Airport Plumbing Technician — Critical Facilities Maintenance

BGIS; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company vehicle

Onsite parking

Training & study leave

Referral bonus

PPE provided

Vaccination vouchers

Novated leasing options

Job summary

BGIS Technical Trade Services in Adelaide seeks a Plumber to maintain critical airport facilities, delivering preventative and reactive plumbing maintenance across site assets in a major aviation environment.

You’ll work with Facilities Managers, use CMMS Maximo, comply with WHS, and support incident response, with permanent full-time on-site role and opportunities for training and career progression.

Qualifications

• Trade qualification as a Plumber.
• Current plumber’s licence desirable.
• Demonstrated experience maintaining plumbing systems within commercial, industrial, or infrastructure environments.
• Strong fault-finding and problem-solving skills.
• Experience with preventative and corrective maintenance practices.
• Experience using CMMS systems such as Maximo, or similar work order management platforms.
• Sound understanding of WHS requirements, plumbing safety standards, and compliance obligations.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced operational environment with competing priorities.
• Experience in aviation, transport, or critical infrastructure environments highly regarded.
• Full working rights in Australia essential.

Responsibilities

• Deliver preventative and corrective maintenance across plumbing systems and site assets.
• Diagnose plumbing faults and complete repairs to restore asset functionality.
• Respond to reactive maintenance requests, breakdowns, and urgent plumbing faults within required response times.
• Support emergency response activities and critical incident management where required.
• Complete work orders accurately within CMMS systems, including time, materials, and completion details.
• Ensure works are correctly documented, categorised, and closed out in line with requirements.
• Support minor works, replacements, plumbing upgrades, and asset improvement activities.
• Follow safe systems of work including permits, isolation procedures, SWMS, and site-specific safety requirements.
• Work collaboratively with Facilities Managers, FM Hub Coordinators, subcontractors, and other trades to minimise disruption to operations.

Skills

Fault finding

Problem solving

Communication

Teamwork

Aviation infrastructure experience

Education

Plumber qualification

Tools

Maximo CMMS

Job description

BGIS Technical Trade Services in Adelaide seeks a Plumber to maintain critical airport facilities, delivering preventative and reactive plumbing maintenance across site assets in a major aviation environment.

You’ll work with Facilities Managers, use CMMS Maximo, comply with WHS, and support incident response, with permanent full-time on-site role and opportunities for training and career progression.