Make a difference at one of Australia’s leading health care providers

Generous salary packaging benefits, ongoing professional development and supportive team environment

Permanent Full Time

About the role

The Maintenance Officer is responsible for providing both preventative and reactive maintenance of the Home to ensure a safe and well maintained living and working environment. The Maintenance Officer supports the Home Manager/or Maintenance Manager to ensure the home and all equipment is maintained to ensure the individual needs, wishes and goals of each resident is met.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support service delivery under the direction of Management and/or the Maintenance Manager
• Promote and contributes to person-centred care.
• Perform general maintenance tasks as directed including but not limited to changing of light bulbs, cleaning of ceiling fans and vents, general repairs of plant and equipment.
• Liaise with contractors, perform facility inductions, ensure all WHS documentation and procedures are followed.
• Undertake routine corrective maintenance and/or notify the external provider if required to undertake repairs.

  What you bring

• Experience in Maintenance/Gardening role
• Commitment to continuous quality improvement
• Working knowledge of WH&S and infection control
• Demonstrated commitment to customer focused services
• Excellent communication skills, written and verbal
• Self-motivated, ability to work autonomously and within a team
• Drivers licence
• A trade background or maintenance experience in aged care, education or community based fields an advantage.
• Trade qualification and/or experience is desired