Make a difference – Use your trade skills to help maintain safe, high-quality healthcare facilities that support our community.
Enjoy variety and stability – Join a supportive team in a secure role with diverse work, ongoing development opportunities, and a strong focus on safety and teamwork.
Permanent full-time role | 80 hours per fortnight | ADOs | 5 weeks annual leave & salary packaging
About the role
We're looking for a skilled and motivated Maintenance Carpenter to join our Facilities team, where you'll play an important role in maintaining a safe, functional, and welcoming healthcare environment for our patients, staff, and visitors.
In this hands-on role, you'll deliver a wide range of carpentry and building maintenance services across the Health Service. From responding to reactive maintenance requests and completing minor construction projects to carrying out planned preventative maintenance, you'll help ensure our buildings and facilities remain in excellent condition.
Working across a diverse range of healthcare sites, you'll identify and resolve maintenance issues, coordinate day-to-day repairs, and contribute to the ongoing reliability of our facilities. You'll use your practical skills and problem-solving ability to deliver high-quality workmanship while ensuring compliance with safety standards and minimising disruption to clinical services.
This is a rewarding opportunity to apply your trade skills in a role that makes a real difference—supporting the delivery of high-quality healthcare by helping create safe, well‐maintained spaces for the community.
Key Responsibilities
Deliver high-quality carpentry and building maintenance services, including reactive repairs, minor construction, installations,



inspections, and planned preventative maintenance to ensure facilities remain secure, functional, and fit for purpose
Plan, coordinate, and complete maintenance works efficiently by accurately recording activities in the CMMS, communicating with stakeholders, and minimising disruption to clinical and support services
Work collaboratively within the Facilities and Engineering team, supporting colleagues and apprentices while contributing to continuous improvement and the achievement of operational objectives
Maintain compliance with all safety, legislative, and organisational requirements by following relevant policies, maintaining accurate documentation, and promoting a safe environment for patients, staff, visitors, and contractors
What we're looking for
Trade-qualified Carpenter with demonstrated post-trade experience delivering high-quality carpentry, building maintenance, repairs, minor construction, and installation works
Strong technical knowledge of building materials, construction methods, relevant Australian Standards, and the safe operation of trade tools, plant, and equipment
Well-developed problem-solving skills with the ability to work independently and efficiently across a diverse range of maintenance activities, ideally within a healthcare or similarly complex environment




Experience using computerised maintenance management systems (CMMS) and the ability to coordinate maintenance or minor project works while maintaining a strong focus on safety, quality, and customer service
Position Description
Please note Barwon Health will only contact you via our official email and never use unconventional means, such as text messaging or other services.
Excellent working conditions and a strong sense of job satisfaction
A vibrant staff wellbeing program and access to our 24/7 Employee Assistance Program
Attractive salary packaging benefits
Living expenses capped at $9,010
Meals and entertainment capped at $2,650
Diversity and Inclusion
Barwon Health is an inclusive and welcoming employer, committed to reflecting the diverse communities we serve. We value and celebrate people of all genders, sexual orientations, cultural backgrounds, faiths, abilities, family structures, and identities, and encourage applications from Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability, culturally and linguistically diverse communities, and members of the LGBTIQA+ community.
Child Safety
We are strongly committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people. Click here for further information on the Victorian Government's Child Protected Standards:About Child Safe Standards | Victorian Government ()
Additional information
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All appointments are subject to:
Satisfactory Police Record Check
Immunisation Status Clearance
Working with Children Check (if applicable)
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📌 Maintenance Carpenter (Victoria)
🏢 Barwon Health
📍 Victoria