Maintenance Officer

Eastern Suburbs location
- Permanent full time role on offer
- Not for profit salary packaging benefits on offer

**Why join us?**

We have a long history of providing exceptional care that empowers older people to live a full life. As a not-for-profit aged care provider, we're able to invest in providing an exceptional experience to our clients as well as support and develop our frontline staff to achieve this. When you join us, you will be provided with a** competitive rate of pay with shift allowances, uniform** and the support of a wonderful leadership team and colleagues.

**The role**

Reporting to the Area Maintenance Supervisor, an exciting opportunity has risen for a Maintenance Officer for our Maroubra and South Coogee facilities.
- You will be responsible in providing basic general maintenance repairs (electrical & plumbing, carpentry and building)
- You will also be providing gardening maintenance tasks (sweeping, hosing, keeping the outside of buildings clean and tidy, mowing lawns, hedging and general garden maintenance)
- Will communicate effectively with residents, staff, and families, being empathetic and understanding of the needs of aged residents.

**The successful applicant will have the following attributes**:

- Trade qualification (desirable)
- Current driver's license
- Previous experience in either building, fitter and turner, welder or plumber (desirable)
- Experience as a Maintenance Person in Aged Care or similar industry (desirable)
- Excellent written and verbal communication with interpersonal skills to interact with a wide range of people
- Ability to work under minimum supervision
- Sensitivity to the needs of the elderly in a residential care setting
- Ability to establish and maintain professional and appropriate relationship with residents and/or families/representatives
- Availability to work a full time Monday to Friday
- Able to provide evidence of COVID-19 & influenza vaccinations

**About Us**

Southern Cross Care (NSW & ACT) is a leading not-for-profit high-quality aged care provider. For 50 over years, our name has been trusted by the community to provide care and support services for thousands of people in over 40 locations across NSW and the ACT. We offer a full continuum of integrated care services for older people, from home care, through to retirement living and residential care.

At Southern Cross Care we believe that our purpose is to empower older people to ‘live life to the full’. We offer a full continuum of personalised, expert services and adapt to meet the needs of each persona and their family, providing aged care services through home care, retirement living and residential facilities. At SCC people are at the heart of everything we do. We have a passion to provide the best _care_ to our clients and to ensure we _care_ and support our employees in achieving this goal.

**How to Apply**

Name: Wendy Frost

Phone: 0482 184 727