Maintenance Planner

Darling Downs Hospital and Health Service; Toowoomba Regional; On-site; AUD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging

Flexible work arrangements

Professional development funding

Clear career pathways

Diversity and inclusion

EAP access

Private health insurance discounts

Fitness Passport

Job summary

Darling Downs Health in Toowoomba is seeking a Maintenance Planner to coordinate maintenance planning, asset information and service delivery supporting staff, patients and communities. You will develop maintenance plans, partner with contractors and ensure reliable facilities to safeguard patient care and operations.

Your role focuses on improving asset data, coordinating multi-disciplinary teams, and driving continuous improvement to outcomes across our health infrastructure.

Qualifications

• Experience in maintenance planning, asset management or facilities/infrastructure environments.
• Strong skills in maintenance systems, scheduling, data quality and reporting.
• Ability to collaborate with stakeholders, contractors and multidisciplinary teams.
• Proactive mindset with a focus on continuous improvement, service excellence and results.

Responsibilities

• Develop maintenance plans that improve asset performance, reliability and compliance.
• Partner with teams and service providers to coordinate works and deliver efficient maintenance outcomes.
• Maintain accurate asset and maintenance data to support informed planning and decision-making.
• Identify opportunities to improve systems, processes and long‑term infrastructure performance.

Skills

Maintenance planning

Asset management

Stakeholder collaboration

Data quality and reporting

Continuous improvement

Tools

EAM systems

Job description

Based in Toowoomba, this is your opportunity to help shape reliable, safe and effective health infrastructure across Darling Downs Health. As a Maintenance Planner, you'll coordinate maintenance planning, asset information and service delivery that supports staff, patients and communities. Join a collaborative team where your expertise will drive continuous improvement, operational excellence and long‑term outcomes.

What Your Day Could Look Like

As a Maintenance Planner, you'll help ensure critical health facilities and equipment are maintained, reliable and ready to support patient care. From planning preventative maintenance programs to improving asset information and working with contractors, you'll contribute to services that keep healthcare environments operating at their best.

Every Day, You'll Contribute By

• Developing maintenance plans that improve asset performance, reliability and compliance.
• Partnering with teams and service providers to coordinate works and deliver efficient maintenance outcomes.
• Maintaining accurate asset and maintenance data to support informed planning and decision-making.
• Identifying opportunities to improve systems, processes and long‑term infrastructure performance.

Let's talk about you!

You're someone who enjoys turning complex information into practical solutions and takes pride in keeping essential services running smoothly. You lead with integrity, communicate with confidence and build positive relationships across diverse teams. You'll feel proud knowing your planning and coordination help create safe, reliable environments for patients, staff and the wider community. You're not just here to maintain assets, you're here to improve services, solve problems and create lasting impact.

Here's What Will Help You Thrive In This Role

• Experience in maintenance planning, asset management or facilities/infrastructure environments.
• Strong skills in maintenance systems, scheduling, data quality and reporting.
• The ability to collaborate with stakeholders, contractors and multidisciplinary teams.
• A proactive mindset with a focus on continuous improvement, service excellence and results.

You'll stand out from the crowd if you have experience working with enterprise asset management systems and/or a background in healthcare, infrastructure or complex operational environments.

Above all, you'll bring Compassion, Integrity, Dignity, Innovation and Courage to everything you do.

Together, your work will help deliver reliable infrastructure that supports exceptional healthcare across the Darling Downs.

Why Join Darling Downs Health?

At Darling Downs Health, we care for over 300,000 people across our expansive region. No matter where you live in our region, from Taroom in the north to Texas in the south, our purpose is to ensure accessible and sustainable care. It's complex, challenging work that makes a real difference – and the career possibilities are endless.

Whether you're a doctor, nurse, allied health professional, facilities team member, or administrator, you'll see your impact firsthand. Here, you'll find opportunities that simply don't exist elsewhere: the chance to lead initiatives, develop specialties, and embrace responsibilities that would take years to access in larger health services.

Darling Downs Health is where you can step up sooner, grow faster, and help shape the future of care across our region.

Your career at Darling Downs Health also comes with meaningful rewards

• Maximise your take‑home pay with salary packaging and generous leave entitlements.
• Enjoy flexible work arrangements that support balance and variety.
• Access professional development funding, study leave, and clear career pathways.
• Be part of a diverse and inclusive culture that values learning and collaboration.
• Take care of your wellbeing with EAP access, private health insurance discounts and the Fitness Passport.

For a full list of benefits, visit: Darling Downs Health Benefits

Your future is here. Where are you?

If you're ready to make a meaningful impact and grow your career in a place that values people and purpose, we'd love to hear from you.

Find out more about us!

Visit our careers site to learn more about working with Darling Downs Health:
www.health.qld.gov.au/darlingdowns

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