Auto Electrician

About Us:

Varley Group is an Australian company that has a rich history spanning over 138 years. We have evolved into a highly successful diverse and multi-national engineering and manufacturing firm servicing a wide variety of major sectors including emergency service defence health care cyber security mining marine rail and more. Varley Groups network of subsidiaries includes: Norship SEM Fire & Rescue Air Boats International EMC Electric Vehicles IDES Introspectus and Frame Group.

Here at Varley we strongly believe in these core values:

Safety Maintain a safe and healthy workplace for all employees in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations.

Customer Focus We provide the best customer service through open and honest relationships.

Quality of Workmanship We take pride in our work to ensure we provide high quality products services and employees.

Acceptance of Change To adapt to changes in customer needs technology and social media demands.

Success We secure continuing financial technical and market success.

With over 1200 employees in the Varley Group our company reputation is built on providing first-class work manufacturing quality products and providing unsurpassed service. It is our broad but specialised skills base and employees that have a passion for doing a good job that gives us a competitive edge.

The Role:

We have a permanent position available at our Ballarat site (SEM Fire and Rescue) for an experienced Auto Electrician or Trades Assistant with relevant electrical experience where you will be manufacturing new builds along with diagnosing and fault-finding electrical system and componentry problems in a range of emergency and specialized vehicles truck builds and one-off vehicles.

This role will involve:

Following manufacturing drawings to complete electrical fit-outs including harness rough-in termination fit-out programming and electrical approval

Assist in a team to test and verify all electrical operations of vehicles

Assist in implementing and verifying appropriate improvements to electrical systems

Fault find electrical problems on vehicles with and without electrical diagrams

Fit electrical components to vehicles

To be considered for this role you will have:

Being a trade-qualified Auto Electrician or we would also consider an experienced TA or similar roles with automotive electrical background and exposure

Have experience in Auto Electrical including repair techniques interpret circuit diagrams vehicle on-board electronic systems and fault finding

Have the ability to read and interpret technical drawings

Safely follow instructions and work procedures

Be able to work independently and as part of a team

Demonstrate a high quality of workmanship and attention to details

Be physically capable to perform repetitive tasks lifting bending twisting

Successfully complete a pre-placement medical including D&A testing

Why Us:

With over 1200 employees our company reputation is built on providing first-class work manufacturing quality products and providing unsurpassed service. It is our broad but specialized skills base and employees that have a passion for doing a good job that gives us a competitive edge. We are looking for employees that want to help us continue on this journey.

Our people matter to us so we provide:

Good life/work balance

Variety of work on innovative and market leading projects

Permanent Position

Opportunity for career development and encouragement to work across teams to build your skills and experience

Access to our employee assistance program

Mentoring and development programs

To Apply:

If this sounds like the role you are looking for please send your resume and a cover letter outlining your experience.

As part of the recruitment process of this role a set of screening questions were emailed via our candidate application platform.

These questions are designed to further understand your experience career goals and assess how they align with the requirements of the role.

Please note that it is crucial to complete the screening questions to proceed with your application. Applicants who do not complete these questions will regrettably not be considered for further steps in the selection process. We appreciate your prompt attention to this matter and look forward to reviewing your responses.

We know that diverse teams are high performing teams. At Varley Group we welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds and we are an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

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