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Tradesperson - Electrician


Various Sites, Metro South Hospital and Health Service

Keep Critical Hospital Infrastructure Running

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Deliver planned and reactive electrical maintenance across major Metro South Health facilities, ensuring safe, compliant and reliable infrastructure that supports quality patient care.

Job details

Position status Permanent
Position type Full-time
Occupational group Trades
Classification HBEA6
Workplace Location Brisbane - South
Job ad reference QLD/MS05681781
Closing date 22-May-2026
Job duration
Contact person Ashley Sheather
Contact details 0476 538 139
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Your new Role:

As an Electrician, you will perform maintenance, testing and repairs on electrical infrastructure across Metro South Health sites. Working independently and within a skilled trades team, you will manage priorities, undertake HV/LV switching and isolations, support plant maintenance, and ensure all works meet safety, legislative and quality standards while delivering responsive, client-focused service.

About You:

You are a skilled and safety-focused Electrician with experience in maintaining complex facilities, capable of delivering high-quality outcomes in a fast-paced healthcare environment. You will have: 

  • Proven experience in electrical maintenance, testing & compliance
  • Strong knowledge of WHS, electrical legislation & standards
  • Ability to work autonomously, prioritise tasks & liaise effectively
  • Experience in hospital or large-scale facility maintenance environments
  • Confident using CMMS systems and digital maintenance platforms (e.g. S/4HANA)

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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 

About the Capital and Assets / Infrastructure and Assets Division

Metro South Maintenance Services delivers planned and reactive maintenance across all Metro South Health facilities, ensuring safe, reliable and compliant infrastructure. Operating under a centralised Building, Engineering & Maintenance model, the service drives efficiency, continuous improvement and a multi-skilled workforce, with trades staff working flexibly across sites to meet service 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.

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Last updated
2 May 2023

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