School Maintenance Caretaker (Adelaide)

**Job no**: 535045 **Work type**: Full time **Location**: Adelaide **Categories**: Trades and Services, Facility Management/Engineering

The role will suit an energetic and extremely motivated professional to drive our service and excellence culture by delivering the following services:

- Day to day caretaking services (litter collection, minor grounds and gardens maintenance tasks, moving equipment including basic office moves and setup and storage of audio visual equipment, opening and closing the school as well as access control and security services.
- Maintenance and minor repair (non-technical/licenced) work such as painting small areas or graffiti removal, picture hanging, plumbing, electrical and lock smithing tasks not requiring trade qualifications.

Flexibility is required to allow for planned events and on call after hours and weekends.
- Ensuring repairs and services are resolved to the highest safety standards
- Ability to establish and maintain excellent relationships
- Strong oral and good written communication skills for effective liaison with internal and external stakeholders
- Positive and approachable disposition with a can do methodology to provide advice on issues of concern
- Understanding of service delivery requirements
- Ability to work with other contractors on site in the delivery of their service obligations, including delivery of Catering, OSHC and Long Day Care Services.

**Desirable Criteria**
- Trade or related qualification (desirable but not essential)
- Knowledge of incident reporting and hazard management
- Operational understanding and capability of the Building Management System and reporting functions.
- Experience in the delivery of planned maintenance works

**Minimum Criteria**:

- Current driver’s license.
- Working with Children Check.
- Police Check.
- Ability to communicate with clients, team members and managers
- Positive Problem Solving Skills
- Ability to manage conflicting priorities and demands to ensure all tasks are completed.
- Demonstrate knowledge of Safe Work Practices
- Extensive experience in handyman repairs, trades assistant, carpenter or similar trade background.

**Advertised**: 07 Nov 2024 Cen. Australia Daylight Time **Applications close**: Apply on Kit Job: kitjobau.com/job/3racbs