Build, Repair & Maintain the Places Where Healthcare Happens

Put your carpentry skills to work where they matter most — keeping Metro South Health facilities safe, functional and ready to support patients, staff and the community.

Job details

Your new role:

Join Metro South Health as a Carpenter and play a vital role in maintaining our healthcare facilities across the service. You'll undertake planned and reactive maintenance, repairs, installations and infrastructure works, using your trade expertise to deliver safe, high-quality and cost-effective outcomes. Working both independently and as part of a skilled trades team, you'll troubleshoot issues, coordinate contractors and materials, and help keep our facilities operating safely and efficiently. This role also participates in an on-call roster.

About you:

Bring your trade skills to a role where the work you do every day helps keep essential healthcare services safe, functional and running smoothly.

• Qualified and hands-on – hold a Certificate III in Carpentry, Joinery, Cabinet Making or Shopfitting and bring solid trade experience.
• A practical problem-solver – confident diagnosing issues, finding solutions and delivering quality maintenance and repair outcomes.
• Organised and self-driven – able to manage competing priorities, plan your work and get the job done with minimal supervision.
• A great team player – communicate confidently with trades teams, contractors and stakeholders and build positive working relationships.
• Safety comes first – committed to WHS, industry standards and Metro South Health's ICARE² values, with the flexibility to participate in an on-call roster.

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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.

Metro South Maintenance Services

Metro South Maintenance Services plays a vital role in keeping Metro South Health's hospitals and facilities safe, functional and well maintained through planned and reactive maintenance of infrastructure and assets. Our service model brings together a multi-skilled trades workforce, centralised planning and support, and a strong focus on continuous improvement and client service. While trades staff have a nominated base location, you'll have the opportunity to work across Metro South Health facilities, contributing your skills wherever they're needed to support the delivery of quality healthcare services.

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.

Documents

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

• Application essentials - things you need to know (PDF)
  
  We are MSH - five reasons why you should join us (PDF)
  
  MS09691594 Role Description (PDF)