Electrical Engineer
Posting Start Date: 11 Sept 2026
Location: Hobart, Tasmania, AU, 7000
Company: Serco Plc
Serco is a place where you can grow
Your impact makes a meaningful difference, and we're committed to supporting your professional and personal goals.
You’ll also have access to flexible benefits designed to support your wellbeing and growth, including:
- Flexible work arrangements supporting a real work-life balance
- Ongoing professional development through further education support and internal progression opportunities
- Access to employee wellbeing and assistance programs
- Opportunities for professional growth within a multidisciplinary government services company
- Inclusive and supportive transition pathway from defence
- Favourable veteran benefits
Make an impact at Serco
As an Electrical Engineer supporting the Australian Antarctic Supply Research Vessel (ASRV), you’ll provide specialist electrical engineering and maintenance support to help keep critical vessel systems safe, reliable and operational.
You’ll work closely with the ASRV Technical Superintendent, Engineering Manager, vessel crew, subcontractors and customer stakeholders. Your expertise will contribute to electrical systems across propulsion, power generation, navigation, communications, control systems and other essential vessel capabilities.
As an Electrical Engineer in the ASRV team, you’ll make a positive impact by:
- Ensuring electrical engineering and maintenance activities meet safety, regulatory and contractual requirements
- Optimising maintenance strategies, plans, schedules and activities to improve reliability and availability
- Providing expert advice across electrical, navigation, communications, power and control systems
- Developing engineering scopes, reports, processes and procedures to support vessel operations
- Liaising with the vessel Master, Chief Engineer, crew, subcontractors and customer stakeholders
- Supporting engineering changes, procurement, audits, compliance activities and critical spares planning
Serco is a place for you
You could be a great fit if you have:
- A degree in Electrical Engineering with at least 10 years’ experience, including 5 years in maritime, or an equivalent electrical engineering/trade qualification with relevant experience
- Strong experience with electrical engineering, maintenance and systems engineering
- Experience using Computerised Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS)
- Knowledge of maritime requirements, with understanding of Class, SOLAS and AMSA requirements highly regarded
- Understanding of AS 3000 Electrical Wiring and Hazardous Area standards
- A current Australian unrestricted Class C driver’s licence and the ability to obtain an MSIC
Please note:
- This position carries trust and responsibility. To support this, a comprehensive probity assessment, including a National Police Check, is a key part of the selection process for this role.
- As this role requires an Australian Defence Security Clearance, applicants must be Australian Citizens. If successful, Serco will manage and sponsor the clearance process.
Are you ready to do important work that really matters?
At Serco, we bring together the right people, the right technology, and the right partners to create impactful solutions that address some of the world’s most urgent and complex challenges.
We focus on serving governments all over the globe. The work we do has touched the lives of millions in Australia and New Zealand and offers unique opportunities to leverage your skills across our core capabilities in Health, Defence, Maritime, Justice, Immigration, and Community Services.
We seek and celebrate diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds and cultures including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, LGTBQI+, veterans and people with disability.
By joining Serco you’ll have access to Employee Networks led by colleagues who are passionate about diversity, inclusion and belonging.
Impact a better future at Serco