Facilities and Maintenance Coordinator

Facilities and Maintenance Coordinator

Join Our Team at New Horizons

For over fifty years, New Horizons has been dedicated to supporting individuals with disabilities, mental health concerns, the elderly, those at risk of homelessness, humanitarian entrants, youth, and Indigenous Australians. Our mission is to provide innovative services that support individuals, strengthen communities, and enhance social and emotional wellbeing for all.

Why Join Us?

Opportunity to grow and showcase your skills

Supportive culture and working environment

Access to flexible work arrangements

Internal and external learning and development opportunities

Long Service and Parental leave

Employee Assistance Program providing counselling services

Recognition program and celebration of service

Your Role:

As the Facilities and Maintenance Coordinator you are responsible for effectively coordinating all repairs and maintenance work for New Horizons owned and leased properties in the portfolio. Reporting to the Property, Fleet and Facilities Manager, you will source trade service providers and suppliers and manage the regular maintenance accounts.

The role is based in Newcastle. You will look after the geographical regions of: Hunter, Mid North Coast and Far North Coast.

Key Responsibilities:

Manage the maintenance and repairs of all New Horizons owned and leased properties to ensure they are cost effective and of a high standard.

Respond to repair and maintenance requests in a timely manner.

Evaluate maintenance requests, set priorities and process work assignments

Oversee scheduled maintenance, ensuring safety and compliance with policies and regulations.

Assist in monitoring contractors and their work performance and timeliness of the completion of their work

Provide vendor performance feedback.

Complete routine property inspections

Establish and maintain a reliable network of outside vendors and suppliers to ensure cost-effective and timely support of repairs and maintenance.

Manage reactive and preventative maintenance programs, including scheduling and quality inspections.

Deploy and maintain assets, ensuring WHS compliance.

Execute asset disposal plans per standards.

Continuously improve processes and efficiencies with stakeholders.

Maintain information in the Facilities Management and Procurement systems.

You will have:

Demonstrated experience in a similar role, coordinating maintenance/repairs of properties

Demonstrated experience in sourcing and coordinating trade service providers

Understanding of WHS practices

Good understanding of building services

Experience with Facilities Management, Procurement and Asset Management systems (preferred)

Strong planning and organisation skills to prioritise and meet deadlines

Benefits:

New Horizons pays above the award & penalty rates

Salary packaging of up to $15,900 in tax-free pay, plus an entertainment card to package an additional $2,650.

Monthly Rostered Days Off (RDOs): Prioritize self-care with a three-day weekend every month

Access to flexible work arrangements and a purchased annual leave program with a bonus week of annual leave if you work 10 weekends in a calendar year.

Reward program that recognises your achievements.

Employee Assistance Program providing counselling services.

Fitness Passport

Support in growing your career through mentoring and professional development opportunities.

How to Apply:

If you can see yourself in this rewarding role, please apply now.

Please note that as part of our employment checks, we will request a Police Check from the last 3 months, a NSW Working with Children Check (WWCC) and a NDIS Worker Screening Check. To help make the process speedy, we encourage you to have/apply for these checks upon application as there can be some delays in obtaining them through the relevant services.

New Horizons values and celebrates diversity and encourages applications from all people. Our vision is to see happy, inclusive communities work together in collaborative and inclusive ways to create opportunity and improve quality of life. Our workforce proudly reflects the local communities we connect with and support.

New Horizons acknowledges all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the traditional custodians of the land.

Apply now and make a difference