Facilities & Assets Support Officer

Australian National Botanic Gardens; Canberra; On-site; AUD 80,000 - 87,000; Full time

Job summary

Australian National Botanic Gardens in Canberra is seeking a Facilities & Assets Support Officer to maintain and operate buildings, infrastructure and assets across the Gardens. You will work as part of a team on both planned and reactive maintenance, developing site knowledge and applying sound judgment on requests.

The role involves coordinating contractors, liaising with stakeholders, and contributing to safety, risk management and day-to-day operations in a busy garden environment.

Qualifications

• Role requires hands-on facilities and assets maintenance, including coordination with contractors.
• Site knowledge development and sound judgment in responding to maintenance requests.

Responsibilities

• Undertake facilities and asset maintenance activities, including inspections, repairs and maintenance works to buildings, fixtures, fittings, furniture, equipment and associated infrastructure. Identify and report maintenance requirements and assist with coordinating and completing approved works.
• Liaise with internal and external stakeholders regarding maintenance requests, operational issues and facilities related activities, and provide relevant information to support operational decision making.
• Under general direction, undertake a range of facilities, asset and infrastructure maintenance activities including carpentry, painting, paving, plumbing, irrigation and other trade related works, and assist with the maintenance of mechanical, electrical, lighting and pumping infrastructure systems.
• Coordinate site access, inductions and day to day liaison with contractors undertaking maintenance and repair works, and assist supervisors with contractor engagement activities as required.
• Operate and maintain workshop facilities safely and efficiently, and read interpret and work from technical drawings, plans and specifications.
• Share in rostered on-call duties to support site operational needs out of standard working hours.
• Undertake the safe use, routine inspection and maintenance of plant and equipment in accordance with ANBG policies, procedures and manufacturer requirements.
• Apply Australian National Botanic Gardens WHS policies and procedures and participate in hazard identification, risk assessment and incident reporting activities as required.

Job description

Australian National Botanic Gardens – Canberra ACT

$80,371 - $87,496 a year

• Be part of a hardworking facilities and assets team supporting the gardens.
• Work at the Australian National Botanic Gardens in Canberra.
• Meaningful and fulfilling; delivering tangible outcomes for plant conservation.

Who we are

The Australian National Botanic Gardens (ANBG) is the nation's most diverse collection of Australian native plants. We directly contribute to safe-guarding Australia's plant species from extinctions and are responsible for leading, building and sharing knowledge of our Australian flora. The ANBG works closely with biodiversity science programs - the Australian Biological Resources Study, the Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, the National Seed Bank, and Biodiversity Informatics - in partnerships for research, for management of physical and digital biological collections, and for management of fundamental national biodiversity data and information accessed nationally and internationally. The ANBG works closely with other Commonwealth parks to support plant conservation initiatives. The ANBG is uniquely placed to provide holistic solutions for national plant conservation, with combined expertise in, and specialist science facilities for: botanical taxonomy, evolution and systematics, seed biology and horticulture.

The Australian National Botanic Gardens (ANBG) in Canberra is a leading national institution for the conservation, study, and display of Australian native flora.

For more information about us please visit our website.

The Job

The Facilities & Assets Support Officer supports the maintenance and operation of buildings, infrastructure and assets across the Australian National Botanic Gardens. Working as part of a team and under general direction, the position undertakes maintenance activities, assists with contractor coordination and contributes to both planned and reactive maintenance works. The successful candidate will develop site knowledge over time and apply sound judgement when responding to maintenance requests and operational priorities.

In this role you will be responsible for:

• Undertake facilities and asset maintenance activities, including inspections, repairs and maintenance works to buildings, fixtures, fittings, furniture, equipment and associated infrastructure. Identify and report maintenance requirements and assist with coordinating and completing approved works.
• Liaise with internal and external stakeholders regarding maintenance requests, operational issues and facilities related activities, and provide relevant information to support operational decision making.
• Under general direction, undertake a range of facilities, asset and infrastructure maintenance activities including carpentry, painting, paving, plumbing, irrigation and other trade related works, and assist with the maintenance of mechanical, electrical, lighting and pumping infrastructure systems.
• Coordinate site access, inductions and day to day liaison with contractors undertaking maintenance and repair works, and assist supervisors with contractor engagement activities as required.
• Operate and maintain workshop facilities safely and efficiently, and read interpret and work from technical drawings, plans and specifications.
• Share in rostered on-call duties to support site operational needs out of standard working hours.
• Undertake the safe use, routine inspection and maintenance of plant and equipment in accordance with ANBG policies, procedures and manufacturer requirements.
• Apply Australian National Botanic Gardens WHS policies and procedures and participate in hazard identification, risk assessment and incident reporting activities as required.

Flexible employment arrangements are available with the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water.