Skilled Plumber – Keep Critical Health Facilities Running Safely
Play a vital role maintaining essential hydraulic systems across Metro South Health facilities. Deliver high-quality, safe and compliant plumbing maintenance that directly supports patient care environments.
About This Role
This role delivers planned and corrective maintenance across plumbing and hydraulic plant, infrastructure and equipment within Metro South Health facilities. You will ensure all work is completed safely, efficiently and to high-quality standards in accordance with legislative, procurement and WHS requirements. Working under the Trade Supervisor, you'll provide expert technical advice, troubleshoot and resolve issues, manage materials and contractors, and support asset condition monitoring and compliance. This hands‐on role is key to maintaining safe, functional and reliable hospital environments with minimal disruption to staff and patients.
About You
You are a skilled and safety-focused plumbing professional with strong technical expertise in hydraulic systems and a proven ability to deliver high-quality maintenance services within complex, high-demand environments such as healthcare or large infrastructure settings. You will have:
* Strong experience in installation, maintenance and repair of hydraulic plant, systems and infrastructure
* Proven ability to prioritise competing workloads, manage resources and deliver high-quality outcomes unsupervised
* Confident problem-solver with the ability to diagnose issues, develop practical solutions and implement effective repairs
* Excellent communicator who builds strong working relationships with staff, contractors and stakeholders at all levels
* Sound knowledge of WHS requirements, relevant legislation, standards and compliance frameworks within trade environments
What We Can Offer You
* We offer a family-friendly work environment that supports you in making the most of Queensland's laid‐back lifestyle.
* We are renowned for teaching and research excellence with strong relations with Queensland's leading tertiary institutions.
* We want to empower you to build a long‐term career, with countless opportunities to learn and grow, no matter your role
* You'll have all the benefits of working for Queensland's world‐class public health system including generous leave entitlements, attractive salary and remuneration packages, salary packaging and access to relevant professional development allowances and/or leave, study and research assistance, corporate discounts and employee wellness programs.
Metro South Maintenance Services delivers planned and corrective maintenance across all Metro South Health facilities, ensuring safe, reliable and compliant infrastructure in support of hospital operations and asset management objectives. Operating under a centralised Building, Engineering & Maintenance model, the service focuses on improved efficiency, continuous improvement and a modern client service approach. This includes a multi‐skilled trade workforce based at nominal locations but working flexibly across all Metro South sites to meet operational needs and service demand.
Values
INTEGRITY | COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | RESPECT | ENGAGEMENT | EXCELLENCE
Our values were created by employees for employees to shape our culture and inspire positive interactions in the workplace. Diversity of ideas, skills, traditions, and customs is celebrated as one of our greatest strengths. Having a workforce that reflects and understands the needs and expectations of our community is important to delivering safe, kinder, and more inclusive care.
We recognise our strength comes from the diversity of our people and so we encourage people of all genders, ethnicities, ages, abilities, languages, sexual orientation, and family responsibilities to apply.
About Metro South Health
We are the major public healthcare provider for Brisbane's south side, Logan, Redlands, and the Scenic Rim operating five major hospitals and a range of community, specialty, and state‐wide healthcare services.
We are bold, innovative, collaborative, inspiring. We save lives, change lives, and make the world a better place. We are part of and proud of the community we serve.
We are better together.
Further information: We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.
Applicants are encouraged to apply online. Please review the Role Description for more information on application process requirements. Agency referrals will not be accepted for this position.
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