perspectives to apply.
