Electrical Technician in Tamworth

As the largest pureplay adhesives company in the world, H.B. Fuller’s innovative, functional coatings, adhesives and sealants enhance the quality, safety and performance of products people use every day. Founded in 1887, with 2024 revenue of $3.6 billion, our mission to Connect What Matters is brought to life by more than 7,500 global team members who collaborate with customers across more than 30 market segments in over 140 countries to develop highly specified solutions that enable customers to bring world-changing innovations to their end markets.

Position Overview

This role is a varied and interesting role and is a mixture of Projects, Plant Improvements, and Maintenance. It involves working in industrial ATEX areas to complete reactive and preventative maintenance activities. The Plant Electrical Technician will have their own office/workshop complete with all electrical equipment and tools required to perform your duties. You will be involved in process improvements and project work across all areas of the business including ATEX areas and automation systems. There will be elements of trouble shooting when presented with a machine breakdown or process issues although most of the plant is modern with new equipment and technology so very little breakdowns, mostly planned and improvements focused. You will be part of a small multi-skilled team supporting all requirements of the plant.

Primary Responsibilities

• Day-to-day electrical/instrumentation work across the sites such as disconnections/reconnections and installations of plant and equipment PLC’s, AC/DC motors, Sensors, Flow meters, Pumps, Storage tanks, and a variety of other chemical processing plant equipment and technology.
• Varied role with a good mixture of Cap-ex Projects, Plant improvements and maintenance 50% Projects and Plant improvements and 50% maintenance which is mainly PPM’s with very little reactive.
• Testing and inspection of equipment and machinery, and calibration of instruments.
• Work closely with our electrical contractors and external electrical surveyors for inspection/conformance work, installations, or reactive maintenance utilizing resource where necessary.
• Working safely in ATEX zoned areas (possible COMPEX training).
• Working with automation systems and fault finding.
• Computer literate and using maintenance or TPM software (cmms).
• Record keeping for ISO audits and inspection traceability, reports, calibration, and diagnostics.
• 5S experience, good housekeeping and continuous improvement initiatives.

Minimum Requirements

• Minimum of 3 years fully qualified experience in an industrial electrical/instrumentation, Plant, process, and packaging environment.
• H&S focussed and electrically compliant PLC and control systems (basic parameter setting, f/f).
• Experience reading Electrical Schematics and panel diagrams.
• Good communication skills.
• Must have a good pro-active attitude and able to communicate well with other departments and contractors.

H.B. Fuller is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and proud to have created a collaborative culture where employees around the world are seen, heard, and respected. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability, or marital status or status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected classification.