Facility and Assets Maintenance Officer

**Overview**:
**Work type**:Full time

**Salary**:$79,122 - $96,073

**Grade**:VPSG3

**Occupation**: Trades and Services

**Location**: Geelong

**Reference**: VG/8419MAY2025

At the Department of Justice and Community Safety, we’re looking for people who want to make a difference. People who take pride in their work. People who get things done. People who are committed to making Victoria a safer place.

We embrace diversity and strive to have a workforce that reflects the community we serve. We’re all about recruiting the best people, regardless of gender, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation or cultural background. If you think you can do the job and would be a good fit for our department, we’d love to hear from you.

The department is committed to the safety and wellbeing of children and recognises that children’s rights need to be respected, their views welcomed and valued, and their concerns taken seriously and acted upon.

For more information on working with us and our recruitment process, please visit justice.vic.gov.au/careers

We’re proud of the important work we do across Victoria. Want to be part of it?
- ** Carry out general maintenance tasks across multiple facilities**:

- **Ongoing role within Corrections Victoria**:

- **VPS Grade 3: $79,122 - $96,073 plus superannuation**

**About Us**:
Corrections Victoria has committed to establishing the Barwon Precinct, aimed at developing shared operating models among four prisons to improve prisoner outcomes and create efficiencies. As a component of this initiative, the Facility and Assets group was established to provide local and contracted facility and asset management services with consistent and transparent service levels.

**About the Role**:
The Facility and Assets Maintenance Officer is responsible for performing a wide range of maintenance and repair tasks to ensure the effective and efficient operation of facilities and assets. This role involves general maintenance activities such as cabinetry repairs, minor carpentry, welding, painting, and landscaping, as well as the maintenance of small plant and equipment.

Some of your duties will include:

- Participating in the on-call, out of hours, call out roster.
- Acting as a Trades Assistant for licensed tradespersons, providing necessary support.
- Monitoring and reporting on the condition of facilities to proactively address maintenance needs and prevent issues.

**About You**:
To be successful in this role, you will have:

- Experience in performing cabinetry repairs, minor carpentry, welding, painting, landscaping, and small plant and equipment maintenance.
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
- Experience in and a commitment to service delivery.

**Qualifications**:

- A certificate II qualification in a related field is ‘_desirable_' but not mandatory.

**How to Apply**:
**IMPORTANT INFORMATION**:
**CHILD SAFE STATEMENT OF COMMITMENT**:
The Department of Justice and Community Safety is committed to the safety and wellbeing of children and young people. We seek to prevent harm of any kind impacting children and young people and have zero tolerance for racism, child abuse and inequality. Children and young people's rights, relationships, identity, and culture must be recognised and respected, their voices heard, and their concerns acted upon. We aim to foster a culturally safe, child safe and child friendly environment for all children and young people we have contact with, deliver services to, or are impacted by our work.

Applications close Wednesday 11 June 2025 at 11.59PM

Posted 13 May 2025