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Tradesperson - Water Technician
Brisbane—South
Join Us as a Water Technician in Metro South Health!
We’re looking for a skilled and reliable Tradesperson – Water Technician to support essential water service operations. In this hands-on role, you’ll play a key part in maintaining systems, supporting service delivery, and ensuring safe, efficient operations for our community.
Job details
| Position status | Permanent |
|---|---|
| Position type | Full-time |
| Occupational group | Technical |
| Classification | TO4 |
| Workplace Location | Brisbane - South |
| Job ad reference | QLD/MS12670173 |
| Closing date | 05-Dec-2025 |
| Job duration | Permanent |
| Contact person | Murray Pocock |
| Contact details | 07 3299 8045 Access the National Relay Service |
Your new role:
As a Tradesperson – Water Technician, you will provide specialist technical support, advice, and maintenance services to ensure the safe operation and performance of water treatment systems across Metro South Health facilities. You'll work as part of a highly skilled trades team, contributing to the Total Quality Water Management Plan and supporting essential hospital plant and infrastructure.
In this role, you will:
- Deliver high-quality technical support for water system operations, treatment processes, and water quality management.
- Perform planned and corrective maintenance across filtration systems, RO plants, softeners, dosing equipment, cooling towers, boilers, dialysis systems, and other water-related infrastructure.
- Install, test, repair, commission, and fault-find complex control systems involving mechanical, electrical, electronic and fluid power principles.
- Develop, implement, and monitor maintenance schedules for all water treatment equipment.
About you:
You are a skilled tradesperson with strong technical knowledge, excellent problem-solving skills and a commitment to high-quality water management within a healthcare environment. You work safely, communicate effectively, and excel both independently and as part of a team.
You will bring:
- Demonstrated experience in water testing, treatment, quality management, monitoring and reporting.
- Ability to work with complex mechanical, electrical, electronic and fluid power systems.
- Strong ability to read, interpret and implement standards, codes, procedures and procurement requirements.
- Experience managing maintenance schedules, work prioritisation, and cost-effective delivery.
- Knowledge or ability to acquire knowledge of relevant applications including S/4HANA, Riskman, MyHR, WHS Monitor and Microsoft Office.
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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:
Metro South Maintenance Services are the incumbent maintenance provider for Metro South Health Hospitals and Health Service (MSH) Facilities, with the primary objective to manage the corrective and preventative maintenance for all MSH infrastructure and facilities. Metro South's asset management objectives define the approach for delivering maintenance outcomes and the role of Maintenance management in supporting the achievement of the organisational objectives.
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 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.
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