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About the Role

The role is responsible for overseeing planned and reactive maintenance, building services, and statutory compliance while fostering strong relationships with internal stakeholders and external partners. It manages hard and soft maintenance service contracts for Sydney campuses and Clinical Schools, establishing KPIs, service levels, and contract management. The position requires on-call availability for after-hours emergencies and flexibility to travel interstate.

Responsibilities

Manage maintenance services, systems, and contracts across all building and facility assets, ensuring statutory compliance, high service standards, and effective contractor performance.
Lead and coordinate the maintenance team by prioritising workloads, allocating resources, and delivering operational outcomes within agreed timeframes.
Oversee budgets, monitor expenditure, and implement controls to ensure maintenance programs and projects are delivered within financial allocations.
Monitor and report on contractor KPIs, risk profiles, and asset performance, providing recommendations and driving continuous improvement.
Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to deliver customer-focused services aligned with the University’s strategic goals and values.
Support sustainability initiatives, emergency and business continuity planning, and manage security systems including access control, CCTV, and safety inspections.

Requirements

Completion of a postgraduate qualification relevant to the field of construction or trades, with experience in maintenance, or an equivalent combination of relevant experience and/or education and training.
Experience in facilities and maintenance management, including planned and corrective maintenance, life cycle management, and asset management of complex building services.
Demonstrated expertise in contract management and administration, including managing external service providers within approved budgets and timeframes.
Sound understanding of Australian Standards, Acts, Codes, and Regulations related to building and statutory compliance.
Proven ability to assist in preparing scopes and submissions for management, supported by strong analytical and communication skills.
Applicants are expected to have current and valid work rights in Australia.

Skills

Analytical skills
Communication skills

Location

Sydney Campus

Work Type

Full-time
Continuing contract

Education Level

Postgraduate qualification relevant to the field of construction or trades

Salary/Compensations

$116,695 pa (Level 7) + 15% superannuation

Benefits

Fast paced environment with opportunity for professional growth
Generous training and development opportunities
Friendly and collaborative working environment

About the Company

We believe in the power of education to transform lives, strengthen communities and help people become the best version of themselves. The University of Notre Dame Australia is a modern, national Catholic university that serves more than 12,000 students across its campuses in Fremantle, Broome and Sydney.
With a community of over 1,000 academic and professional staff, Notre Dame is recognised for its personalised learning environment, strong graduate outcomes and holistic educational philosophy rooted in critical thinking, ethics and the Catholic intellectual tradition.
Campus Infrastructure and Facilities deliver comprehensive property and facilities management operations to the University community by using integrated systems and services to support the University’s teaching and learning, research endeavours and strategic objectives.

Equal Opportunity

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply.
The University is committed to providing a safe, respectful and inclusive working and learning environment.
The successful candidate will be required to complete a self-declaration regarding Gender-Based Violence (as required by the National Code) as part of the pre-employment process. For more information on this please refer to our website.
The University of Notre Dame Australia seeks to increase the diversity of our workforce to better meet the different needs of the University and its stakeholders and to improve equal opportunity outcomes for our staff.