Facilities Maintenance Person

The Opportunity

We are seeking a Facilities Maintenance Person (Full-time) to join our team at Carey Harrisdale.
This is an exciting opportunity for a hands-on, proactive person to support the efficient and effective maintenance, presentation of our campus buildings, grounds, and other onsite businesses.

Key Responsibilities

• General buildings maintenance and repairs, and grounds maintenance upkeep assistance.
• Ticket (work request) management and fulfilling requests in a timely fashion.
• Engage with contractors on site and monitor works to ensure jobs are completed to a satisfactory standard.
• Communicate closely with the Facilities Manager and/or line supervisor on tasks, planning, logistics and safety issues/hazards.
• Ensure Carey buses, vehicles, mobile utility units, tools and machinery are operational, safe and well maintained.
• Assist with fertigation/reticulation systems, event setups, school assemblies and sports carnivals.

Skills, Experience and Compliance

• Minimum 2 year’s previous experience in property/facility maintenance
• Experience in grounds care and bore reticulation systems (desirable)
• High attention to detail and organisation skills
• Works with a thorough level of self-agency towards this role’s tasks, outcomes, and expectations.
• WHS white card
• Working with children check (WWCC)
• Driver’s licence
• Current National Police Clearance Certificate
• Drive and ambition to excel within client expectations in a quality environment.
• Paving/pavement maintenance desirable.
• Chemical Application knowledge and certification desirable.
• Preference if candidate holds an ‘Working at Heights’ ticket or willing to obtain.
• Must have Full Working Rights within Australia

About Carey

Carey is a vibrant Christian community where every role contributes to our mission - to see a world transformed by the love of God.

At Carey Harrisdale, we’re committed to excellence in education, character formation, and relational culture. Our values of Kindness, Courage, Respect, Humility, and Integrity shape everything we do, from the classroom to the workshop

​​​​​​​Want to Learn More

We’d love to share the full Position Description with you. Contact us at [email protected] to request the PD and guidance on tailoring your application.

We may begin interviewing as applications are received, so we encourage early applications.

We can’t wait to meet you.