Maintenance Officer

Eldercare is a leading not-for-profit aged care provider in South Australia with an excess of 1600 employees. Our workplace culture embraces teamwork, innovation and a dedication to our purpose of delivering peace of mind with our care._

Eldercare is seeking a** **full time** **Maintenance Officer to provide essential professional maintenance services across Eldercare's residential aged care facilities and retirement living villages, this role will primarily be based at Wayville.

**What is the role**:

- Provide excellent customer service to our residents, staff, and visitors.
- Carry out a variety of hands on programmed and reactive maintenance duties including gardening, painting, minor plumbing and building repairs
- Electrical Testing and Tagging (Training provided)
- Minor repairs to wheelchairs, beds, and various resident equipment
- Assist in overseeing compliance relating to fire safety and accreditation
- Supervise external contractors.

**What do you bring**:

- Previous, relevant experience
- Self-starter with excellent time management skills and able to prioritise work
- A pleasant, friendly, and helpful approach with a positive and can-do attitude and a willingness to learn
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to develop positive working relationships
- Current Driver's Licence

**What do we offer**:

- Salary packaging - increasing your take home pay
- All tools of trade provided - uniform, mobile phone, laptop/PC, workshop tools
- Training and skills development
- Consistent, regular hours - work/life balance
- Great team environment with variety in the role
- Onsite parking
- An opportunity to contribute to the care and quality of life for our residents

**Applications close 9am Monday 1 May 2023.**
- To work for Eldercare, you are required to have a police clearance valid for working in aged care (unsupervised contact with vulnerable people) and the clearance needs to be less than 12 months since date of issue._
- As per Eldercare’s Employee Immunisation Policy, all Eldercare employees are required to:_
- _Be vaccinated against seasonal influenza by no later than 1 June each year_
- _Be vaccinated against COVID-19 as per current ATAGI guidelines_
- Exemptions on a temporary or permanent basis can only be approved by Eldercare’s Chief Executive._
- Eldercare welcomes and respects the diversity that our residents, staff and volunteers bring. Regardless of their culture, religion, spirituality, age, gender, sexuality, disability, socio-economic background or personal experiences, our people are included and respected._
- Eldercare is proud to be a Rainbow Tick accredited organisation. We are committed to supporting our lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) residents, staff and volunteers to ensure they feel included and safe._
- Eldercare encourages respectful relationships and does not accept any form of gender_‑_based violence in the workplace. Eldercare is committed to preventing violence against women and is proud to be a White Ribbon accredited workplace to support victims of abuse._
- All employees can expect to receive fair and equal treatment and to be free from discrimination in all aspects of their life with Eldercare._
- Eldercare is proud to provide a smoke-free environment across all sites._