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Salary- Champion key plant areas, systems & processes
- Provide leadership, flexibility, and support for change while driving continuous improvement
- Townsville based
It’s an exciting time to join Origin. Creating a great place to work means together we’re progressing our ambition to lead the energy transition through cleaner energy and customer solutions. We’re always looking for better ways to deliver for our customers – and for our people.
About the role:
The Senior Plant Technician oversees the planning, coordination, and implementation of operational and maintenance tasks for the plant and equipment at Mt Stuart Power Station in Townsville. Their primary objective is to ensure the continuous economic operation, reliability, efficiency, and optimized performance of the plant.
The responsibilities of the Senior Plant Technician include ensuring safe and effective operation and maintenance of plant and equipment, prioritizing personnel safety, and safeguarding the technical, environmental, and commercial integrity of the assets at all times.
Why the role matters:
- Ensure compliance with all relevant Occupational Health, Safety, and Environment legislation, standards, and procedures.
- Provide leadership, flexibility, and support for change while driving continuous improvement in performance.
- Competently operate the plant in all modes and carry out maintenance activities within areas of competency.
- Lead Permit to Work (PTW) processes for major activities and manage plant outages and project works.
- Champion key plant areas/systems/processes, such as HSEC, PTW, CMMS, and contribute to their effective implementation and management.
- Participate in the site on-call roster and provide support outside of normal working hours.
- Provide coverage for the Station Manager as required.
- Electrical Fitter Mechanical & Instrumentation or Mechanical trade certificate and experience in Steam or Gas Turbine operation and maintenance.
- Proven experience in a similar role.
- Thorough understanding of condition monitoring methods, rotating equipment & equipment control within power generation or similar heavy industry.
- Advanced computer literacy including experience in Computerised Maintenance Management Systems (SAP)
- Experience with SCADA and DCS is desirable.
- Strong, proven, Permit to Work system experience.
- Highly organised self-starter with ability to manage workload.
- Discounted Origin products benefits for employees, including Electrical, Gas and Internet offers!
- Free and confidential counselling for employees and family members.
- A great high energy team, that encourages interesting, rewarding, and engaging work!
Origin - Where good change happens
At Origin, we’re powered by people who believe in creating change.
We are committed to fostering a diverse, gender equitable workforce, where everyone is welcome, and all applications are evaluated on merit and potential. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, people living with disabilities, culturally diverse people, any stage in life, people with intersex variations and people within LGBTQ+ communities, including trans and gender diverse.
Enjoy a challenging career in an exciting industry where you can grow and explore your potential. If you think you have transferable skills, an appetite to learn and would be a great fit, we’d love to hear from you.
To learn more about who we are, and what we do, visit our website: www.originenergy.com.au/about/careers/
Please note unsolicited CVs from agencies will not be accepted.
Origin recognises Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples as the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia, and we pay our respects to Elders past, present and future.
