Plumber, Infrastructure Asset Management

Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service; Cairns Regional; On-site; AUD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous superannuation

Salary packaging

Career development opportunities

Healthy work/life balance

Job summary

Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service is seeking a Plumber within Infrastructure Asset Management in Cairns, QLD. The role focuses on planned maintenance, asset care, and ensuring compliance across health service facilities.

The IAM team covers construction, operation, and maintenance of buildings and plant with 24-hour support for facilities in the Cairns region. Key duties include maintaining licences, coordinating with apprentices and external contractors, and ensuring quality

Qualifications

• Current plumbing license is preferred.
• Experience with maintenance and asset management is desirable.
• Maintaining training records and licences as required.

Responsibilities

• Ensure all Planned Maintenance work orders have required service reports attached as evidence of completion.
• Maintain personal licences and any assigned annual training requirements to ensure that they are always current.
• Work with apprentices, trade assistants, external trade contractors and other staff ensuring specifications and quality standards are met.

Skills

Plumbing

Maintenance planning

Education

Trade qualification in plumbing

Job description

Plumber, Infrastructure Asset Management

Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service – Cairns QLD

Infrastructure Asset Management (IAM) provides planning, construction, operation and maintenance of all Health Service physical facilities, engineering systems, plant and equipment to meet strategic objectives within a quality environment. IAM is staffed with professional, trade operational, and administrative staff. Trades include electrical, fitting, plumbing, carpentry, refrigeration, trade assistants and apprentices.

The unit is accountable for facility maintenance and asset management in CHHHS and ensures all clinical and administrative buildings are compliant with statutory checks and inspections necessary to comply with Acts, Regulations, Codes of Practice and Australian Standards. IAM provides 24-hour corrective maintenance and breakdown service for the facilities around the Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service.

Our values were developed by our staff, patients and community. They guide our work and actions every day. Our staff are part of the community we serve. We believe that we can improve health outcomes by involving our community in the planning and evaluation of their local health services.

About your role:

• Ensure all Planned Maintenance work orders have required service reports attached as evidence of completion. Discuss defects identified with Trade Coordinator and assist in compilation of corrective works required to ensure equipment/items inspected remain in a serviceable condition. This includes completion of all paper based and electronic records.
• Maintain personal licences and any assigned annual training requirements to ensure that they are always current.
• Work with apprentices, trade assistants, external trade contractors and other staff ensuring specifications and quality standards are met.

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What we offer:

Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health service offer a number of workplace benefits. Besides attractive remuneration, generous superannuation, salary packaging and career development opportunities, we value a healthy work/life balance that allows you take advantage of the sunshine, hiking tracks, swimming spots, reef and rainforest.

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