Vacancy Name

Maintenance Team Leader - Landside

Vacancy No

VN491

Location

Adelaide Airport

Employment Type

FT - Full-time

Hours Per Week (Part Time Only)

Position Purpose

We are seeking an experienced and proactive Maintenance Team Leader to lead the day-to-day maintenance of landside buildings, infrastructure, precincts and services across Adelaide and Parafield Airports.
Reporting to the Maintenance Manager, you will be responsible for coordinating planned, preventive and reactive maintenance while balancing operational continuity, asset condition and customer requirements.
You will work closely with AAL Property and the Asset Engineering Team to monitor asset performance, identify recurring faults and support lifecycle, renewal and improvement priorities. You will also coordinate contractors and service providers, manage maintenance works and quotations, and support the delivery of OPEX and CAPEX expenditure.
This role is suited to someone with substantial facilities maintenance experience in a live operational setting, particularly across building services, infrastructure and customer-facing facilities. You will be confident managing contractors, maintenance programs and competing operational priorities while maintaining a strong focus on safety, compliance and service delivery.
You will be organised, proactive and accountable, with strong stakeholder management skills and the ability to remain calm and decisive when responding to incidents, breakdowns and changing operational requirements.

Key Accountabilities

- Lead the day-to-day maintenance management of landside buildings, infrastructure, precincts and services across Adelaide and Parafield Airport sites.
- Develop, coordinate and monitor planned, preventive and reactive maintenance programs through the CMMS.
- Maintain compliance with WHS, environmental, building, aviation and company requirements, including permits, JSEAs, SWMSs, inspections and corrective actions.
- Work closely with the Asset Engineering Team to monitor asset condition,



service reliability and recurring faults.
- Work closely with AAL Property on asset performance, lifecycle planning and maintenance priorities.
- Build effective relationships with tenants, customers, contractors and internal stakeholders, communicating works and managing service impacts.
- Scope works, coordinate quotations and procurement, manage contractor performance and ensure safe, compliant and cost-effective delivery.
- Work closely with the Property Asset Manager to deliver OPEX and CAPEX expenditure, forecast maintenance requirements and control costs.
- Coordinate day-to-day priorities and provide practical guidance and support to your direct report, contractors and internal teams.
- Contribute to Airport Emergency Response activities as required.
- Support the Facilities Maintenance on-call roster and undertake irregular hours or night work where operationally required.
- Contribute to Airport Emergency Response as required
- Understand, work within and contribute to the development of Company policies and procedures
- Other duties as reasonably directed
- Embed Customer Service in attitudes and actions
- Contribute to a safe, healthy and discrimination free workplace
- Comply with the WHS Responsibility Guideline
- Comply with the Environmental Responsibility Procedure

Live the AAL Values
Accountability – Excellence starts with ownership
Integrity – Do the right thing, even when no one’s around to see it
Respect – Good humans make great workplaces
Teamwork – Collaboration drives us. Celebration unites us
Customer Focused – Think customer. Always!

Qualifications/Skills/Experience

Essential





- Relevant qualification in facilities maintenance, building services, asset management, engineering or equivalent demonstrated experience.
- Certificate IV in Frontline Management or demonstrated equivalent experience.
- Hold a current Australian Driver’s Licence.
- Ability to write and review JSEAs and SWMSs generated by AAL or contractors.
- Substantial facilities maintenance experience in a live operational environment, including responsibility for building services, infrastructure and customer-facing facilities.
- Experience managing contractors, service providers, quotations and maintenance expenditure.
- Demonstrated experience prioritising, planning and delivering maintenance programs.
- Working knowledge of WHS, contractor management, permits, JSEAs, SWMSs and applicable building and environmental compliance requirements.
- Experience monitoring contractor performance, service levels, statutory compliance and corrective actions.
- Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to communicate, negotiate and influence at all levels.
- Experience across a broad range of civil, electrical, building, construction or building services works.
- Supervisory experience in an operational environment.
- Demonstrated experience in staff management and development.
- Ability to prepare reports and briefing papers.
- Knowledge and experience in the implementation of maintenance procedures.
- Strong understanding of budgetary principles and cost control, including managing and delivering OPEX and CAPEX budgets and forecasting.
- Proficiency with the MS Office suite.
- Proficiency with computerised maintenance management systems (CMMS).
- Ability to interpret and apply relevant government regulations, standards and procedures. [

Desirable

- Work Zone Traffic Management.
- MR Truck Licence.
- EWP Licence.
- HRW Licence.
- Forklift Operations Certificate.
- Boom above 11M.
- Airside Driver’s Licence.

Applications Close Date

20 Nov 2026

📌 Maintenance Team Leader - Landside (Adelaide Airport)
🏢 Adelaide Airport
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