Keep Queensland’s correctional facilities safe, secure and operational.

Step into a role where your expertise shapes the reliability, safety and long-term performance of the state’s custodial centres and built assets. As Principal Advisor Maintenance, you’ll be the Agency’s go to specialist—protecting critical infrastructure, guiding strategic maintenance decisions, and ensuring frontline services can operate without interruption.

Job details Position status Fixed Term Temporary
Position type Adaptable full-time
Occupational group Facilities/Asset Management
Classification AO7
Workplace Location Brisbane Inner City
Job ad reference QLD/702428/26
Closing date 19-Oct-2026
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Fortnightly salary
Total remuneration
Salary Other
Job duration 12 months (possible extension)
Contact person Sally Earnshaw
Contact details Phone: 3231 7090
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Protect critical infrastructure. Shape the future of Queensland's correctional facilities.

Queensland Corrective Services is seeking a highly skilled Principal Advisor Maintenance to ensure our custodial centres and built assets remain safe, secure and fully operational. In this pivotal role, you'll provide expert guidance across asset maintenance, property matters and strategic planning—making sure frontline services can rely on well managed facilities every day.

You'll lead the protection and maintenance of high value, complex assets, ensuring compliance with the Maintenance Management Framework and all health, safety,



security and reliability standards. Your expertise will influence land and property matters, capital works delivery, risk management systems, and long term asset strategies. You'll also maintain contemporary knowledge of trends, design specifications and emerging technologies shaping modern correctional facilities.

We're looking for an experienced professional who thrives in complex environments and can deliver outcomes within tight budget, compliance and operational constraints. You'll bring strong analytical capability, proven experience in high security or similarly complex asset portfolios, and the confidence to negotiate, influence and build productive stakeholder relationships. Your initiative, judgement and technical expertise will directly support the safe, legal and continuous operation of Queensland's correctional facilities.

If you're ready to make a meaningful impact and guide the strategic maintenance of critical infrastructure, this role offers the opportunity to lead where it matters most.

Applications to remain current for 12 months.

Job Ad Reference: QLD/702428/26

Closing Date: Monday, 19th October 2026

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📌 Principal Adviser Maintenance (Brisbane)
🏢 Queensland Government
📍 Brisbane