Facilities Maintenance Technician

**About Woolworths Group**

Woolworths Group is a food and everyday needs retailer united by the shared purpose of creating better experiences together for a better tomorrow. With more than 1,400 stores across its Woolworths Supermarkets, Countdown Supermarkets (New Zealand) and BIG W brands, and fast-growing eCommerce businesses, Woolworths Group is Australia and New Zealand's largest retailer. A top 10 company on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), Woolworths Group employs more than 180,000 team members and serves more than 20 million customers a week.

**Facilities Maintenance Technician | Woolworths - QLD**

**We are seeking an experienced Maintenance Technician to join our QLD team
- **Permanent full-time role**:

- **Servicing North Queensland locations**:

- **Attractive remuneration package**:

- **General handyperson type maintenance works
**About Us
Founded in 1924, Woolworths Group is Australia's largest retailer with more than 3,500 stores across Australia and New Zealand that span food, drinks, general merchandise, and hotels. The Woolworths Group is a proud, home-grown Australian business, employer of more than 205,000 people and a committed business partner of many thousand local farmers, producers, and manufacturers.

The Woolworths Facilities Management (WFM) Service team is one of the largest providers of Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Services in Australia and operates around the country to support our stores, including performing day to day service and maintenance efficiently and with minimum disruption to our stores and customers. We are continuing to grow by providing outstanding engineering and maintenance solutions to our selected customers across the nation.

**About the role**

An opportunity has arisen for a "Facilities Maintenance Technician" to carry out in-house non-urgent building & shopfitting maintenance type works logged by our stores. Works are to be completed efficiently, cost effectively and within Health & Safety guidelines, all with a minimum of disruption to our customers. This role primarily covers the territory between Mackay and Cairns in the North Queensland Region, with occasional visits to Mount Isa and Weipa.

**In this role you will:
- Perform general handyperson type maintenance works at approximately 50 different sites across the Woolworths & EDG fleet
- Travel frequently within the North Queensland region primarily by road, and with occasional flights to the most remote stores
- Perform routine checks and audits
- Conduct work practices as per current WH&S regulations
- Identify cost saving maintenance initiatives within the business
- Maintain all current licences required to complete work functions.
- This role is a field based position based in Townsville and reports to the NQ Service Team Leader (STL) for WFM.

**To be successful in this role, you will:
- Have a track record in the provision of maintenance services in a customer oriented environment and in multi-site operation
- Enjoy travelling and working on multiple sites with different challenges on a day to day basis
- Be able to work unsupervised and in a team environment
- Be a confident communicator, committed to supporting your team
- Display a high level of customer service, be outcome focused and a team player
- Have a qualified trades certificate or equivalent and current drivers licence
- Have current Work, Health & Safety qualifications.

**Why you'll love it here
In addition to this exciting role, these are some of the benefits we offer:

- An attractive remuneration package including base + super and tool of trade vehicle.
- Team member discounts at all of Woolworths businesses
- Training and Education - we pride ourselves in helping you realise your potential
- Flexible work arrangements
- An exciting career - as our business grows, so do the opportunities for our people

**Grow with the Group
As an inclusive, team-first company, our people are at the core of everything we do.

We care deeply about creating a workplace where our team members feel valued, respected and empowered. We are committed to providing equal opportunity regardless of gender identity, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or life stage. We are proud to be recognised as a Gold Tier Employer in the Australian Workplace Equality Index for LGBTQ+ inclusion and as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency.

As our Group continues to evolve, innovate and support our communities, we encourage our team members to do the same with their own careers, by providing ongoing opportunities to grow and make a real difference.

We value flexibility, and encourage our team members to work in ways that meet their work/life commitments and support their wellbeing.

We work hard to create a safe and inclusive environment for all, and most importantly, we're all about creating better experiences - for our customers and for each other.

**We'd love to hear from You
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