Facilities Officer

Mount Pleasant location

The Facilities Officer role provides an exciting opportunity to contribute to the smooth operation of the health unit by performing a variety of general facility and grounds maintenance tasks. You will work both indoors and outdoors, supporting the upkeep of buildings, fixtures, gardens, and grounds to ensure a safe and pleasant environment for patients, staff, and visitors.

In this role, you will undertake duties including rubbish collection, minor carpentry, painting, plumbing, mechanical maintenance, and grounds management. You will also operate machinery such as forklifts and tractors, install and maintain watering systems, and manage garden functions including planting, pruning, and pest control.

The Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network offers opportunities across our sites, from Kangaroo Island to Eudunda, wrapping all the way around our metropolitan areas. We pride ourselves on providing exceptional care to all our consumers, residents, their families, and community. Our mission is to ensure that you always receive the best quality, safe, consistent, collaborative care and always with kindness.

Mount Pleasant boasts a picturesque setting, with rolling hills, vineyards, and the majestic Mount Lofty Ranges as a backdrop. The town itself is lined with beautiful plane trees, adding to its visual appeal. Mount Pleasant serves as a central hub for the surrounding rural communities, offering a range of services, shops, and community facilities.

Are you able to perform general maintenance tasks for both the interior and exterior of a health facility? Do you have experience with grounds maintenance, machinery operation, and gardening functions? Are you confident following WHS requirements and maintaining a safe work environment? Do you enjoy contributing to teamwork, training, and continuous improvement initiatives? If you have answered yes to any of these questions – then read on…

Maintain the health unit’s facilities and grounds, performing maintenance, carpentry, painting, plumbing, and mechanical tasks. Operate machinery, including forklifts and tractors, and maintain watering systems and garden areas. Support safe work practices and compliance with workplace health, safety, and infection control requirements. Assist in training and guiding other employees to ensure effective service delivery. Participate in continuous improvement activities and contribute to a positive, collaborative team culture.

At BHFLHN, not only will you be working in an environment surrounded by beautiful scenery and nature we see your work here as not just as a job, but an opportunity to extend, progress or consolidate your career with us. We therefore offer you opportunities to be supported in the following ways:

• Salary package a range of benefits (including living expenses such as mortgage, rent, utility bills and groceries) up to $9,010 each FBT year + $2,650 for Meal Entertainment expenses each FBT year
• Access to generous leave provisions and professional development opportunities.
• Support for you and your family via our free Employee Assistance Program.
• Health and Fitness Benefits: Access to Fitness Passport, a discounted workplace health and fitness program available to BHFLHN staff and their families.

Working in this environment, it is important to us that we only employ people with the utmost integrity and commitment to serving the South Australian community and its visitors to the highest possible standards. To ensure that we meet that commitment there are a few checks that you will be required to undertake.

We employ people as diverse as the clients we support and the environments we work in. At BHFLHN we pride ourselves on being an Equal Opportunity employer committed to providing an inclusive workplace that embraces diversity and inclusion for all employees and therefore we encourage applications from people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, culturally diverse backgrounds, disability, all genders, and LGBTQI+ community.