Electrical Customer Connections Officer
Electrical Customer Connections Officer
Job Type:
Contract / Temp
Location:
Other, Northern Territory
Category:
Trades & Services
Sub Category:
Electrician
Date Published:
19-Jan-2026
Job Reference
1014043
CoreStaff Darwin are seeking an Electrical Customer Connections Officer
Our Client is a government-owned corporation who transmits and distributes electricity, and provides water and sewerage services, across the Northern Territory.
About the Role & Responsibilities
This role is to Manage a centre of excellence for customer related connections and coordinate with electrical installers, retailers, consultants to ensure customers’ new electrical connections and upgraded connections are completed within nominated timeframes and in line with electricity supply industry codes.
Skills, Knowledge and Experience
Benefits
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Our Client is a government-owned corporation who transmits and distributes electricity, and provides water and sewerage services, across the Northern Territory.
About the Role & Responsibilities
This role is to Manage a centre of excellence for customer related connections and coordinate with electrical installers, retailers, consultants to ensure customers’ new electrical connections and upgraded connections are completed within nominated timeframes and in line with electricity supply industry codes.
- Coordinate and schedule customer connections including Point of Entry, Notices of Intentions, Certificates of Compliance, Low Voltage Service Connection Non Compliance Reports, Notices of Improvements, NBN installations on Power and Water Assets, associated paperwork for electricity load supply installations and Rooftop Solar Photovoltaic (PV) applications
- Work with Power and Water personal to determine suitable points of supply/metering requirements for requested Negotiated Connection applications.
- Coordinate connection applications for basic and unmetered connection applications
- Carry out final audits on customer’s electrical installations for residential and development power clearance compliance.
- Coordinate with installers and Power and Water work groups to ensure all works are completed within required AER timeframes.
- Support field based crews by coordinating the Isolation of services to allow the safe installation of meters by Power and Water field crews, in line with Power and Water’s metering manual.
- Support field based crews by coordinating the connection of basic service connections between the customer, electricians and Powe and Water field crews
- Interpret, review and approve electrical connection design drawings to ensure compliance with the NT NER, AS 3000, AS4777, Power and Water standards and relevant legislation.
Skills, Knowledge and Experience
- Certificate III or equivalent skills, knowledge and experience in Electrical Engineering
- NT Electrical License (or interstate equivalent). with no restrictions
- Class C or equivalent Driver License
- developed skills and experience in the interpretation of the NT NER Chapter 5A negotiated connection process, AS 3000, AS4777 compliance and electrical connection design compliance with legislation
- Demonstrated experience in the interpretation of schematic electrical connection design drawings and compliance with AS 3000 (Electrical wiring rules) and how they are implemented onsite for all connections
- Well-developed interpersonal and negotiation skills with the ability to communicate effectively with a diverse range of people including internal and external customers and stakeholders, as well as the ability to interact with people of different cultures.
- Knowledge of basic micro embedded generation connection technical requirement specifications
- Demonstrated experience in the implementation of service installation rules, service rules and meter manual, and basic micro EG connection technical requirements and how they are applied in the Northern Territory environment.
- Experience using data and asset management packages including Gen Track, Power View and Maximo, or similar systems.
- Demonstrated capability to use standard computer software programs, including Microsoft based applications, and the ability to quickly learn new systems and software
Benefits
- This position is full-time for 3 months, with the possibility of extending.
- Casual rate of $94.96 p/h fixed
- 37.5 hours per week – full time, Monday to Friday.
- Alice Springs Based
- Government-Owned Corporation
- Weekly pay & Full time hours
- Career development opportunities
- Exclusive access to our benefits platform that offers savings at over 60 major Australian Retailers across the country
CoreStaff is a leader in workplace diversity, and we encourage applications from Indigenous Australians for all roles, females for non-traditional female roles, and applicants with disabilities to apply for all of our jobs.
If this sounds like you, please click the ‘APPLY NOW’ button today!!