Role: Electrician - Taronga Zoo
- Located at Sydney’s Iconic - Taronga Zoo – Cammeraigal Country
- Ongoing Full-time position
- TCSA Wages Employees Award, Annual package from $79,404 (includes base salary $70,368 + plus superannuation & leave loading)
At Taronga Zoo, your workplace is anything but ordinary. Join a dedicated trades team in a setting where every day brings something new. From maintaining world-class spaces to supporting conservation efforts, your work truly makes a difference.
You’ll help care for:
🦒 Animal habitats
🍴 Dining and event venues
🧪 Wildlife hospitals and research facilities
🎓 Learning and community spaces
All set against the stunning backdrop of Sydney Harbour. If you're after a role that’s hands-on, meaningful, and wildly unique—this could be your next adventure.
About the Role…
Reporting to the Electrical Supervisor, you’ll be responsible for a wide range of electrical installation, maintenance, repair and upgrade work across both high voltage and low voltage systems.
You'll work independently and as part of a collaborative team, always prioritising safety, quality, and responsiveness in a live, public environment with unique requirements.
Key Accountabilities…
- Complete all trade and non-trade related work activities as scheduled and allocated by the Leading Hand Electrician or management.
- Adhere to work requisition system and follow through with projects efficiently and effectively.
- Operate a range of electrical fitting equipment used to maintain the presentation of the zoo facilities.
- Work effectively as a member of a high performing team, to assist Taronga in its achievement of strategic outcomes.
- Ensure work is performed in a timely, cost-effective manner to prescribed quality standards to meet stakeholder and Taronga needs.
- Comply with and suggest sustainability practices in the workplace to help achieve Taronga’s sustainability targets and reduce environmental impact.
About You…
We are looking for candidates that have:
- Electrical Trade Qualification.
- Hold Current NSW A Grade Electricians License.
- Current NSW Drivers License or ability to have existing license formally recognised including manual.
- Certification in High Voltage or Confined Spaces is not essential, although highly regarded.
- Obtain and maintain a current paid NSW Working with Children Check
Benefits…
Our employees enjoy generous employment conditions including some of the following:
- Flexible Hybrid work model - Taronga supports a blend of in-office, remote, and on-the-go workers!
- Complimentary family and friends passes across both Taronga’s Sydney & Dubbo Zoo’s
- Free onsite car parking, outside of peak periods
- A wide range of discounts on our award winning accommodation across both sites
- Discounted food and beverage purchases across the sites
- Discounted Fitness Passport
- We’re a social team - there’s always lots going on around the zoo that we get involved with!
- + more!
We Value Diversity…
Taronga is an equal opportunity employer, where we recognise the diversity of our workforce and community – be it on the basis of gender, age, culture, religion, language or personal circumstances.
Taronga is also committed to building on the perspectives, experience, knowledge and skills that this diversity brings to our organisation.
About Applying…
Please submit your resume and a cover letter of one page. You are also required to complete the two target questions as part of your application.
- Working as part of a team is essential in this role. Can you describe a time when you contributed to a positive and productive team environment? What did you do, and what was the outcome?
- Electrical work involves working safely in often high-risk environments. What steps do you take to identify, assess and manage hazards before starting a job? Please provide a specific example.
Applications Close: 11:59pm, Sunday 20 July 2025