Why work with Cowell Electric

90 YEARS OF OPERATIONS

Cowell Electric is a powerline construction and electrical contracting company with a rich and diverse history based on the Eyre Peninsula, South Australia.

The name Cowell Electric originated in 1928 with the company formed to generate power to the township of Cowell and the surrounding farming communities. Today it has become renowned for achieving exceptional results in often adverse conditions.
In August 2018 Cowell Electric became a member of the Ahrens Group, which saw the joining of two historic South Australian regional companies, proud of their regional heritage and supporting regional development and employment opportunities.

Our core competencies are:

• The design, construction and maintenance of both overhead and underground distribution and transmission lines
• Industrial electrical installations
• Construction of renewable electricity systems
• Remote areas energy generation maintenance and management
• Provision of Electricity Metering and Retailing

REMOTE AREA SPECIALIST

Cowell Electric are specialists in working in regional and remote areas of Australia, principally for the mining and oil and gas industries, renewable energy, defence and rural land subdivisions.
Our purpose built motor vehicle fleet consist of a number of Borer Cranes, Elevated Working Platforms, Truck Mounted Cranes, Flat Top Light Trucks and 4WD Toyota Utilities.
Cowell Electrics plant replacement and maintenance programme ensures all our vehicles are site compliant and in optimum working condition. Cowell Electrics plant and equipment is specifically designed for working in remote areas and ensures that our employees have the right tools to get the job completed on time, correctly and within budget.

NATIONAL FOOTPRINT

Being situated 100km South of Whyalla on the Eyre Peninsula Cowell Electric is perfectly located to service the regional and remote areas of not only South Australia, but Northern Territory, Western Australia, Queensland and New South Wales. We have a permanent presence in Umuwa, the main township of the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara lands as well as the support of Parent Company, Ahrens, key locations in Olympic Dam, Newman, Port Hedland, Karratha, Darwin, Toowoomba and Gilgandra.

SAFETY, QUALITY, ENVIRONMENTAL

We embrace the ethos of continual improvement and believe this underpins all facets of our business. Through our investment in the development of our people we believe this leads to the continual growth and productivity of our business. Having a skilled and adaptable workforce, and maintaining close relationships with our business resource partners, is the key to producing successful outcomes for our clients.
We endeavour to carry out our activities in the most practical and economical manner utilising a ìwhole of systemî quality approach and have a proven track record of delivering projects defect free, on time and on budget.
We value and are committed to the continual achievement of our third party accreditations and recognise its contribution to the continual success of Cowell Electrics operations. This commitment provides confidence to our customers of our ability to deliver to their expectations and requirements.