Maintenance Planner

Keep hospitals running at their best - use your planning and asset expertise to power safe, efficient healthcare across HNELHD.

Employment Type: Permanent Full Time
Position Classification: Health Manager Level 1
Remuneration: $87,813 - $116,824 per annum + super + salary packaging
Location: Newcastle
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ651276
Applications Close: Tuesday, 14th April 2026


Join HNELHD’s Infrastructure, Planning & Sustainability team and play a critical role in ensuring our hospitals and facilities operate safely, efficiently, and reliably. This is your opportunity to combine planning, systems, and asset management expertise to directly support frontline healthcare delivery.

About the role:
As a Maintenance Planner, you will provide strategic planning and operational support to the Facilities Management Unit, ensuring asset management systems and maintenance programs run effectively across the district.

You’ll be at the centre of coordinating preventative, corrective, and breakdown maintenance for buildings, plant, equipment, and medical devices - helping ensure compliance, performance, and safety across HNELHD facilities.

What you'll be doing:

• Coordinating and optimising maintenance activities across AFM Online (IBM Tririga)
• Supporting statutory and non-statutory preventative maintenance scheduling and compliance
• Monitoring, auditing, and improving asset management systems and processes
• Managing contractor documentation and ensuring compliance with NSW Health policies
• Supporting procurement activities, including sourcing parts and services
• Providing training and guidance to staff on systems and processes
• Assisting with asset data, spatial updates, and system integration from external platforms
• Contributing to risk assessments, policy reviews, and continuous improvement initiatives
• Assisting with resolution of corrective maintenance tasks as required

About you:
You’re a proactive and solutions-focused professional who thrives in a complex environment. You enjoy working with systems, data, and stakeholders, and have a strong ability to plan, prioritise, and deliver results.

You bring a collaborative mindset, strong communication skills, and a commitment to improving systems and processes that support essential services.

What you'll bring:

• Qualifications or experience in asset management, engineering, facilities, or a related field
• Experience working with computerised maintenance management systems (CMMS)
• Strong understanding (or ability to learn) of building codes and standards for health facility assets
• Proven ability to develop KPIs and monitor performance
• Experience working with policies, procedures, contracts, and service agreements
• Excellent communication, stakeholder engagement, and problem-solving skills

Requirements:

• WHS General Induction (White Card)
• Current NSW Driver Licence

What we can offer you:
At Hunter New England Health, enjoy a career where you're challenged by interesting work and surrounded by spectacular locations. You'll contribute to the team enriching health in millions of ways every day. On top of this we also offer:

• Sustainable Healthcare: Together towards zero
• Proximity to shopping and other services
• Monthly Allocated Days Off (for full-time employees)
• 4 weeks annual leave (pro-rata for part time employees)
• Paid parental leave (for eligible employees) - giving you the opportunity for true Worklife balance
• Salary packaging options - up to $11,600 plus novated leasing
• Fitness Passport for health and well-being - discounted gym options for you and your family
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for staff and family members

 

Additional information:

• An eligibility list will be created for future permanent full or part time and temporary full or part time vacancies.
• This position is full time; however, job share and/or part time arrangements will be considered.
• To be eligible for permanent employment in this position you must be an Australian Citizen, or a permanent resident of Australia, or a New Zealand citizen with a current New Zealand Passport. Employment of a temporary visa holder may only occur if no suitable local candidate is identified for the position; in this instance, you may only be offered employment in line with the conditions and expiry date of your visa.
• We are unable to accommodate visa sponsorship for applicants requiring a visa for this position.