Maintenance Fitter

Bendigo Health; Bendigo; On-site; AUD 76,000 - 82,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

5 weeks annual leave

Salary packaging

Staff gym and pool

Flexible working arrangements

Career development opportunities

Job summary

Bendigo Health is seeking a Maintenance Fitter in Bendigo, Victoria to keep our hospital infrastructure operating safely and efficiently. You will maintain and repair mechanical systems across our facilities, including welding and fabrication tasks, hospital beds, trolleys and kitchen equipment.

A collaborative trades team supports you, with emphasis on safety, compliance and high quality workmanship. This ongoing full-time role involves prioritising tasks, assisting procurement, and keeping

Qualifications

• Experience in maintenance and fault finding of mechanical systems.

Responsibilities

• Maintaining, repairing and improving mechanical systems across facilities to ensure safety and reliability.
• Carrying out planned and reactive maintenance including welding, steel fabrication and servicing hospital beds, trolleys and kitchen machinery.
• Prioritising service requests, supporting procurement activities and ensuring maintenance work meets Australian Standards and healthcare requirements.
• Participating in an after-hours breakdown roster and maintaining accurate maintenance records.

Skills

Trade skills

Job description

Work in an environment that offers:

• Access to 5 weeks annual leave
• An opportunity to work with a leading regional health service
• Salary Packaging to boost your take home pay

Job Reference: 4718

Position Title: Maintenance Fitter

Classification: OB31

Salary per fortnight (exc. super): $2,994.02

Hours per fortnight: 76

Employment Status: Ongoing Full Time

Closing date: 09/11/2026

Join Bendigo Health as a Maintenance Fitter and put your mechanical expertise to work in a role that makes a real difference to the community. You’ll be responsible for maintaining, repairing and improving mechanical systems and equipment across our facilities, ensuring a safe, reliable and efficient environment for patients, staff and visitors. From planned and reactive maintenance to welding, steel fabrication and servicing hospital beds, trolleys and kitchen machinery, you’ll enjoy a varied and hands‑on role where your skills are valued and your work has a meaningful impact. Working alongside a collaborative team of trades professionals, you’ll help prioritise service requests, support procurement activities and ensure maintenance work meets relevant Australian Standards and healthcare requirements. The role also includes participating in an after‑hours breakdown roster and maintaining accurate maintenance records. If you’re ready to put your trade skills to work where they truly matter, we’d love to have you on the Bendigo Health team.

Working with Bendigo Health Bendigo Health are a leader in regional health care, combining outstanding services with a strong education, training and personal development culture. Created by our community in the 1850s, we have a long, proud history of delivering excellent care to our community. Our organisation is diverse, welcoming and committed to delivering our vision of Excellent Care. Every Person, Every Time. Bendigo Health has around 5000 staff and a catchment area covering a quarter of the size of Victoria. The three main campuses of Bendigo Health are in Bendigo, with many services extended to regional settings including areas such as Mildura, Echuca, Swan Hill, Kyneton and Castlemaine.

We offer a fantastic range of benefits for our staff, including:

• Staff health and wellbeing programs
• Career development and education opportunities
• Generous salary packaging opportunities, to increase your take‑home pay each fortnight
• Flexible Working Arrangements
• Use of staff gym and pool and access to other fitness facilities through fitness passport program

If successful for a position at Bendigo Health you must provide evidence of your full immunisation record as part of the on boarding process.

Your New Division

The Finance and Resources Division is responsible for financial functions, including reporting, budgeting, forecasting, performance monitoring and analysis, together with our procurement, materials management, facilities management, payroll and Public Private Partnership (PPP) functions. The division also includes Health Information Services with key roles in medical record management, clinical documentation, freedom of information, and external data reporting requirements. These are essential non-clinical services providing high-quality support, advice, monitoring and compliance functions. The team are focussed on delivering the strategic vision within their responsibilities and on assisting the organisation operationally.

Bendigo Region

Bendigo is one of Victoria’s largest regional cities making it a great city to live and work in. Bendigo provides services for the region’s population of over 320,000 and so the city offers excellent schools, shopping and cultural precincts, sporting facilities and various tertiary facilities. We can offer generous flexible working arrangements - giving you more time to enjoy the fantastic restaurants, beautiful parks, walking trails and wineries within our region.

Diversity and Inclusion

Bendigo Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We embrace diversity and social inclusion and encourage people from a diverse cultural background, people with disabilities and or Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people to apply.

Position Description

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