Industrial electrical shift cover
Qualified industrial electricians when your maintenance team is short. Annual leave, unplanned absence, a vacancy you are recruiting for, extra shifts, shutdown periods and project workload.
Manufacturing, food production and processing sites across South East Queensland and Northern NSW.
When sites use us
Cover for the gaps in the roster
Maintenance teams are usually sized for a normal week. These are the situations where sites bring us in.
Annual leave
Planned leave that leaves the electrical side of the team short, particularly over holiday periods when several people are away at once.
Unplanned absence
Sick leave and short-notice absence, where the work still has to be covered and the roster has no slack in it.
A vacancy you are recruiting for
Cover for the gap between someone leaving and a replacement starting, which in this trade is rarely a short gap.
Extra shift coverage
Additional electrical coverage during a busy production run, a seasonal peak or a period where the plant is running longer hours.
Shutdown periods
When the team cannot cover the shutdown work and keep the rest of the site going at the same time.
Project workload
When project work is competing with routine maintenance and something is being pushed back every week.
Capability
What we can be handed on day one
The concern with any shift-cover arrangement is whether you end up supervising someone instead of gaining another useful pair of hands. We provide industrial electricians with the background to pick up maintenance and fault-finding work quickly once inducted and briefed on your site.
- Breakdown response and electrical fault finding on production plant
- Motors, starters, overloads and motor control circuits
- Variable speed drives, including fault finding and configuration
- Switchboards and MCCs, including repairs and modifications
- Control circuits, relays, contactors, sensors and field devices
- Safety circuit fault finding and repair against the existing design
- Planned and preventative maintenance tasks
- Electrical installation and modification work on plant
Equipment we work across regularly:
Site tickets we can supply electricians for:
Electricians are assigned based on the tickets and competencies your site and the role require. Tell us what the position needs and we will confirm what we can cover. Evidence can be supplied for your contractor records.
How it works
Notice, duration and shifts
Notice
Planned notice is preferred and gives us the best chance of covering a requirement properly. Short-notice requests are considered on availability, so it is always worth asking rather than assuming.
Duration
Single shifts through to longer arrangements. Short-term leave cover, shutdown and project periods, and extended cover while a vacancy is being filled.
Shifts
Day, afternoon, night and weekend shift, worked to your site's existing roster.
How many
This depends on the requirement and on current availability. Tell us what you need and when, and we will tell you straight away what we can cover rather than committing to something we cannot resource.
On site
We work to your systems, not our own
Shift cover only helps if the person fits into how the site already runs. We work within your existing maintenance structure rather than trying to run things independently.
- Site inductions and site-specific rules
- Permit to work systems
- Isolation, lockout, tagout and verification procedures
- Your electrical safety procedures
- Work orders and maintenance tasks as scheduled by the site
- Reporting back to your maintenance supervisor or engineering team
- Completing the job documentation your site requires
Different sites run different systems, and we expect to work to yours.
Related
Other ways we support maintenance teams
Shutdowns & planned maintenance
Additional electrical labour and project work scheduled into planned downtime.
Industrial electrical maintenance
Planned electrical maintenance on machinery, motors, drives, switchboards and control circuits.
Breakdown & fault finding
Electrical breakdown response and fault finding on live production sites.
Where we work
Sites we cover
South East Queensland and Northern NSW, from Tweed Heads through the Gold Coast, Yatala, Beenleigh and Logan to Brisbane. Licensed in both states, so sites either side of the border are equally in scope.
Get in touch
Need cover?
Tell us the site, the dates and the shifts you need covered, and we will come back to you on what we can do.
0434 059 952