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• Rural Support Service (hosted by Barossa Hills Fleurieu LHN)
• Position located in Torrensville
• Salary: 
  • TGO5 $98,478 - $104,165 p.a Superannuation + Leave Loading + Salary Sacrifice Benefits
  • PO3 $101,285 - $107,078 p.a + Superannuation + Leave Loading + Salary Sacrifice Benefits
• Ongoing Full Time

Step into a leadership role in Biomedical Engineering with SA Health’s Rural Support Service. As Technical Manager, you’ll oversee the delivery, maintenance, and compliance of critical biomedical devices and systems across the network, ensuring patient safety, operational efficiency, and innovation. This role offers the chance to lead a multidisciplinary team, manage complex biomedical projects, and contribute to cutting-edge healthcare technology in a dynamic environment. The role includes metro and regional travel, with occasional overnight stays to support services across South Australia.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead, manage, and develop a team delivering remedial and preventative biomedical maintenance services.
• Provide specialist technical expertise for complex biomedical equipment failures and high-priority projects.
• Develop, review, and implement maintenance programs, operational processes, and compliance strategies.
• Drive continuous improvement, service innovation, and effective resource management across the network, including supporting metro and regional sites.

Who Are We Looking For?

• Do you have proven leadership experience in biomedical, technical, or engineering services?
• Are you skilled at managing multidisciplinary teams and contractor performance?
• Do you excel in solving complex technical issues and implementing innovative solutions?
• Are you ready to lead continuous improvement initiatives and influence best practices in biomedical engineering?

About RSS

The RSS is a business unit in SA Health and provides services throughout regional South Australia to support the six regional local health networks (LHNs). It employs around 260 people who work in 37 regional, rural and remote SA locations, or in the RSS’s three Adelaide offices. Many RSS staff enjoy working from home or remotely and benefit from the work-life balance this provides. They enjoy the freedom to further their career while remaining part of their local community and contributing to health care right across regional South Australia.

Benefits of joining RSS

The RSS is dedicated to your career satisfaction and wellbeing, offering tailored benefits including:

• Salary attractions: Flexible options for salary packaging covering living expenses, meal and entertainment allowances, and novated leasing and employer superannuation contributions.
• Access to generous leave provisions and professional development opportunities
• Flexible work arrangements: The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.
• Health and fitness benefits: Access to Fitness Passport, a discounted workplace health and fitness program available to RSS and BHFLHN staff and their families. 
• Career opportunities: Explore career growth within the SA Health system with opportunities for skill development and movement across various metropolitan and regional sites. 
• Counselling support for you and your family via our free Employee Assistance Program.

Join the RSS for a fulfilling career bolstered by comprehensive benefits and unwavering commitment to your success.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

The RSS is an equal opportunities employer committed to providing an inclusive workplace that embraces diversity and inclusion for all employees. We strongly encourage applications from people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, culturally diverse backgrounds, disability, all genders, and LGBTQI+ community.

Applicant Information

The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.

Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and appropriate immunisation requirements.

Check(s)

• DHS Working With Children Check (WWCC) 
• National Police Certificate (NPC) for employment involving unsupervised contact with vulnerable groups required for this position (E.g. aged care employment or work involving vulnerable clients)
• Immunisation Risk for this position is - Category A (direct contact with blood or blood substances)

Help is here! Please refer to the details in the Role Description below (job reference 921177) or reach out to Jenny Crook, Office Manager on Phone: 7425 2801 or via E-mail: sabmerss@sa.gov.au

Besides speaking with Jenny, please refer to the SA Health Career Website - How to apply for further information.

Application closing date

Wednesday 7th January 2026, 11:55PM

Eligibility: Open to Everyone

921177 PO3 Technical Manager Role Description.pdf

921177 TGO5 Technical Manager Role Description.pdf