Trades Assistant

4 days ago

Canberra, Australia Downer Group Full time

Excellent opportunity with long term contract - 2046
- Monday to Friday roster with Monthly RDO
- Great team environment with a focus on safety & learning

Our Social Infrastructure and Citizen Services team has an opportunity for an experienced Trades Assistant to join the team at Australian National University in ACT. As the Trades Assistant you will be reporting to the Service Delivery Manager and working alongside the internal trades team. Your role as a multi-trades assistant will see you delivering maintenance services to the contracted ANU building facilities. You will assist with the ongoing preventative and reactive maintenance to a mixture of old and new buildings, with a focus on maintaining and general repairs to the building, and their fixed plant and equipment.

Primarily, you will be responsible for:

- Undertaking building inspections and general repairs
- Auditing and cleaning of critical assets
- Maintain workshop, storeroom facilities and work vehicles
- Represent the business appropriately in all dealings with external and internal contacts
- Actively manage and meet response times, deadlines and safety obligations whilst carrying out works and service

This role is a full-time position, Monday to Friday, and incorporates a weekly 'on call' roster, an RDO system, and some afternoon and weekend work as required, along with additional allowances.

**ABOUT YOU**
- Previous Trades Assistant experience within the general maintenance area
- Solid understanding of basic plumbing | electrical | carpentry with relevant tickets i.e., White Card (Construction)
- Be willing to undertake a pre-employment medical with Drug & Alcohol screening, and
- Hold and maintain a Working with Vulnerable People check.
- Hold a current driver’s licence

**WHAT WE OFFER**
- A rostered day off every 4 weeks
- Long term role (our contract is until 2046) working Monday to Friday
- A supportive and inclusive culture that ensures a professional and safe working environment

**ABOUT US**
- Downer is the leading provider of integrated services in Australia and New Zealand. Through trusted relationships and world leading insight we work closely with our customers to design, build and sustain assets, infrastructure and facilities._
- Our Facilities & Asset Services_ business _provides end-to-end facilities management and asset lifecycle support services for Australia’s critical social and economic infrastructure. Operating across the health, education, government, future energy, power generation, oil and gas and industrial sectors, we work closely with our customers to optimise the reliability, efficiency and _whole of life costs of their assets and facilities_.
- Through our Spotless brand, we deliver cleaning and security to customers around Australia._

**_ Downer is made up of more than 33,000 people who are all different. Different preferences and perspectives. Different histories and heritages. We are different in the way we think, the actions we take and the unique value we contribute to Downer and it’s these differences that are Downer’s greatest strength._**

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