Primary Location

QLD - Fortitude Valley - Kingsgate

Job Description Summary

Service Stream is seeking an experienced Electrical & Instrumentation Technician to join our Utilities team in Brisbane. This full-time role supports water and wastewater infrastructure under the Urban Utilities MECS contract.

About the Role

About Service Stream

Join a national, multi-disciplinary company that offers a positive work environment focused on growth, support, and future opportunities. This role provides the chance to be part of a new contract from the outset, helping to establish new ways of working. Enjoy competitive remuneration under an enterprise bargaining agreement, along with a range of employee benefits. Open to candidates nationwide — relocation assistance available for top talent.

About the role

Service Stream’s Utilities division is seeking an experienced Electrical & Instrumentation Technician to join our Brisbane team on a full-time, permanent basis. The role is responsible for safely and efficiently performing electrical and instrumentation maintenance, calibration, troubleshooting, and repairs on water and wastewater infrastructure to ensure reliable performance and regulatory compliance. The technician will also support minor works and capital installation projects and may participate in commissioning and decommissioning of assets and plants.

Key responsibilities include performing planned and reactive maintenance, fault finding, and providing technical support to engineers, clients, and production teams. The role requires collaboration across disciplines to maintain continuous operation of critical infrastructure, fostering teamwork, safety, and operational excellence. The technician will also contribute to budget management, promote best practices, support apprentices, and uphold a positive, inclusive, and values-driven workplace culture focused on safety, efficiency, and community outcomes.

Skills and qualifications

Current Drivers Licence
Experience in the Water industry or similar industry (Desirable)
Experience with plant and equipment associated with wastewater treatment plants and pumping stations.
Ability to integrate with and cooperate as part of a multidisciplinary team
Practical and theoretical knowledge of SCADA
National Licence to perform High Risk work (Desirable)
Capable of inspection, testing, adjustment and repairs of electrical equipment
Instrumentation & Control fault finding ability
Willingness to upskill and undertake additional training for ongoing development

About Us

Service Stream is an equal opportunity ASX-listed business that develops and operates Australia's essential services networks across telecommunications, utilities, transport, defence, and social infrastructure industries. Specialising in designing, constructing, and maintaining new and existing networks, we provide end-to-end engineering and asset management solutions for our blue-chip client base. Committed to fostering a workplace culture that values diversity and inclusion, Service Stream actively promotes the employment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, people with disabilities, LGBTQI individuals, and other diverse groups. As a signatory to the Veterans Employment Commitment, we also value the skills and experience of ex-ADF members and their partners, strongly considering veterans who meet the key criteria for our employment opportunities.

Service Stream does not accept any unsolicited resume referrals from external Recruitment or Labour Hire Companies.

Department

Field Services

How to Apply

If this sounds like you apply now to the Service Stream Recruitment Team via the online application button.

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