Maintenance Lead

**Job description**
**Maintenance Lead***:

- Business Services & Systems | Property/Building Maintenance
Closing date: 04/08/2025

When you join MercyCare, you join something bigger. A community of staff that make a difference at the heart of the community. As a leading Western Australian not-for-profit provider of aged care, family, community, early learning and disability services we support people throughout life’s journey. We invest in our people by building rewarding careers, offering training and development opportunities and a values-driven culture where our people can belong and thrive.

**About the role**

Unique role alert Bring the energy, collaboration, and strategic thinking to this innovative and influential Maintenance Leadership role. Not only will you have the natural curiosity required to identify and drive improvement and preventative maintenance strategies, you’ll provide critical guidance, vision and direction to a small, high performing team of multi site maintenance technicians that take pride in what they do and how they do it

Based at our historic Wembley Facility, reporting to the Facilities and Services Manager you will lead your team to success, overseeing the effective management of property maintenance across Mercycare aged care and early learning facilities, including identification, planning, and scheduling and the efficient and timely deployment of resources and contractors.

The role will foster a team culture of collaboration, inclusion and solution focused thinking and support the wider property team, overseeing the allocation of work requests and reporting and analysis of relevant data for continuous improvement.

**About you**

Integrity, collaboration and compassion are at the heart of how we operate at Mercycare and it goes with out saying whether you are in the company of children, the elderly, stakeholders or your team, you hold your values high and in alignment with the MercyCare way, with service delivery and safety at the core.

You genuinely care about the people around you, and with your authentic and open communication style and measured, analytical and innovative approach to problem solving will see you build a positive and productive team culture and meaningful stakeholder relationships at all levels.

You will have an aptitude for data to inform decision making, develop reporting and support continuous improvement. You will have demonstrated experience in a similar maintenance leadership role together with the following:

- Certificate IV or Diploma in Business Administration is desirable
- Bachelor’s in Commerce, Logistics or Property Management or similar is highly desirable
- Proficiency across the Microsoft Office suite, particularly Excel
- Excellent Planning and Time Management
- Highly developed interpersonal skills
- Resilience to manage multiple deadlines
- National Police Clearance (obtained within the last six months)
- Work with Children Check (WWCC)
- Drivers License

**About the benefits**

You’ll join an inclusive, diverse and welcoming Western Australian based organisation focused on making a difference in the local community. In addition you’ll have access to:

- Not for profit Salary Packaging options up to $18,000
- Childcare discounts for your little ones
- Options to purchase additional leave
- Career Pathways, Professional Development and Training
- Comprehensive Wellbeing Program including discounted health insurance and free flu vaccinations

**To Apply**

**_At MercyCare, every person matters._**

**_With our 175-year legacy extending back to the Catholic Sisters of Mercy, today we stand proud to make a positive difference in our local communities. We live by our values - respect, integrity, compassion, justice, excellence, and courage._