An exciting opportunity exists to join the Northern Sydney Local Health District Asset Management team as the Manager Maintenance Operations. This is a key role ensuring compliance with statutory maintenance as well as safe, compliant and efficient maintenance across building, plant and equipment asset classes within a healthcare setting. This role will be pivotal in delivering best practice and sustainable asset and facilities management for NSLHD into the future.
Employment Type: Permanent Full Time
Position Classification: Health Manager (Level 4)
Remuneration: $2,720.93 - $3,241.77 per week
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ579220
Who we are: We are a health service that touches thousands of lives across the Northern Sydney Local Health District, together as a team of like-minded people. We are passionate, driven and have the skills and knowledge to care for our patients whilst creating the best services possible. Our teams have meaningful, interesting and rewarding work everyday. We challenge and nurture each other, sharing our knowledge and experience so that we can deliver better care for everyone There’s a real sense of belonging here because we value and respect our patients, employees, and teams’ voices. You’ll feel a real privilege being a trusted caregiver in our patients, their families, their carers, and our communities’ lives.
NSLHD is proud of our diverse and inclusive workplaces, a place where health care professionals can thrive and feel they belong. We are committed to ensure that all our people feel respected and participate safely within a work environment without aggression, sexual harassment, discrimination and racism.
Where you'll be working
St Leonards, Royal North Shore Hospital
What you'll be doing
The Manager Maintenance Operations is a central reporting and management point for maintenance services in Northern Sydney Local Health District (NSLHD). The Manager Maintenance Operations manages site/service engineering teams and is responsible for the delivery of building, plant and equipment maintenance services, ensuring compliance with statutory, regulatory and legislative requirements as well as NSW Health asset management policy and NSLHD strategic objectives. The role is responsible for developing, enhancing and overseeing achievement of a program of planned maintenance that ensures and extends the lifecycle of assets and equipment and is based on best practice maintenance planning principles, effective communication, efficient allocation of resources and analytics from asset management information systems. The role is responsible for ensuring NSLHD’s maintenance activities support achievement of performance, reliability, compliance, budgetary and health and safety targets. The role manages NSLHD maintenance staff, trades and contractors; provides technical support for facilities management processes; provides advice where required for District planning purposes; and ensures NSLHD records accurate and consistent data as necessary. It will also ensure a strong culture of risk management and work, health and safety practice. The role will work closely with the broader NSLHD Asset Management team in maturing operational components of asset and facilities management, while also maintaining strong relationships as a service provider across NSLHD sites and services.
People of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background are encouraged to apply.
Candidates will need to meet the following criteria:
- Outline your tertiary, vocational or trade-based qualifications in an engineering discipline, facilities management and/or extensive experience in the management of building service operations and maintenance works on assets, as they relate to property, building, plant, equipment & engineering systems in a health or complex environment.
- Detail your knowledge/experience around compliance requirements, legal and policy obligations, including a strong understanding of statutory requirements, including WHS and Safe Work Practices, relating to building services and operations.
- Provide an example of when you have demonstrated your skills and experience in risk management and asset condition management with ability to identify, understand, diagnose and respond in a timely, efficient and effective manner to common asset maintenance problems, delays and inefficiencies.
Need more information?
For role related queries or questions contact James Sue on [email protected]
Applications Close: 20 June 2025
