Maintenance Handyperson

• Permanent full time. Monday to Friday – 35 hour working week
• Enjoy non-for-profit salary packaging up to $15,900 per year of your salary tax free plus an additional $2500 for meals, entertainment and accommodation.
• Work with a supportive and collaborative team.
• Company van and equipment provided.
• Career development and growth opportunities.
• Access Health and Wellbeing programs including EAP- Employee Assistance Program- free confidential support for you and your family.
• Paid Parental Leave and other great employee benefits.

St George Community Housing (SGCH) provides sustainable, safe, and affordable housing as the foundation for our customers to connect to opportunities and build their communities. With a business head and a social heart, we deliver together with passion and purpose, guided by our values. Recognised as Employer of Choice (Public Sector and Not For Profit) at the 2022 Australian Business Awards, at SGCH you can realise your potential, whilst being supported to balance and achieve.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Maintenance Handyperson to join our Customers team, on a permanent full-time basis. This role will be primarily based at Metro North East region (suburbs in the Lower North Shore) and you will work as part of a team of Maintenance Handypersons and from time to time may be called upon to work in other locations.

As an SGCH Maintenance Handyperson you are responsible for providing excellent customer service to our tenants by carrying out timely and responsive minor repairs and maintenance works in residential properties. You work as part of a team of Maintenance Handypersons to ensure we can provide quality and cost-effective repairs and maintenance services to our tenants.

Your duties will include but are not limited to:

• Work together to achieve our purpose to provide sustainable, safe and affordable housing as the foundation for our customers to connect and build their communities.
• Respond to customer inquiries and requests with compassion, care and urgency.
• Attend social housing properties to scope out required repairs and maintenance and source appropriate materials to undertake the works.
• Liaise with Tenancy Managers to ensure timely access to social housing properties to undertake repairs and maintenance.
• Collaborate with handypersons team to achieve small projects as well as teams across the organisation to improve outcomes for customers.
• Accurately collect and record tenancy and other information.
• Identify and follow safe work practices and be vigilant about their application by self and others.
• Use core office software applications such as Microsoft Outlook, Word and Excel.

To succeed in the role, you will be a dedicated professional with a passion for delivering quality repairs and maintenance works, personable and have strong attention to detail. You demonstrate integrity, emotional intelligence and possess a forward-thinking mindset.

To succeed in the role, you will have the below key attributes:

• Extensive experience in residential repairs and maintenance
• Understanding of Australian Standards, BCA and statutory requirements
• Good understanding of WHS legislation
• Good organisational and time management skills
• Current NSW driving license
• Ability to undertake regular driving for considerable distances
• Ability to stand for long periods of time
• Ability to lift heavy objects including using a range of equipment, machinery and tools
• Experience using Microsoft Office including Outlook and Excel

This position involves relevant pre-employment checks. The appointment of a suitable candidate will be subject to employment screening including a National Police Check and Health Assessment.

Please refer to the full Maintenance Handyperson position description for further details including the essential criteria.

If this sounds like you, please send a cover letter addressing the essential criteria and a copy of your up-to-date CV using the form below.

Please note that no late applications will be accepted.

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