Maintenance Planner

Southern NSW Local Health District; Sydney; On-site; AUD 91,000 - 121,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Salary packaging

NSW Health Mobility

Job summary

St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney in Darlinghurst is seeking a Maintenance Planner to lead maintenance planning and asset management for critical hospital services. You will optimise asset reliability, coordinate preventative and reactive works, and work closely with engineering teams and external contractors.

The role requires strong organisation, experience with CMMS systems, and knowledge of Australian standards and AusHFG.

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualifications and/or demonstrated experience in maintenance planning or asset management within a healthcare environment.
• Experience with CMMS and asset data reporting to support decisions.
• Strong ability to coordinate maintenance activities and minimise disruption to critical services.
• Knowledge of Australian standards, safety requirements and AusHFG.
• Effective interpersonal and written communication with internal/external stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead maintenance planning and coordination of preventative, reactive and statutory programs.
• Ensure compliance with relevant standards and contractor management practices.
• Coordinate shutdowns, contractors and operational works with minimal disruption to services.
• Utilise CMMS for work orders, schedules and asset data reporting.
• Engage stakeholders and monitor contractor performance and outcomes.

Skills

Maintenance planning

Stakeholder management

Project coordination

Facilities management

Asset management

Education

Relevant tertiary qualifications

Tools

CMMS

Excel

PowerPoint

Teams

SharePoint

Visio

Job description

Role title: Maintenance Planner
Role type: Permanent full Time (38hrs/week)
Role grade: Health Services Manager Level 1
Department and location: Asset Management Unit, St Vincent’s Public Hospital, Sydney
Salary: $91,326.00 - $121,497.00 + super + salary packaging

Welcome to St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney
Join a team built on a proud legacy of world-class care, true compassion, and deep community roots.
Founded by the Sisters of Charity and powered today by St Vincent’s Health Australia, the Sisters' legacy of compassionate service is our living heartbeat. As Sydney’s premier and iconic inner-city public hospital, we serve the entire population, providing world-class care to all people, including the most vulnerable in our community. Across our renowned precinct, we feature cutting-edge programs and surgery infrastructure, fostering clinical excellence and professional growth.
Located in the vibrant heart of Darlinghurst, we are positioned just minutes from Kings Cross station, with direct, high-frequency bus connections from the east, and seamless links from Gadigal and Museum stations right to our doorstep.
Read on to explore this exciting role and the fantastic perks waiting for you here.

About the role

• Maintenance & Asset Management: Demonstrated experience in maintenance planning and works coordination, including preventative, reactive and statutory maintenance programs, with a focus on optimising asset reliability and plant availability.
• Engineering & Compliance: Relevant qualifications and/or equivalent experience in maintenance planning, contractor management and knowledge of Australian Standards, legislation, safety requirements and relevant healthcare/facilities guidelines.
• Maintenance Planning & Coordination: Strong experience planning, prioritising and coordinating maintenance activities, shutdowns, contractors and operational works, with the ability to minimise disruption to critical services.
• CMMS & Asset Data: Experience using a Computerised Maintenance Management System (CMMS) to manage work orders, maintenance schedules, asset information and reporting, and using data to support maintenance and asset management decisions.
• Stakeholder & Contractor Management: Strong communication and coordination skills, with experience working with contractors, engineering teams, operational departments and project stakeholders, including monitoring contractor performance, maintenance costs and delivery outcomes.

About you

• Relevant qualifications and experience: Relevant tertiary qualifications and/or demonstrated experience in maintenance planning, facilities and asset management, or project support within a complex live healthcare environment,.
• Facilities & Project Knowledge: Demonstrated experience or knowledge of facilities maintenance, capital works projects, contractor management and maintenance planning, with an understanding of the Australasian Health Facility Guidelines (AusHFG).
• Strong organisation & coordination: Excellent time management and organisational skills, with the ability to coordinate multiple activities, manage competing priorities and deliver outcomes within required timeframes.
• Stakeholder & communication skills: Highly effective interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders and prepare high-quality project documentation and reports.
• Digital & reporting capability: High-level proficiency in Microsoft 365 applications, including Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, SharePoint, OneNote, Lists and Visio, with the ability to use digital tools to support project documentation, tracking, reporting and communication.

What we can offer you

• Exceptional Rewards: Competitive pay and not-for-profit salary packaging to maximise your income
• Seamless NSW Health Mobility: Smooth transfer of your qualifying service and leave entitlements
• World-Class: Be part of a renowned precinct alongside the Garvan & Victor Chang institutes
• Excellence: Premier heart/lung transplant program, advanced robotics, & pioneering HIV/AIDS initiatives
• Cutting-Edge Oncology: Deliver advanced cancer care and trials at the renowned Kinghorn Cancer Centre
• Community: Support vital programs for First Nations, homelessness, mental health, & drug and alcohol care
• Professional Advancement: Accelerate your career with study leave and Curran Foundation scholarships
• Health & Wellbeing: Fitness Passport, discounted private health, & cultural recognitions and celebrations

Sponsorship / work rights for Australia

Please note, for candidates who possess the required qualifications, accreditations, and experience, visa sponsorship may be available for this position and will be determined on application.

Equal opportunity

We celebrate diversity & inclusion and are committed to equal employment opportunity for everyone.

As part of our commitment to reconciliation, we encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to apply and join us in delivering care that heals body, mind, spirit and community.

NSW Health acknowledges the people of the many traditional countries and language groups of New South Wales. It acknowledges the wisdom of Elders past and present, and pays respect to all Aboriginal communities of today.