Field Support Officer – Electrician

Skilled Electrician Wanted – Keep Our Mobile Health Services Moving.

Job details

Your new role:

We are seeking a skilled and motivated Field Support Officer (Electrician) to join our Oral Health Workshop team. In this role, you will provide essential maintenance and support to ensure our mobile health services continue to operate safely and effectively.

• Perform planned and corrective maintenance on electrical infrastructure and equipment for mobile dental and BreastScreen vans.
• Install, repair, test, commission, and fault-find on complex electrical, hydraulic, and pneumatic systems.
• Supervise and mentor apprentices and trade assistants, fostering safe and quality-driven practices.
• Work both independently and collaboratively with contractors, staff, and stakeholders to deliver timely, cost-effective outcomes.

About you:

The ideal candidate will be a qualified and adaptable professional who thrives in a dynamic healthcare environment. You will bring strong technical skills, a safety-first mindset, and a commitment to delivering high-quality outcomes.

• Hold a Queensland-recognised Electrical Fitter/Mechanic qualification, licence, and relevant certifications (e.g. White Card; Blue Card).
• Demonstrated experience in maintaining and repairing electrical systems, including testing and compliance in a healthcare or complex environment.
• Strong communication, teamwork, and problem-solving skills with the ability to work across diverse teams and stakeholders.
• Highly organised, able to prioritise multiple tasks effectively, and flexible to respond to changing operational needs.

Check out our quick tips and application essentials!

What we can offer you:

• We offer a family-friendly work environment that supports you in making the most of Queensland's laid-back lifestyle.
• We are renowned for teaching and research excellence with strong relations with Queensland's leading tertiary institutions.
• We want to empower you to build a long-term career, with countless opportunities to learn and grow, no matter your role
• You'll have all the benefits of working for Queensland's world-class public health system including generous leave entitlements, attractive salary and remuneration packages, salary packaging and access to relevant professional development allowances and/or leave, study and research assistance, corporate discounts and employee wellness programs.

About us:

Community and Oral Health Services deliver a broad range of quality community-based care and support services to help people improve and maintain their wellbeing and independence as well as oral health services to adults and children.

We deliver a myriad of services across Metro South including Hospital in the Home, Rehabilitation, Chronic Disease, Acute Care, Dementia Outreach, Oral Health, and specialist residential care along with delivering numerous other vital community health services.

Our services are delivered by multidisciplinary teams of nursing and allied health staff with the skills and experience to treat a full range of health needs.

INTEGRITY | COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | RESPECT | ENGAGEMENT | EXCELLENCE

Our values were created by employees for employees to shape our culture and inspire positive interactions in the workplace. Diversity of ideas, skills, traditions, and customs is celebrated as one of our greatest strengths. Having a workforce that reflects and understands the needs and expectations of our community is important to delivering safe, kinder, and more inclusive care.

We recognise our strength comes from the diversity of our people and so we encourage people of all genders, ethnicities, ages, abilities, languages, sexual orientation, and family responsibilities to apply.

We are Metro South Health:

We are the major public healthcare provider for Brisbane's south side, Logan, Redlands, and the Scenic Rim operating five major hospitals and a range of community, specialty, and state-wide healthcare services.

We are bold, innovative, collaborative, inspiring. We save lives, change lives, and make the world a better place. We are part of and proud of the community we serve.

We are better together.

Further information

We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.

Applicants are encouraged to apply online. Please review the Role Description for more information on application process requirements. Agency referrals will not be accepted for this position.

Documents

Before applying for this vacancy please ensure you read the documents below.

• MS09660598 (PDF, 391KB)
  Role Description
  
  Application essentials - things you need to know (PDF, 691KB)
  Information Package for Applicants
  
  We are MSH - five reasons why you should join us (PDF, 978KB)
  Information Package for Applicants