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Painter

Downlands College
Toowoomba, QLD
A$35.90 p/h
Trades & Services → Building Trades
Full-time
On-site

Posted 24 days ago


A full-time opportunity exists for a painter to join the Property Services team of Downlands College. The Property Services Department is responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of the college assets including buildings, facilities, equipment, grounds, vehicles and resources, working in collaboration with other staff.

This role is on a permanent basis to commence immediately or as otherwise negotiated.

The Role

The Property Services Department is responsible for working across a variety of spaces conducting a range of tasks such as:

  • Minor refurbishment works
  • Scheduled and reactive building and equipment maintenance
  • Building and equipment repairs
  • Painting
  • Landscaping
  • Garden & grounds maintenance
  • Event set up of college facilities for staff and hire by outside groups

About You

You will have:

  • A valid Working With Children Check – Blue Card (essential)
  • Trade qualification in painting or demonstrated knowledge and experience to a trade qualification level essential
  • Knowledge and skills in building and equipment maintenance and repairs will be considered highly desirable.
  • Working knowledge and history of applying safe work practices in a property management environment including using SWMS, identifying and mitigating safety issues/practices.
  • A valid White Card or OHS induction certificate from other states is advantageous

Salary

Services Staff Level 4 $35.9079 per hour plus super.

In addition, some of the benefits of working at Downlands College include:

  • Discounted school fees
  • Taking advantage of favourable salary sacrificing arrangements available to employees working in a Not-for-Proft organisation
  • Working in a stable and friendly environment in a school which has been in existence for over 90 years.

How to apply

We invite applications from energetic and innovative individuals with the ability to embrace and demonstrate an understanding of the particular ethos of Downlands, as a Catholic MSC College.

Applications are to be received by 3.00pm Wednesday 26 February 2025, to:

[email protected]

Please note that interviews may be arranged prior to the closing date and an appointment made if and when appropriate. Applicants are encouraged to apply early.

The application should include a cover letter and a full curriculum vitae with the following details:

  • Personal details including name, address, contact details
  • Qualifications
  • Employment history
  • Significant professional or personal achievements
  • Names and contact details of 3 professional referees

Ours is a spirit of family and a spirit of true friendship formed by kindness and understanding, by compassion and mutual forgiveness, by gentleness, humility and simplicity, by hospitality and a sense of humour. MSC Constitution #32


About Downlands College

Toowoomba, QLD, Australia
Education & Training

Welcome to Downlands College - a Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (MSC) School

Downlands College is an independent Catholic coeducational day and boarding school for students from Years 7 to 12.

Owned and conducted by the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart, Downlands was opened in 1931 as a boarding school for boys with a total enrolment of 68. Today it accommodates 529 day and 198 boarding students from all parts of Queensland, New South Wales, the Northern Territory as well as international students from Papua New Guinea, Hong Kong and Malaysia.

Source: This is an extract from the company's own website.

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