Deputy Combined Facilities Manager

Deputy Combined Facilities Manager

St John of God Bunbury Hospital is seeking an experienced and motivated Deputy Combined Facilities Manager to join our team at the South West Health Campus. In this key leadership role, you will support the management and maintenance of the site's assets and infrastructure, ensuring they remain safe, reliable, and fit for purpose.

Working closely with the Combined Facilities Manager, you will help ensure all facilities and essential services meet operational requirements, regulatory standards, and licensing obligations. You will drive best-practice asset management strategies, optimise performance and reliability, and support the delivery of cost-effective facilities services that contribute to exceptional patient care and hospital operations.

Employment type: Permanent Full-Time, 76 hours per fortnight

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the maintenance and reliability of critical hospital infrastructure and essential services, ensuring assets are safe, compliant, and operational through risk-based preventative maintenance and best-practice asset management
• Coordinate maintenance activities, contractors, and compliance requirements, including job planning, resource management, permit administration, documentation control, CMMS (MEX) management, and the resolution of plant and system breakdowns
• Monitor and optimise critical building services and asset performance, including HVAC, water, air quality, and medical gas systems, through effective use of the BMS and CMMS, KPI reporting, preventative maintenance, and continuous improvement initiatives
• Drive maintenance planning, compliance, and operational excellence by managing asset data, service contracts, shutdowns, training, documentation, audits, and reliability improvement programs to ensure safe, efficient, and compliant hospital operations
• Support team leadership and operational planning by facilitating regular team meetings and assisting with budget development, capital works planning, and asset replacement strategies
• Ensure compliance and governance standards are met through adherence to organisational policies, regulatory requirements, licensing obligations, and workplace health, safety, and fire regulations

Requirements

• Relevant trade qualification
• Proven experience in a similar facilities or engineering role
• Extensive knowledge of building codes, Australian Standards, and hospital engineering services, including HVAC, boilers, steam systems, sterilisation processes
• Broad understanding of mechanical, plumbing, refrigeration, electrical, and building services trades
• Experience using a Computerised Maintenance Management System (CMMS)
• Ability to prepare maintenance documentation and reports
• Strong communication skills and ability to build effective stakeholder relationships
• Demonstrated problem-solving skills and ability to analyse and resolve complex technical issues
• Commitment to high-quality service delivery
• Participation in an after-hours on-call roster
• Ability to obtain nomination on the hospital's in-house Electrical Licence if not already held

What We Offer

• Highly competitive remuneration
• Permanent full-time position
• Salary packaging up to $18,550 on a range of benefits such as mortgage, rent, meal entertainment, holiday accommodation or other everyday living expenses
• Options to salary package benefits above the FBT cap on items such as novated leasing, work related expenses, self-education and additional superannuation
• Flexible work options and additional purchased leave
• Well-being programs
• Employee discount on St John of God Hospital & Medical Services and Private Health Insurance
• Dedicated free Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Innovative Professional Development opportunities
• 14 weeks Paid Parental Leave (WA)

About Us

As one of the largest Catholic providers of health care services in Australia, St John of God Health Care is a great place to work with a host of opportunities to grow professionally and personally, and a great work life balance.

We celebrate diversity and warmly welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. Our commitment is to create a safe and nurturing environment for all children and vulnerable individuals in our care and proactively take steps to protect them from abuse, ensuring their safety and well-being.

Our inclusive culture fosters an environment that is respectful and secure, welcoming and accessible, and unified through our diverse community. We support you to be the best health care professional or support worker you can be. We are focussed on building collaborative and supportive team environments, providing opportunities for development and promotion, and ensuring our leaders are visible and accessible.

You don't need to be Catholic to work with us.

Contact

For enquiries contact Corey Baker, Combined Facilities Manager, on (08) 9722 1950

Please note: Position may be filled before closing date if a suitable candidate is identified. If suitable candidates are identified, shortlisting and interviews may begin before the advertisement closes.