**Friendly team and great working environment**:
- ** Permanent Full Time Position**:
- ** Work Locally**
**Excellent opportunity for enthusiastic and experienced aged care staff who have a can-do attitude, to join our team**
**About us...**
**Medical & Aged Care Group (MAACG)** is a family owned business. From humble beginnings in 1995, we've become one of Australia's leading privately owned companies providing aged care services. We have grown our business with a special focus on building relationships—both with our residents and their families, as well as staff. The result is a collection of homes within Victoria filled with vibrant and connected communities.
We are devoted to creating a warm and friendly environment, staff and residents alike share a strong sense of family.
**Grand Cedar** is a boutique, luxury 75 bed Aged Care home. We pride ourselves on delivering the best care for our residents and firmly believe that happy staff equates to happy residents. Grand Cedar is a recent acquisition for MAACG, an excellent opportunity to be a part of establishing a new culture.
**This is a fabulous opportunity to work in our residential home with excellent support from management and high staff morale.**
**About the Role...**
The **Maintenance Officer** is a valued team member who reports to the Manager on daily basis and ensures all maintenance for the residential aged care home is conducted in a timely manner. This includes building maintenance, grounds and outside areas and where needed arranging contractors for trade services.
The** Maintenance Officer **is required to follow the Managers directions and work as a team player.
**About you...**
You are a highly organised energetic, fit and able to perform the inherent tasks including lifting and pushing equipment, standing on ladders and other physical tasks. You will be a self-motivated individual - someone who can manage their time, be flexible with their workloads and take pride in your work. You will have excellent interpersonal communication skills and like working in an aged care environment. You'll have a high level of teamwork with colleagues and empathy and compassion too.
**To be successful in this role you would need to possess the following**:
**Responsibilities**:
- Preventative, unplanned and corrective maintenance duties across multiple sites
- Equipment and plant monitoring
- Grounds and garden maintenance
- Steam cleaning of carpets and chairs
- Maintenance of schedules/registers and documentation for accreditation
- Report any defects or improvements/replacements in buildings, equipment and grounds
- Supervision of external contractors and suppliers regarding repairs and maintenance
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities
- Demonstrated experience in building, equipment and gardening maintenance
- Experience in Aged Care highly regarded
- Proven painting experience
- Experience in dealing with internal and external stakeholders
- Demonstrated high level of communication skills
- Self starter and excellent time management skills
- Flexibility and ability to work in a team environment
- Certificate in test and tagging highly desired
- OH&S knowledge and Computer skills
- Understanding of Hygiene and Safety practices in aged care
- Current police check
- A current Driver's license
Desirable Experience and Qualifications:
- A current trade qualification/certificate
- An understanding of the Aged Care Standards, accreditation, continuous improvement and ACFI requirements
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