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Play a vital role in supporting healthcare services across the Health Service as a Trade Electrician. In this hands-on role, you will deliver preventative and corrective maintenance across a diverse range of facilities, plant, equipment, and electrical systems. From maintaining critical infrastructure such as electrical reticulation and nurse call systems to supporting essential hospital operations, your work will help ensure safe, reliable, and efficient environments for patients, staff, and the community.

COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | INTEGRITY | RESPECT

About us

Infrastructure Asset Management (IAM) provides planning, construction, operation and maintenance of all Health Service physical facilities, engineering systems, plant and equipment to meet strategic objectives within a quality environment. IAM is staffed with skilled, trade operational, and administrative staff. Trades include electrical, fitting, plumbing, carpentry, refrigeration, trade assistants and apprentices.

The unit is accountable for facility maintenance and asset management in CHHHS and ensures all clinical and administrative buildings are compliant with statutory checks and inspections necessary to comply with Acts, Regulations, Codes of Practice and Australian Standards. IAM provides 24-hour corrective maintenance and breakdown service for the facilities around the Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service.

Our values were developed by our staff, patients and community. They guide our work and actions every day. Our staff are part of the community we serve. We believe that we can improve health outcomes by involving our community in the planning and evaluation of their local health services.

About you





In your new role you will....

- Ensure all Planned Maintenance work orders have required service reports attached as evidence of completion. Discuss defects identified with Trade Coordinator and assist in compilation of corrective works required to ensure equipment/items inspected remain in a serviceable condition. This includes completion of all paper based and electronic records.
- Maintain personal licences and any assigned annual training requirements to ensure that they are always current.
- Work with apprentices, trade assistants, external trade contractors and other staff ensuring specifications and quality standards are met.
- Monitor and report on the work of contractors and in-house trade staff in relation to specific tasks or assignments, specifications and standards.

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Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPD) evidence as required for your employment in accordance with legislation/government policy and Directives.

What we offer

Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health service offer a number of workplace benefits. Besides attractive remuneration, generous superannuation, salary packaging and career development opportunities, we value a healthy work/life balance that allows you take advantage of the sunshine, hiking tracks, swimming spots, reef and rainforest.

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📌 Engineering Tradesperson (Electrician) (Cairns)
🏢 Department of Health - Queensland
📍 Cairns