Commissioning Technician

About the role

Commissioning technicians for the energisation and testing of Cloudbreak Solar Farm, a solar farm near Newman, Western Australia.

The role in detail

Powertech is recruiting for Cloudbreak Solar Farm, a solar farm near Newman, Western Australia, delivered by Fortescue as EPC. This campaign recruits the commissioning technicians of the Commissioning W1 wave.

What you will do

• Carry out pre-energisation checks, insulation and continuity tests and functional tests on the DC field, the inverter stations and the battery yard
• Energise blocks under the commissioning plan and the permit and isolation procedures
• Record every test and every result in the commissioning file
• Work with the HV crew, the battery supplier and the grid operator through the energisation sequence

You will need

• An electrical licence recognised in Western Australia and commissioning experience on solar, battery or industrial plant
• A White Card and a driver’s licence
• Fluency with test equipment, protection and control and inverter systems
• The discipline that energising a plant for the first time demands

About this campaign

• This opening belongs to the Commissioning W1 wave of the Cloudbreak Solar Farm recruitment plan
• The positions shown on this page represent recruitment across the campaign wave, not the number of workers on site at any one time.

Tickets & licences

• White Card
• First Aid
• CPR
• LVR
• HV Switching

Additional tickets are added only where the specific position requires them.

Pay & conditions

• Employment: Casual
• Pay: $64 an hour + penalties
• Penalty rates: Yes — award penalty rates apply
• Accommodation: Camp accommodation
• Accommodation details: Roster: 2:1 FIFO from Perth. Cloudbreak mine camp; FIFO from Perth, 2:1 roster.