We are seeking a proactive and reliable Maintenance Services Assistant to join our team on a casual basis. This role offers a rewarding opportunity to contribute to our Baw Baw Views home in Moe (3 days) and Mitchell House home in Morwell (2 days), with long-term employment prospects and opportunities for professional growth.

Who we are:
As a proud not for profit organisation since 1922, Respect Aged Care serves older residents through our high standard of care and community. Our focus is on giving back to older adults by fostering communities of belonging. Headquartered on the northwest coast of Tasmania, our philosophy is: Everyone deserves the right to a life well-lived, with dignity and respect.

Our organisation is constantly growing, with many homes and thousands of residents and employees across Victoria, New south Wales and Tasmania. Respect also has home care services in multiple states, and more than 700 units in different retirement villages and independent living communities.

The Maintenance Services Assistant is responsible for implementing, coordinating, monitoring and evaluating an efficient and effective preventative and corrective maintenance program for buildings, equipment, and grounds at their residential aged care home and/or retirement village.

Key Duties:

• Ensure buildings and public areas, including grounds, are maintained to a safe, high-quality standard.
• Perform general maintenance tasks ensuring that facilities are safe, to standard and in good working order.
• Perform garden maintenance tasks ensuring garden beds, pathways and outdoor seating areas are safe, clean and free from debris, and that plants are watered.
• Maintain records of the maintenance and gardening programs.
• Ensure adequate stock items for regular corrective maintenance and gardening tasks.
• Assist in the maintenance of an accurate and up to date asset register.
• Contribute to refurbishment, equipment replacement and capital works planning.
• Identify preventative maintenance requirements and document a schedule for same.
• Ensure preventative maintenance and corrective action according to legal requirements and documented schedule, including requirements for essential services.
• Oversee external contract agreements, as required.
• Ensure vehicles at the facility are kept clean and tidy and are serviced in accordance with the service maintenance schedule.
• Perform on-call service (where applicable) when not on duty as directed by Respect.
• Any other task not defined but within the employees' skills, as directed by Respect.

Essential:

• General maintenance and gardening skills.
• Current Drivers License.
• Current National Police Certificate (or ability to acquire).
  

Desirable:

• Knowledge or experience in establishing and coordinating a maintenance program.
• Experience in maintenance and horticulture management.
• An accredited trade certificate relevant to the position.
• Experience in residential aged care or similar business.

• General maintenance and gardening skills.
• Current Driver's License.
• Current National Police Certificate (or ability to acquire).
• Knowledge or experience in establishing and coordinating a maintenance program.
• An accredited trade certificate relevant to the position.
• Experience in residential aged care, retirement living or similar business.
  

Selection Criteria 

• The ability to work both unsupervised and as part of a team and liaise effectively and professionally with residents, staff, visitors, suppliers and their representatives.
• Experience in the safe operation and maintenance of medium complexity mechanical plant.
• Experience in chemical handling and application practice.
• Understanding of quality control processes, materials and equipment cost estimating.
• Experience in landscape construction and grounds maintenance.
  

To be considered for employment with Respect, each candidate must satisfy the legislative requirements of Aged Care Worker Screening to ensure suitability to work in the aged care industry.

What we can offer you:

• Competitive salary and entitlements.
• Pay incentives including not-for-profit salary packaging.
• Meaningful work in a purpose-driven organisation.
• Long-term employment in a recession-proof sector.
• A healthy and positive workplace culture.
• Learning, development, and growth opportunities.

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The individual must be self-motivated and Client facing (both internal & external) with the ability to manage multiple projects and clients. This will involve establishing early budgets, early estimating, and cost planning, managing a design team to the budget, tendering and procurement (single and two stage) and post contract reporting to the Client. 

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KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

Commission Management, to include the following, either as part of a larger project or leading an MEP direct commission:

• Assisting on feasibility studies and writing procurement reports
• Estimating and cost planning to include producing and presenting the final cost plan to internal & external clients
• Tendering (single and two stage) and procuring, including managing the pre-qualification stage
• Dealing effectively with post contract cost variances and the change control processes
• Taking personal responsibility for making cost checks and carrying out valuations on larger projects and in all cases ensuring that timely and accurate cost checking and valuation takes place
• Producing monthly post contract cost reports and presenting them to the client
• Inputting into value engineering
• Negotiating and agreeing final accounts
• Interfacing with the client and other consultants, at all project stages
• Where appropriate, leading a cost management team, ensuring that they deliver on all of the above accountabilities

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