About this role
DP World Brisbane is currently seeking an experienced Automation and Electrical Systems Specialist to support the safe, reliable, and compliant operation of advanced automation technologies within a major port and terminal environment.
This role is well suited to professionals from electrical trades or engineering backgrounds with strong experience in automation, control systems, and industrial technology, who are motivated to work with cutting-edge systems such as LiDAR, PLCs, automated cranes, and intelligent vehicle systems.
You will play a key role in the operation, commissioning, maintenance, and continuous improvement of automated systems used in port and terminal operations. Working closely with operations, maintenance, IT, and OEM partners, you will help ensure automation systems operate safely, efficiently, and in compliance with regulatory and safety requirements.
Key Accountabilities
- Support commissioning, testing, and fault diagnosis of automation and electrical systems
- Maintain and troubleshoot PLCs, drives, sensors, and communication networks
- Assist with automation upgrades, trials, and technology evaluations
- Ensure compliance with WHS, electrical safety legislation, and site procedures
- Collaborate with operations and maintenance teams to minimise downtime
- Support documentation, change management, and system integrity checks
- Participate in investigations of system faults and reliability issues
- Perform system integration maintenance and trouble shooting.
- Support systems including:
- Automated Stacking Cranes (ASC)
- Quay Cranes (QC)
- Intelligent Guided Vehicles (IGV)
- PLC-based control systems and industrial networks
- Emerging technologies, including LiDAR-based safety,5G, and sensing systems
Qualifications, Skills and Experience
- Minimum of five years’ experience working with industrial automation or control systems
- Exposure to PLCs, drives, sensors, and industrial communications -signalling system (5G)
- Strong fault-finding and problem-solving capability
- Ability to work safely in a high-risk, operational environment
- Good communication skills and ability to work across disciplines
- Experience within ports, terminals, heavy industry, mining, or manufacturing environments is highly regarded.
- Experience with commissioning, trials, or new technology deployment (e.g. LiDAR, vision systems) and working knowledge of industrial IT / OT networks is highly regarded.
About DP World
DP World is reshaping the future of global trade to improve lives everywhere. Operating across six continents with a team of over 125,000 employees, we combine global infrastructure and local expertise to deliver seamless supply chain solutions. From Ports and Terminals to Marine Services, Logistics and Technology, we leverage innovation to create better ways to trade, minimising disruptions from the factory floor to the customer’s door.
In Asia Pacific, DP World employs over 15,000 people across 22 geographies. We operate 17 ports and terminals, complemented by a comprehensive suite of end-to-end supply chain solutions - to connect the region to the rest of the world.
WE MAKE TRADE FLOW
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Other facts
About DP World
Trade is the lifeblood of the global economy, creating opportunities and improving the quality of life for people around the world. DP World exists to make the world’s trade flow better, changing what’s possible for the customers and communities we serve globally.
With a dedicated, diverse and professional team of more than 119,000 employees from 164 nationalities, spanning 83 countries on six continents and 560+ business units, DP World is pushing trade further and faster towards a seamless supply chain that’s fit for the future.
We’re rapidly transforming and integrating our businesses -- Ports and Terminals, Marine Services, Logistics and Technology – and uniting our global infrastructure with local expertise to create stronger, more efficient end-to-end supply chain solutions that can change the way the world trades.
What's more, we're reshaping the future by investing in innovation. From intelligent delivery systems to automated warehouse stacking, we’re at the cutting edge of disruptive technology, pushing the sector towards better ways to trade, minimising disruptions from the factory floor to the customer’s door.
WE MAKE TRADE FLOW
TO CHANGE WHAT'S POSSIBLE FOR EVERYONE
What you'll do
- You will support the commissioning, testing, and fault diagnosis of automation and electrical systems while collaborating with various teams to ensure efficient operations. Additionally, you will assist with maintenance and troubleshooting of PLCs, drives, sensors, and communication networks.
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