Facilities Officer - Mount Pleasant

I Work For Sa; Mount Pleasant; On-site; AUD 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Assistance Program

Health and Fitness Benefits (Fitness)

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

BHFLHN Mount Pleasant is seeking a Facilities Officer to maintain and improve the health unit’s facilities and grounds. You will perform indoor and outdoor maintenance, ensuring a safe, clean environment for patients, staff, and visitors.

You will operate machinery such as forklifts and tractors, carry out carpentry, painting, plumbing and gardening tasks, and support training and continuous improvement within a collaborative team.

Qualifications

• Ability to perform general maintenance for interior and exterior of a health facility.
• Experience with grounds maintenance, machinery operation, and gardening functions.
• Follow WHS requirements and maintain a safe work environment.
• Enjoy teamwork, training, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Maintain facilities and grounds with maintenance, carpentry, painting, plumbing and mechanical tasks.
• Operate forklifts and tractors; maintain watering systems and garden areas.
• Support safe work practices and compliance with WHS and infection control requirements.
• Assist in training and guiding other employees to ensure effective service delivery.
• Participate in continuous improvement and contribute to a positive, collaborative team culture.

Skills

General maintenance

Grounds maintenance

Machinery operation

Teamwork

Tools

Forklift operation

Tractor operation

Carpentry & painting

Job description

SA Health
Job reference: 953020
Location: 5235 - MOUNT PLEASANT
Job status: Ongoing
Eligibility: Open to Everyone

• 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?

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 is 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
• 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]

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Applications Close on 12 November 2026 at 11:55PM

Flexibility Statement

The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.