Keep Our Hospitals Flowing ¿ Join Metro South Health as a Plumber!

Put your plumbing expertise to work maintaining safe, reliable healthcare facilities and supporting quality patient care across Metro South Health.

Job details

Your new role:

Join Metro South Health's Maintenance Services team to deliver planned and reactive plumbing maintenance, repairs and hydraulic system support across our hospitals and community facilities. Use your trade expertise to keep essential infrastructure safe, compliant and operating efficiently, while working collaboratively with a skilled team to minimise disruption and support quality healthcare delivery.

About you:

You're a skilled and motivated plumber who takes pride in delivering high-quality maintenance services, solving problems and keeping essential healthcare facilities safe and operational.

• Trade qualified: Hold a Certificate III in Plumbing or equivalent, a current Plumbing and Drainage Occupational License, and a General Construction Induction Card (White Card).
• Technically capable: Bring demonstrated experience in plumbing repairs, hydraulic systems and plant maintenance, ideally within large, complex buildings.
• Safety and compliance focused: Apply relevant legislation, Australian Standards and safe work practices to ensure compliant, reliable maintenance outcomes.
• Organised and solution focused: Prioritise competing work demands, manage materials and resources effectively, adn resolve maintenance issues with minimal supervision.
• A collaborative team player: Communicate effectively with colleagues and contractors, build positive stakeholder relationships, and contribute to a safe, respectful and patient-focused workplace.

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 Maintenance Services, Assets & Infrastructure

Metro South Health's Maintenance Services team delivers planned and corrective maintenance across hospitals and community facilities, ensuring essential infrastructure remains safe, functional and reliable. Through a centralised service model and skilled, multi-trade workforce, the team drives efficiency, continuous improvement and quality client service across all Metro South Health sites.

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)
  
  MS11695826 Role Description (PDF)