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• Ongoing full-time opportunity
• Location: Aquatic Centre, Sydney Olympic Park Authority (onsite)
• Salary:  $60,026 + super + weekend penalty rates

What’s in it for me?

Join our team for a fantastic culture with dynamic collaboration and genuine long-term career support. We offer flexibility in work arrangements, diverse and fulfilling assignments, and prioritize work/life balance and wellbeing with initiatives like flex leave and access to support programs. Additionally, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone feels welcome, respected, and empowered to succeed.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Maintenance Technician to join our team at the iconic Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre. In this dynamic role, you will play a vital part in keeping our world-class facilities safety, quality, and performance for the many visitors who enjoy our venues each day.

As our go-to expert, you will handle essential tasks like troubleshooting, repairs, and installations, ensuring our pools and venues stay pristine and compliant with NSW Health and other statutory requirements. Your role will encompass daily inspections, preventative maintenance, and management of core systems, including pool filtration, chemical dosing, and air conditioning. You will be crucial in managing data for operational efficiency and emergency response protocols.

For more information read the full Role Description: Maintenance Technician

What you will bring to the role

• Proven experience in the operation and maintenance of water plant and equipment within an aquatic centre or similar environment.
• Possession of or willingness to obtain an Aquatic Technical Operator (SISSS00011) qualification is desirable.
• Demonstrated understanding of the compliance with NSW Guidelines for Public Swimming Pools
• Familiarity with maintenance management systems (e.g., MEX) and the ability to perform repairs and installations as required.
• Experience in monitoring, recording and logging of pool plant operations including filtration plant, chemical dosing and testing.
• Knowledge of safety protocols and the ability to perform emergency management tasks, acting as a first responder for fire alarms and incidents.

Essential requirement:

• Able to work to a roster, including weekends
• A Working with Children Check is an essential requirement for this role. The role has been identified as requiring a check in keeping with the Child Protection (Working with Children) Act 2012.
• Current Driver licence.
• Forklift licence

About us

The Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure (DPHI) improves the liveability and prosperity of NSW. To achieve this, we: create vibrant, productive spaces and precincts; manage lands, assets and property effectively and deliver affordable and diverse housing. We strive to be a high-performing, world-class public service organisation that celebrates and reflects the full diversity of the community we serve and builds the cultural capability of our department to improve outcomes with and for Aboriginal people, communities and entities. 

We are an inclusive and accessible workplace, where your individual contributions are valued, and where everyone is encouraged to feel a sense of connection and belonging. DPHI supports various employee affinity groups, practices flexible working, offers job share and workplace adjustments.

Join us

If excited by the information above, we look forward to receiving your application, including a copy of your resume and cover letter expressing your interest and suitability for the role.

Applications close Sunday, 24 Nov 2024 11:55PM

Should you require further information about the role please contact Josie Casal on josie.casal@sopa.nsw.gov.au

A recruitment pool may be created for ongoing and temporary opportunities of the same role or role type that may become available over the next 18 months.

Please note to be eligible to apply for this position you must be an Australian or New Zealand citizen or permanent resident, or hold a valid Australian working Visa for the duration of the appointment. 

If we can make adjustments to our recruitment/interview process to better enable you to shine, contact the Diversity and Inclusion Team on Diversity@DPIE.nsw.gov.au If you are an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander check out our Aboriginal guide to applying for a role.