The Electrical Controls Systems Technician/Specialist is responsible for designing, drafting, cabling, and testing of PLC and Motion control systems. Working with the other ACNS Electrical Engineering team members you will take a specification from stakeholders and manage the complete end to end deployment of the control systems. Maintenance, fault finding, and repairs of existing electrical control systems is a significant part of the position requirements. You will have the opportunity to program motion controllers and PLCs and deploy these systems in the field and test against functional requirements and standardised protocols. This position requires an electrician with an electrical contractor's licence and is also responsible for the management of the maintenance and testing of the power distribution and UPS systems.
"We are looking for an Electrical Control systems technician that is interested in continuous learning and producing safe, high quality, reliable, maintainable, PLC and Motion control systems that meet client's requirements in a scientific environment. You will take pride in the quality of your work and control system builds. We have built control system simulators, tested, and prototyped systems for decades and continuously produced results for the ACNS. You will be expected to produce well documented and rigorously tested accurate control systems with cabling that is not only safe, it is also accurate, functional, maintainable, accessible, neat, tidy and clearly labelled according to the drawing. If you see it in the field, we designed and built it here!" Frank Darmann, ACNS Electrical Engineering Team Lead
Key Accountabilities Band 5 In addition to accountabilities at Band 4, Band 5 requires:
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Generous parental leave provisions:
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For further technical information relating to this position please refer to the Position Description or contact Frank Darmann on (02) 9717 9863. For all other queries please contact Talent Acquisition on +61 (02) 9717 3740.
To be eligible for appointment, applicants will require a security and pre-employment medical assessment.
Application closing date: 20 September 2026 at 11:59pm
All applicants must be Australian citizens.
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