Employment Vacancy

Position Title: Maintenance Assistant

Direct Supervisor: Property Coordinator

The primary purpose of this role is to assist with general maintenance requirements across the Busselton and Dunsborough facilities.

Occupational Safety & Health

Observe and comply with all health and safety instructions, procedures, signs and notices relating to your work and correctly use the appropriate protective clothing and equipment supplied.
Follow Infection Prevention and Control procedures and standards relevant to the role.
Use correct documented procedures to correct, if possible, and immediately report any unsafe situations, near-miss incidents and all work related injuries.
Maintain good housekeeping at all times.

Personal Leadership

Acts with honesty, empathy and kindness towards co-workers and clients.
Engages and works collaboratively with others through a shared purpose to achieve goals.
Has a thorough awareness of cultural safety and conducts themselves to operate inclusivity.
Takes responsibility on an individual level to strive for excellence.
Accepts and responds constructively to feedback.
Is aware of own strengths and limitations and seeks help from others as required.
Adapts communication style and messages to suit different personalities and cultures.

Risk

Understand and proactively contribute to managing risk and to promote a culture of participation in the risk process.

Quality

Actively contribute to quality improvement activities in Capecare through initiating continuous improvement suggestions.
Contribute effectively towards the organisation’s quality accreditation processes.

Values

Maintenance of the internal and external environment – sulo rubbish bins, laundry drains, pan sterilisers, mechanical cleaning of floors and cleaning of light fittings.
With supervision ensure the Electronic Maintenance Register (EMR) work orders are completed in reasonable timeframes.
Complete maintenance requests from Head of Departments and staff as per Maintenance Request Forms.
Chemical control – check chemical containers are maintained and stored correctly. Replace laundry chemicals as required. Maintain stock levels correctly.
Correct storage of delivered stock as per requests from Head of Departments.
Keep sheds in a clean and organised state.
Assist staff with resident room changes.
Source necessary parts and materials to affect maintenance duties.