Shaft Electrician
Core
Maintain and optimize electrical, control, and automation systems for vertical shaft sinking infrastructure in underground mining environments.
Role type
Shaft Electrician (Mining Infrastructure)
Builds
Temporary winders, control circuits, variable speed drives, and communication networks for mine access and ventilation shafts.
Domain
Mining (Underground Shaft Sinking)
Required skills
Electrical trade qualification, HV switching experience, interpretation of electrical/mechanical/architectural drawings, statutory testing and inspection, preventative and breakdown maintenance, fault diagnosis and root cause analysis, PLC programming and troubleshooting, SCADA diagnostics, safety compliance in confined spaces.
Preferred skills
Experience in underground mining, shaft sinking, tunnelling, heavy industry, or construction; mobile plant maintenance.
Technologies
Rockwell Automation (Allen Bradley ControlLogix/CompactLogix, PanelView HMIs, FactoryTalk View SE/ME, Studio 5000/RSLogix 5000), EtherNet/IP, DeviceNet, SCADA.
Responsibilities
Install, maintain, and repair temporary winders and associated systems; conduct statutory testing and inspections; perform routine and breakdown maintenance on control and automation systems; diagnose faults in control circuits and communication networks; program and configure PLCs and HMIs; monitor equipment performance via SCADA; mentor team members.
Seniority
Experienced IC