Who is Harbison?
Harbison is a registered charity owned by the community of the Southern Highlands. Volunteers founded our organisation in the late 1950s to provide local, independent, high-quality care and accommodation for the aged and disabled in the Southern Highlands and surrounding areas. Today, we provide general and specialised care across various settings and are one of the largest employers in the Southern Highlands. We exist to support and nurture older people to maintain meaning and purpose in their individual lives.
What is the Role?
We seek a full-time Maintenance Officer to service our Burradoo & Moss Vale sites.
Primary Purpose of the Role
The Maintenance Officer is responsible for providing residents with maintenance services (both the internal and external environment). Maintenance includes preventative maintenance, allocated maintenance from the maintenance management system and other duties specified and directed by management. This role also includes aspects of Procurement such as managing the organisation’s inventory risk by maintaining day to day ordering and replacement of equipment and consumables.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES
• Respond to daily work requests for allocated facilities and services.
• Undertake and complete preventative maintenance duties as per the maintenance program and appropriately allocated maintenance projects and ensure they are completed as scheduled and within the required timeframe.
• Ensuring maintenance work undertaken is compliant with Harbison standards and WHS policy.
• Enabling care and accommodation services are delivered in a safe, sustainable, and homelike environment through the timely undertaking of planned and unplanned maintenance.
• Ensuring all contractors attending sites have had appropriate site induction and are working safely.
• Inform managers & / or their staff are advised when maintenance work will impact a service area.
• Respond to logged maintenance requests in the computerized maintenance management system within the required timeframe.
• Communicate effectively with residents, staff, and families, being empathic and understanding of the needs of aged residents.
• Adhering to the NDIS Quality & Safeguards Commission’s requirements.
• Manage the accurate receipt of supplies, the distribution of the goods to the appropriate departments and maintenance of optimal stock control levels and secure and appropriate storage of goods.
REQUIREMENTS
• Recent experience in general maintenance in aged care or health industry.
• Trade qualification is desirable but not essential.
• A current NSW driver's licence.
• A current National Licence to Perform High Risk Work.
• A strong commitment to customer service and relationship building.
• Demonstrated ability to maintain buildings and equipment to comply with legislation and/or corporate standards.
• Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills.
• You are comfortable with new technologies and proficient in Microsoft programs.
Pre-employment requirements
• COVID-19 vaccination
• Current Influenza vaccination
• National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) worker check
• Police Check
Harbison is a registered charity owned by the community of the Southern Highlands. Volunteers founded our organisation in the late 1950s to provide local, independent, high-quality care and accommodation for the aged and disabled in the Southern Highlands and surrounding areas. Today, we provide general and specialised care across various settings and are one of the largest employers in the Southern Highlands. We exist to support and nurture older people to maintain meaning and purpose in their individual lives.
What is the Role?
We seek a full-time Maintenance Officer to service our Burradoo & Moss Vale sites.
Primary Purpose of the Role
The Maintenance Officer is responsible for providing residents with maintenance services (both the internal and external environment). Maintenance includes preventative maintenance, allocated maintenance from the maintenance management system and other duties specified and directed by management. This role also includes aspects of Procurement such as managing the organisation’s inventory risk by maintaining day to day ordering and replacement of equipment and consumables.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES
• Respond to daily work requests for allocated facilities and services.
• Undertake and complete preventative maintenance duties as per the maintenance program and appropriately allocated maintenance projects and ensure they are completed as scheduled and within the required timeframe.
• Ensuring maintenance work undertaken is compliant with Harbison standards and WHS policy.
• Enabling care and accommodation services are delivered in a safe, sustainable, and homelike environment through the timely undertaking of planned and unplanned maintenance.
• Ensuring all contractors attending sites have had appropriate site induction and are working safely.
• Inform managers & / or their staff are advised when maintenance work will impact a service area.
• Respond to logged maintenance requests in the computerized maintenance management system within the required timeframe.
• Communicate effectively with residents, staff, and families, being empathic and understanding of the needs of aged residents.
• Adhering to the NDIS Quality & Safeguards Commission’s requirements.
• Manage the accurate receipt of supplies, the distribution of the goods to the appropriate departments and maintenance of optimal stock control levels and secure and appropriate storage of goods.
REQUIREMENTS
• Recent experience in general maintenance in aged care or health industry.
• Trade qualification is desirable but not essential.
• A current NSW driver's licence.
• A current National Licence to Perform High Risk Work.
• A strong commitment to customer service and relationship building.
• Demonstrated ability to maintain buildings and equipment to comply with legislation and/or corporate standards.
• Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills.
• You are comfortable with new technologies and proficient in Microsoft programs.
Pre-employment requirements
• COVID-19 vaccination
• Current Influenza vaccination
• National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) worker check
• Police Check
