Hughenden - Powering your life | Market-leading salaries | Yearly EBA increases
Need wheels? | Novated lease | Salary sacrificing options
Housing assistance up to $41k pa + 5 days extra annual leave pa

Your future is Energy Queensland

Every time a light turns on or new energy solutions are created, it's because of us. At Energy Queensland, we're making big changes to power up Queensland’s future, and we need people like you to help make it happen.

Energy Queensland and our brands: Energex, Ergon Energy Network, Ergon Retail, and Yurika - are leading the charge in delivering reliable power to over 2 million customers across Queensland and beyond.

You’ll be part of a team that keeps Queensland connected and powers communities every day. With us, you’ll gain the skills and opportunities to build a future you're proud of.

Your opportunity

As a Linesperson based a Hughenden, you’ll build on your highly practiced electrical skills to ensure the integrity of our LV and HV overhead powerlines and underground infrastructure for our communities.

If you're an Electrical Fitter Mechanic with skills that are transferable you maybe considered.

Here’s how you’ll do it:

Carry out maintenance (preventative, planned, unplanned), and repairs to our distribution network to ensure its ongoing reliability.
Construct and augment our distribution network to meet the changing needs of our residential and commercial customers and other stakeholders.
Install, repair, commission and maintain various items of electrical equipment and plant that make up our vast distribution network.

What’s on offer?

The remuneration for your new role is from $113k + 14.75% superannuation + applicable allowances

At Energy Queensland, we believe in supporting every aspect of your career and personal life. Here’s what you can expect:

Invest in your future: Secure employment, a strong 14.75% superannuation with a fund of your choice and comprehensive income protection to ensure your financial security
Get paid to play: Annual leave loading and salary sacrificing means more spending money in your pocket
More time for you: Achieve a healthy work-life balance on a 72-hour, 9-day fortnight roster
Field role perks | Overtime paid at double time | Additional pay and leave

Location Incentives:

If you’re looking to boost your Superannuation before retirement or perhaps, you’re saving to enter the property market, the following allowances will go a long way towards reaching your financial goals.

Non-Urban Zone Allowance – up to $27,162 per annum.
Housing Allowance – up to $11,024 per annum.
Locality Allowance – up to $3,416 per annum.
Non-Urban Time Recognition Payments - $10,000 after 2 years and if you decide to stay on for 5, 10, 15 or even 20 years, we’ll pay you $15,000 at each milestone.

Plus, when you decide it’s time for a well-earned break, we’ll give you an additional 5 days of annual leave per year to assist with travel to and from your chosen holiday destinations.

What you’ll bring

A Queensland Electrical Licensing Board Certification as an Electrical Linesperson or Electrical Fitter Mechanic.
Experience in line work preferred
Demonstrated knowledge of an electricity distribution/transmission system, including construction and maintenance of an electrical network.
Current ‘C’ Class Driver’s Licence.
Australian or New Zealand citizenship or an Australian permanent residency.

We’d also love you to have

Well-developed interpersonal communication skills to develop good working relationships with team members and external customers. You must have the ability to identify and understand customer needs.
Availability for call out and emergency work.
Willingness to travel to surrounding area from time to time to undertake work.

What matters most? For us, it’s our values:
We’re Safe – We Belong – We Grow – We Deliver
If you’re going to be a part of our team, these should matter to you, too.

Why Energy Queensland?

At Energy Queensland, your career will always be moving forward. You’ll get hands-on experience that sets you up for the future, working with people who are ready to share their skills and help you grow.

Here, what you do really matters. Your work will make a difference to millions of lives across Queensland, and you’ll feel proud to be part of something bigger.

The future of energy is here. It just needs you.

If you're ready to be part of shaping Queensland's energy future, apply now with your resume!

Applications close at 5.00pm (AEST), Wednesday 28 May 2025.