Licensed Electrician – $57+/hr All-In | Commercial Fitouts & Refurb

This is a permanent role with consistent work — not a casual placement that dries up when the project ends.

No "attractive rate" guessing games — here's the actual maths: $47.73/hr base + $5.00/hr productivity + $40/day travel (worth ~$5/hr) = $57.73/hr - under our Single Enterprise Agreement, so add super and full EBA conditions with a 36-hour week on top of that.

Somerville Electric has been wiring Sydney since 1982. We're a tight-knit, owner-led commercial contractor delivering award-winning CBD office fitouts — the kind that win MBA NSW Interior Fitout awards — plus warehousing and light industrial projects. Our work spans feature and architectural lighting, general and dedicated power, and full structured cabling backbones (copper and fibre), with a strong pipeline booked ahead.

We value quality workmanship, reliability, and looking after our people — many of our sparkies and PMs started on the tools here and have been with us 10+ years.

We're looking for motivated Licensed Electricians for an immediate start across our commercial fitout and industrial projects in the Sydney CBD and surrounds. Consistent work, regular overtime available, and genuine variety — high-end fitouts, structured cabling and comms installs (copper and fibre, rough-in to termination and testing), comms room builds, lighting control and feature lighting. If you've got comms cabling skills or want to build them, you'll get plenty of it here.

What We Offer

• Effectively $57.73/hr all-in: $47.73/hr EBA base + $5.00/hr productivity + $40/day travel (worth ~$5/hr) - full EBA rates and conditions

• Leading Hand applications welcome - $50.85/hr base + allowances (effectively $60.85/hr+ all-in) for the right experience

• 36-hour week - 2 RD's every 4 Weeks

• Consistent overtime at penalty rates as per or EA

• Permanent role with genuine job security — strong pipeline of booked work

• Variety of work: award-winning CBD fitouts, structured cabling and comms room builds, secure sites - sharpen your skills, not just pull cable

• Supportive team with long-term career advancement - many of our team started on the tools and moved up

Responsibilities

• Install electrical & communications cabling systems, components and equipment to high-end specifications and relevant codes

• Rough-in and fit-off across CBD commercial fitout projects — general and dedicated power, feature and architectural lighting, automated lighting control and clients' critical infrastructure

• Structured cabling installs — copper and fibre, containment and cable support systems, termination, testing and vendor certification

• Comms room builds (MCR/FCR) — including the critical power supply, UPS systems & switchboards, racking, stacking, patching and associated IT equipment & infrastructure

• Fault-finding, testing and commissioning using appropriate test instruments

• Read and interpret electrical, architectural and services drawings — and coordinate with other trades on live sites

• Mentor and supervise apprentices coming up behind you, in line with company supervision policy

• Deliver quality workmanship safely, to program, and to the standard a high-end finish demands

Requirements

• Current NSW Electrical licence

• Completed electrical qualification

• Current Australian driver's licence - well regarded

• Construction Induction Safety certificate (White Card)

• Full working rights in Australia

• Experience in communications/structured cabling or Cert III Telecommunications well regarded (not essential)

Leading Hands — we want to hear from you

Running crews now, or ready to step up? We're also considering Leading Hand applications. You'll run a crew on our projects with real support behind you — our current PMs came up exactly this way, from Leading Hand to running multi-million dollar projects. Leading Hand EBA rate is effectively $60.85/hr+ all-in.

Tell us in your application if you're applying at Leading Hand level.

Want to know more before applying? Call us on 1300 513 *** — happy to have a chat.