Hospital Facilities Technician — HVAC & Maintenance

Southern Cross Healthcare; Christchurch; On-site; NZD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive rewards

Health insurance

Wellbeing programme

Employee discounts

Employee network

Job summary

Southern Cross Healthcare – Christchurch, South Island is seeking a Facilities Assistant to support the Facilities Manager in maintaining the hospital’s buildings, grounds, and essential plant and equipment. You’ll perform hands-on maintenance, coordinate contractors, monitor equipment and help keep facilities safe and compliant.

This full-time role is based at our Christchurch Hospital, offering a hands-on path to broaden technical capability across HVAC, pumps, boilers, and hospital

Qualifications

• Experience in building maintenance, facilities, or a building/engineering trade.
• Hands-on maintenance and basic troubleshooting.
• Know when specialist support or contractors are required.
• Good organisational skills for day-to-day maintenance.
• Experience using computer systems and recording maintenance data.
• Proactive attitude and willingness to learn.
• Strong communication with hospital teams and contractors.

Responsibilities

• Maintain hospital buildings, grounds, and plant equipment.
• Coordinate contractors and monitor equipment.
• Ensure facilities remain safe, compliant, and reliable.
• Assist Facilities Manager and support day-to-day operations.

Skills

Hands-on maintenance

Troubleshooting

Maintenance records

Communication with teams

Contractor coordination

Tools

Building Management Systems

Job description

Southern Cross Healthcare – Christchurch, South Island is seeking a Facilities Assistant to support the Facilities Manager in maintaining the hospital’s buildings, grounds, and essential plant and equipment. You’ll perform hands-on maintenance, coordinate contractors, monitor equipment and help keep facilities safe and compliant.

This full-time role is based at our Christchurch Hospital, offering a hands-on path to broaden technical capability across HVAC, pumps, boilers, and hospital