Facilities Officer - Mount Pleasant

SA Health; Barossa; On-site; AUD 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary package benefits

Leave & development

Employee Assistance Program

Fitness Passport

Job summary

SA Health in Mount Pleasant is seeking a Facilities Officer to maintain and improve health unit facilities and grounds, indoors and outdoors, ensuring a safe and welcoming environment for staff and patients.

You will perform carpentry, painting, plumbing, and mechanical tasks, operate forklifts and tractors, and support training and safety compliance. This role offers a path to contribute to continuous improvement in a rural health network.

Qualifications

• Performs general facility upkeep and maintenance indoors and outdoors.
• Cares for gardens, grounds, and related environments.
• Operates machinery such as forklifts and tractors.
• Adheres to WHS requirements and maintains a safe work environment.
• Supports training and guidance of other staff; seeks improvements.
• Participates in continuous improvement and fosters a collaborative team culture.

Responsibilities

• Maintain facilities and grounds including carpentry, painting, plumbing and mechanical tasks.
• Operate forklifts and tractors; maintain watering systems and gardens.
• Support safe work practices and infection control standards.
• Assist in training and guiding colleagues for effective service delivery.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives and positive team culture.

Skills

General maintenance

Grounds maintenance

Machinery operation

WHS compliance

Teamwork & training

Continuous improvement

Tools

Forklifts

Tractors

Job description

• Mount Pleasant location

WHAT ARE WE OFFERING?

The Facilities Officer role provides an exciting opportunity to contribute to the smooth operation of the health unit by performing a variety of general facility and grounds maintenance tasks. You will work both indoors and outdoors, supporting the upkeep of buildings, fixtures, gardens, and grounds to ensure a safe and pleasant environment for patients, staff, and visitors.

In this role, you will undertake duties including rubbish collection, minor carpentry, painting, plumbing, mechanical maintenance, and grounds management. You will also operate machinery such as forklifts and tractors, install and maintain watering systems, and manage garden functions including planting, pruning, and pest control.

WHO ARE WE?

The Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network offers opportunities across our sites, from Kangaroo Island to Eudunda, wrapping all the way around our metropolitan areas. We pride ourselves on providing exceptional care to all our consumers, residents, their families, and community. Our mission is to ensure that you always receive the best quality, safe, consistent, collaborative care and always with kindness. We do this by maintaining exceptional levels of care at all times supported by systems and processes that assure us of quality and safety of our staff and those we serve.

WHERE AND HOW YOU WILL WORK

Mount Pleasant boasts a picturesque setting, with rolling hills, vineyards, and the majestic Mount Lofty Ranges as a backdrop. The town itself is lined with beautiful plane trees, adding to its visual appeal. Mount Pleasant serves as a central hub for the surrounding rural communities, offering a range of services, shops, and community facilities. Discover more at: Mount Pleasant - Southern Barossa

WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

• Are you able to perform general maintenance tasks for both the interior and exterior of a health facility?
• Do you have experience with grounds maintenance, machinery operation, and gardening functions?
• Are you confident following WHS requirements and maintaining a safe work environment?
• Do you enjoy contributing to teamwork, training, and continuous improvement initiatives?

If you have answered yes to any of these questions – then read on…

HOW WILL YOU CONTRIBUTE?

• Maintain the health unit’s facilities and grounds, performing maintenance, carpentry, painting, plumbing, and mechanical tasks.
• Operate machinery, including forklifts and tractors, and maintain watering systems and garden areas.
• Support safe work practices and compliance with workplace health, safety, and infection control requirements.
• Assist in training and guiding other employees to ensure effective service delivery.
• Participate in continuous improvement activities and contribute to a positive, collaborative team culture.

WHAT WILL WE OFFER YOU IN RETURN?

At BHFLHN, not only will you be working in an environment surrounded by beautiful scenery and nature we see your work here as not just as a job, but an opportunity to extend, progress or consolidate your career with us. We therefore offer you opportunities to be supported in the following ways:

• Salary package a range of benefits (including living expenses such as mortgage, rent, utility bills and groceries) up to $9,010 each FBT year + $2,650 for Meal Entertainment expenses each FBT year Click here more information
• Access to generous leave provisions and professional development opportunities.
• Support for you and your family via our free Employee Assistance Program.
• Health and Fitness Benefits:Access to Fitness Passport, a discounted workplace health and fitness program available to BHFLHN staff and their families.

WHAT ELSE DO YOU NEED TO KNOW/WHAT IS ESSENTIAL FOR SUCCESS?

Working in this environment, it is important to us that we only employ people with the upmost integrity and commitment to serving the South Australian community and its visitors to the highest possible standards. To ensure that we meet that commitment there are a few checks that you will be required to undertake. These are detailed on the Role Description, but are likely to include the following:

• You will need to undergo employment screening, what you require is also on the front page of the Role Description.

OUR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY & INCLUSION

We employ people as diverse as the clients we support and the environments we work in. At BHFLHN we pride ourselves on being an Equal Opportunity employer committed to providing an inclusive workplace that embraces diversity and inclusion for all employees and therefore we encourage applications from people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, culturally diverse backgrounds, disability, all genders, and LGBTQI+ community. We continually look for ways to support and promote diversity and flexible ways of working so please let us know what interests you.

Please refer to all the details in the Role Description below (job ref: 953020), or reach out to Steve Thompson, Facilities Supervisor on Phone: [phone] or via E-mail: [e-mail]