Maintenance Coordinator

Maintenance Coordinator

Employment type: Ongoing

Salary: Clerk Grade 7/8, $110,266 to $122,058 pa plus employer's contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading

Generous leave entitlements including flex leave

Health and wellbeing benefits including Fitness Passport

Supportive leadership/ management team

Your role

The Maintenance Coordinator is responsible for delivering quality and timely facilities maintenance services to the Departments assets and stakeholders to ensure fit for purpose, value for money outsourced facilities maintenance meets contracted organisational, public sector and legislative requirements within Correctional Centre's, Youth Justice Centre and Courts.

What you'll do

As part of the Facilities Maintenance team, the Maintenance Coordinator will assist with the day to day management of facilities maintenance services within Departments portfolio in conjunction with our facilities management service providers to provide safe and functional facilities for the Department of Communities and Justice staff, occupants and general public. You will also be responsible for managing stakeholder relationships within your defined geographical region to maintain ongoing levels of engagement and support.

Duties include but not limited to, stakeholder engagement, site visits, property audits, reviewing & approving quotes, oversight of contract requirement ensuring service delivery outcomes, property insurance claims, financial review of costs, analysing data and performance within portals, attending operational meetings.

The role will require extensive travel on the road through Regional NSW and overnight stays will be required.

Flexible and agile working conditions and no two days can look the same.

The facilities maintenance team work collaboratively across the portfolios and regions. A friendly, dedicated & hard working team who strive for the best outcomes for their sites and stakeholders. The role is demanding, multi-facet with competing priorities.

Essential requirements of the role

1. Relevant qualifications in Facilities Contract Management, Property, or equivalent industry experience.
2. Current and valid Driver's licence, as it is a requirement of this role to travel to multiple locations across NSW by car and overnight stays will be required.

Appointments are subject to reference checks. Some roles may also require the following checks/ clearances:

1. National Criminal History Record Check

What we're looking for

1. Experience in the coordination and delivery of maintenance activities
2. Experience with managing services contracts
3. Managing competing priorities and high volumes of work effectively within tight timeframes and budget
4. Strong facilities maintenance experience managing the delivery of asset maintenance
5. Ability to communicate clearly and effectively to multiple stakeholders to ensure timely resolution of maintenance issues
6. Proficient with Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint. MS Teams
7. Experience in customer service /coordination roles in a related industry
8. Understanding of statutory maintenance requirements, legislation, reactive maintenance, Planned Preventative, Major Periodic Maintenance and maintenance prioritisation.

Someone who can hit the ground running, who's driven as drive and passion about maintenance & service delivery, present confidently to stakeholders, works well in a team and also independently.

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We focus on hiring people who share our commitment and goals of inclusion, collaboration, adaptability, courage and integrity. If you meet the essential requirements and the role resonates with you, please apply – you do not need to meet every desired requirement for us to want to talk to you.

What We Offer

1. A challenging and rewarding career
2. Flexible, autonomous work environment
3. Competitive pay and conditions
4. Training and development opportunities to build and maintain capabilities
5. Health & Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programs.

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We do work that really matters

Working for the Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) provides lots of opportunities to make a real difference. We collaborate with other agencies and community partners, to improve lives and realise the potential of children, adults, families and communities. We're focused on breaking, rather than managing, disadvantage. It's work that really matters.

Click apply, attach a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) outlining how you meet the requirements of the role as well as an up-to-date résumé (maximum 5 pages).

Applications close Sunday 23rd March 2025 at 11:59pm AEST.

For more information about the role or what it's like to work for DCJ, please contact the hiring manager Kathy Webb, Senior Operations Manager & Business Partner– Infrastructure & Assets on or at

If you've got a question about applying or would benefit from an adjustment in the recruitment process to help you perform at your best (including an alternate method submission of the application), please call Sarah Nguyen on or via

Inclusion and Diversity lies at the heart of how we recruit

We continue to hire great people with a wide variety of skills, experience and backgrounds. This includes people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, women, people identifying as LGBTIQ+, culturally and linguistically diverse people, carers and other diversity groups.

A talent pool will be created for future ongoing and temporary roles and is valid for a period of up to 18 months.

Thank you for your interest in this role. We look forward to receiving your application.