At a Glance
- Tasks: Install and maintain Automatic Weather Stations while travelling to unique locations across Australia.
- Company: Join Synergie Australia, a leader in connecting talent with meaningful opportunities.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, structured training, and long-term project until January 2030.
- Other info: Enjoy travel, teamwork, and the chance to work with cutting-edge technology.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on weather forecasting while exploring diverse environments.
- Qualifications: Certificate III in electronics or relevant experience required.
The predicted salary is between 88834 - 96829 $ per year.
Synergie Australia is seeking a Field Installation Technician for a trusted Government client. The important parts:
- Pay: $88,834 – $96,829 per year + Super
- Duration: January 2027 to January 2030 (potential for extension)
- Travel: Regular regional, remote and interstate travel required
- Citizenship: Australian citizenship required for security clearance eligibility
What you will be required to do:
- Install, configure and commission Automatic Weather Stations
- Replace, upgrade and transition legacy weather observation equipment
- Identify site-readiness issues, hazards and operational risks
- Install sensors, enclosures, power systems and telemetry equipment
- Complete acceptance testing, calibration checks and commissioning
- Validate weather data streams before operational handover
- Diagnose and rectify faults identified during the rollout
- Provide limited post-installation support and stabilisation
- Record asset, configuration and installation information
- Maintain accurate as-built records and digital asset registers
- Complete commissioning reports and defect logs
- Assist with rollout planning, logistics and equipment staging
- Work to project schedules, milestones and deployment targets
- Liaise with landholders, contractors and local stakeholders
- Provide progress updates and report emerging risks or issues
- Comply with all workplace health and safety requirements
Regular travel is a central requirement of these positions. Technicians will travel to regional, remote and offshore sites and may work in multi-day or multi-week deployment blocks. Depending on the location, travel may involve four-wheel-drive vehicles, commercial aircraft, boats or helicopters. Candidates must be comfortable:
- Spending multiple nights away from home
- Travelling to isolated and challenging locations
- Working outdoors and in varied environmental conditions
- Following structured deployment schedules
- Working independently and as part of a field team
- Maintaining a strong safety focus throughout each deployment
To be successful in the role you will:
- Hold at least one of the following:
- Certificate III or higher in electronics or electrical studies from an Australian educational institution
- A comparable overseas qualification relevant to the duties
- Relevant technical experience and training that enables competent performance
- Another comparable qualification appropriate to the position
- Hold a current Australian driver licence
- Be willing and able to undertake regular remote and regional travel
- Be willing to complete and pass a medical assessment
- Be eligible to obtain an Aviation Security Identification Card or Maritime Security Identification Card
- Hold a current police check at commencement
- Be an Australian citizen and eligible to obtain a security clearance
The following experience and capabilities would be advantageous:
- Technical field installation or maintenance experience
- Electrical or electronic equipment installation
- Field commissioning and acceptance testing
- Fault-finding and technical diagnostics
- Solar power systems
- Batteries and electrical power systems
- Remote telemetry and communications equipment
- Sensors, instrumentation and monitoring equipment
- Asset or configuration management systems such as Maximo
- Working in regional or remote environments
- Operating and maintaining four-wheel-drive vehicles
- Working safely at heights
- Remote first aid
- A Diploma in electronics or electrical studies
Specialised in-house, competency-based training will be provided on the relevant weather observation equipment and systems.
What’s on offer for you:
- A long-term national project through to January 2030
- An additional six-month extension option
- Meaningful technical work supporting weather forecasts and warnings
- Regional, remote and interstate travel
- Exposure to specialist weather observation technology
- Structured in-house technical training
- Work alongside experienced technicians and technical professionals
- Opportunities based from eight operational hubs across Australia
- Varied fieldwork across hundreds of unique locations
- The opportunity to contribute to nationally significant infrastructure
Field Installation Technicians in Sydney employer: Synergie Group
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