Maintenance Officer

Maintenance Officer

Churches of Christ, Housing Service, Bribie Island Region

Permanent, Full-time Opportunity

Imagine a career with Churches of Christ

Established in 1930, We are one of Australia's largest and most diverse not-for-profit organisations. Active in the areas of children, youth and family services; community housing; retirement living; home care; and residential aged care services, we provide care and compassion to vulnerable people at different stages of their life journey. With over 200 Services in more than 100 communities, we positively impact around 45,000 lives a year.

About the role

Churches of Christ Housing Services is a community housing provider, focused on providing affordable housing for people on low income, are homeless or are at risk of homelessness.

We are seeking a dedicated and organised Maintenance Officer to undertake hands on grounds maintenance duties including mowing, gardening and minor property maintenance duties across multiple locations.

Permanent Full-time role

Monday – Friday work

5 weeks Annual Leave, plus Sick leave and Public holidays paid

All equipment and PPE provided

$29 per hour

Our Maintenance Officers perform a wide range of tasks, as part of the role you may also be required to supervise other maintenance workers, contractors or trainees. Your days will be varied but the majority of your workload will be mowing, grounds maintenance and will include (but not limited too):

• Grounds maintenance work including mowing, edging, pruning, weeding, mulch application, planting;
• Household and garden refuse removal;
• Record keeping and maintenance of equipment;
• General maintenance work including property repairs, basic fitting installation and cleaning.

Maintenance Officers require own transport to and from a depot location where a vehicle is provided for travelling to job sites.

About you

You are reliable and a hardworking individual, who is motivated and enthusiastic with a positive can-do attitude. You have a welcoming, caring, compassionate nature and are ever ready to provide support.

You enjoy working collaboratively as part of a team and the ability to work autonomously and manage your own time is exceptional. With your commitment to customer service and excellent general maintenance skills you resolve and respond to issues as they arise.

You have proven knowledge and physical capacity to use and maintain equipment as required by the role.

To be suited to this position, ideally you will have:

• Experience working in a high-volume grounds maintenance team;
• A willingness to travel throughout the Bribie Island and South east QLD region;
• Ability to communicate well with multiple customers;
• Experience with gardening power equipment including zero turn ride on mowers;
• General handy-man skills;
• Applied knowledge of Workplace Health & Safety requirements, or ability to acquire within one month of employment;
• A current driver's licence;
• Possess a current National Police Certificate, Working with Children (Blue Card).

Employee Benefits:

As a not-for-profit entity, our employees can package up to $18,549 p.a. of their taxable income before your income tax is calculated. Up to $15,900 p.a. on everyday expenses (such as mortgage payments, rent, groceries, bills and insurance) plus up to $2,649 p.a. on meal/entertainment benefits.

To find out what salary sacrificing can mean for you click here.

By being such a large organisation, we are also able to offer a range of compelling benefits. Including but not limited to:

• Salary-packaging benefits that can increase your take-home pay;
• Five (5) weeks of annual leave and the ability to purchase more;
• Grants (for eligible employees) to assist in formal study;
• Employee Assistance Program;
• A work culture that values you.
• Discounts through our large network of retail partners including:
• • JB Hi-Fi,
  • The Good Guys,
  • Goodlife Health Clubs,
  • Bupa Health,
  • Plus many more;

Importantly, you will be someone who closely aligns with our organisational values of: Unconditional Love, Continual Innovation, Mutual Trust, Wise Stewardship and Safety.

To apply

To apply for this position please click the Apply Button. For further information, please contact Paul Iles on 0427 679 403.

We actively encourage and invite applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people for all our positions.

Applications will be assessed as they are received.