Field Service Technician

About Ecolab Ecolab is a global leader in water, hygiene, and infection prevention solutions, supporting healthcare, life sciences, and industrial customers worldwide. Within healthcare, Ecolab partners with hospitals to deliver sterilisation systems, washer-disinfectors, and on-site technical support that help maintain the highest standards of patient safety and infection control.

About The Role We are seeking a Field Service Technician to join our NSW Service team, supporting customers across parts of Sydney and the Newcastle region. This role involves servicing hospital sterilisation and reprocessing equipment, including steam sterilisers (autoclaves) and washer-disinfectors used in Central Sterile Services Departments (CSSD). You will play a key role in ensuring equipment reliability, compliance, and safe clinical operations within hospital and sterile environments. This is a field-based role reporting to the Service Manager, with travel across your assigned territory and occasional overnight stays.

Key Responsibilities

• Service, maintain, and repair sterilisers, washer-disinfectors, and related equipment
• Perform preventative maintenance, fault finding, and diagnostics
• Install and commission equipment at hospital sites
• Conduct testing, calibration, and compliance checks
• Troubleshoot electrical, mechanical, steam, and fluid systems
• Maintain accurate service documentation and reports
• Work closely with hospital staff, CSSD teams, and biomedical personnel
• Adhere to infection control and safety standards

Essential Candidate Requirements

• Restricted Electrical Licence (Disconnect/Reconnect) or ability to obtain (via relevant trade qualification, UEERL0004 training, and applicable industry experience)
• Experience servicing electro-mechanical or industrial equipment
• Strong fault-finding and diagnostic capability across electrical and mechanical systems
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to work closely with customers, clinical staff, and internal teams

Highly Regarded

• Experience with sterilisers, washer-disinfectors, or healthcare equipment
• Background in industrial systems, steam equipment, or fluid-handling environments
• Experience servicing equipment involving pumps, valves, or high-temperature/pressure systems
• Ability to read and interpret technical manuals, wiring diagrams, and schematics

Location & Travel

• Territory: Sydney and Newcastle
• Occasional overnight travel required

What Ecolab Offers

• Career growth within a global organisation
• Company vehicle, tools, phone, laptop, and iPad
• Structured training and development
• Incentive programs and employee benefits
• Supportive, high-performing team environment

How To Apply

• Submit your application via the Apply button.
• Employment is subject to background and pre-employment checks.

Our Commitment to a Culture of Inclusion & Belonging Ecolab is committed to fair and equal treatment of associates and applicants and furthering the principles of Equal Opportunity to Employment. We will recruit, hire, promote, transfer and provide opportunities for advancement based on individual qualifications and job performance in all matters affecting employment, compensation, benefits, working conditions, and opportunities for advancement. Ecolab will not discriminate against any associate or applicant for employment because of race, religion, color, creed, national origin,citizenship status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expressions, genetic information, marital status, age, or disability.