Maintenance Officer

3 days ago


Garden Suburb, Australia Uniting Full time

**Maintenance Officer - Newcastle and Hunter Region - Full Time Permanent Position**
- **Hourly rate of $29.04 + super + salary packaging to increase to $32.97 per hour**:

- **Uniform provided & Laundry allowance**:

- **Ongoing training & continuous development**:

- **Career development opportunities**

**About us**:
At Uniting, we believe in taking real steps to make the world a better place. We work to inspire people, enliven communities, and confront injustice.

As an organisation we celebrate our diversity and welcome all people regardless of lifestyle choices, ethnicity, faith, sexual orientation, and gender identity.

**About the role**:
Exciting opportunity for a Maintenance Officer/Skilled Handyperson. This role is responsible for executing various tasks to support service delivery goals, focusing on maintaining property, land-based assets, as well as plant and equipment.

**The hourly award rate is $29.04 when utilising salary packaging will increase to $32.97 plus super.**

**Role responsibilities**:

- To enable care and accommodation services to be provided in a safe, sustainable, and homelike environment through the timely undertaking of planned and unplanned maintenance
- Communicate effectively with residents, staff, and families, being empathetic and understanding of the needs of Uniting's aged residents.
- Ensure maintenance work undertaken is compliant with corporate standards and WHS.
- Undertake building/property maintenance tasks as necessary and in a timely manner. Such tasks may be routine or planned and/or reactive.

**Qualifications & Skills**:

- Experience in same or similar role highly desirable
- Good Communication & interpersonal skills
- Knowledge and understanding of legislation that relates to buildings, workplace health, and safety.
- Trade background preferred but not essential
- Demonstrated ability to maintain buildings and equipment to be compliant with legislation and/or corporate standards.
- Understanding of obligations of contractors.
- Good computer skills.
- Current NSW driver’s license.

**Even Better**:

- Demonstrated experience in a maintenance role preferably in an Aged care /Retirement living setting

For further information please click on the link below to view the position description.

Maintenance Officer PD.pdf

**How to Apply**: Please attach your CV and a brief cover letter outlining your suitability for the role.

**Benefits & Culture**:
Benefits of working at Uniting
- NFP Salary packaging benefits offered
- Uniform provided & Laundry allowance
- Ongoing training & continuous development
- Career development opportunities
- Uniting is proud to be an EEO employer. Uniting supports an inclusive approach in the workplace. We celebrate our diversity and welcome staff regardless of ethnicity, faith, sexual orientation, gender identity, and lifestyle choices._
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply._


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