Lineworker

About the role

Base salary from $105,807 per annum + Super, Overtime and On-Call

TasNetworks are on the lookout for an experienced Lineworker to join our newly formed Streetlight Crew. You'll play a vital role in maintaining and improving Tasmania's streetlighting infrastructure, helping ensure our communities remain safe, connected and well-lit.

Working as part of a dedicated team, you'll undertake inspection, maintenance, repair and construction activities while delivering safe, reliable and compliant services. You'll also play an important role in responding to faults, restoring services and building positive relationships with customers, stakeholders and the community.

In this role you will:

• Deliver safe, efficient and high-quality electrical work that meets customer expectations and timeframes.
• Perform inspection, maintenance, repair and construction activities on streetlighting and associated electrical assets.
• Conduct testing, commissioning and fault-finding activities to identify and resolve network and asset issues.
• Support Program of Work (PoW) activities including defect rectification customer requests and fault response.
• Participate in an on-call roster, responding to faults, assessing asset conditions and undertaking repairs to restore network reliability.

About you

To be successful in this role you will be a qualified Lineworker and hold a Tasmanian Electrical Practitioners Licence. You'll bring a strong commitment to safety, quality and customer service, along with the ability to identify practical solutions and deliver outcomes in a dynamic field-based environment.

This, combined with your proven ability to determine the most effective and efficient way to achieve results whilst focusing on continuous improvement is key to joining a high performing team.

You’ll also bring:

• Certificate III in ESI – Power Systems
• Tasmanian Electrical Practitioner’s Licence (or the ability to obtain)
• High Risk Work Licence (Dogging, Vehicle Loading Crane, EWP) – or ability to obtain
• White Card, First Aid, and Medium Rigid Licence (or ability to obtain)

If you’re looking to play a key part in ‘keeping the lights on’ across our beautiful State, please reach out or submit your application today!

What's on offer

This is a Permanent full-time opportunity based out of our Cambridge Depot, offering an attractive remuneration and benefits package.

At TasNetworks we want to power a bright future for our people, our community and our customers. We offer a supportive work environment where safety is at the heart of everything we do.

As an “employer of choice” we offer excellent employee benefits including:

• Flexible work arrangements including a 9-day fortnight
• 20 days of annual leave per year + an additional 3 days of leave between Christmas and New Year
• Electricity discount of 16.66%
• Ability to participate in regular overtime and the on-call roster
• 17.5% leave loading (paid annually)
• Career development - personalised career pathways across trade and leadership, supported by our internal training programs
• Onsite gyms (plus an annual health and wellbeing rebate)
• All the tools and equipment you'll need to be successful