Permanent Full Time Position

Band 6 - Salary Range $97,925 - $106,637 per annum + 12% Super + ADO

Salary offered will depend on level of skills and experience.

Why join Melton City Council?

Melton City Council is proud to serve one of Australia’s fastest-growing and most diverse communities. We are a forward-thinking local government committed to creating a city where everyone feels welcome, supported, and empowered.

As a Council, we are driven by innovation, inclusion, and excellence. We deliver high-quality services and infrastructure, promote lifelong learning, and champion health and wellbeing across our municipality. Our team plays a vital role in shaping a vibrant, sustainable future for our residents.

Working with us means being part of a collaborative and inclusive culture that values your growth. We offer:

• Professional and personal development opportunities
• Generous leave entitlements and flexible work arrangements
• A dynamic workplace close to home, surrounded by heritage charm, green spaces, and modern amenities
• Join us and help build a city that thrives—where your work makes a real difference every day.

The Opportunity

Councils Facility Maintenance team is seeking an enthusiastic, skilled & motivated person to join their team. This is a full-time position operating out of the Civic Centre, ideally located in High Street, Melton. Reporting directly to the Program Leader, the successful applicant will be an integral part of the Facility Maintenance team. Blending your experience in Maintenance Planning with the oversight of onsite maintenance tasks, you will ensure the smooth operation and continued and improved service of Councils facilities for its many stakeholders.

Please note that working from home is not available for this position.

Key Responsibilities

• Determine required actions and act, or commission appropriate service response from contractors and/or in-house services team in response to Service Desk escalations, programmed functionality inspections, on-site triage tasks and direct in-person requests from Facility managers, Occupiers and Users.
• Develop and implement a comprehensive maintenance plan, encompassing preventative, predictive, and corrective maintenance approaches.
• Develop detailed maintenance schedules, prioritise tasks, and coordinate activities with maintenance teams, contractors, and external vendors to minimise disruption.
• Partnering with contractors, track and monitor the progress of work orders, ensuring all maintenance tasks are updated and completed in a timely and efficient manner and within budget.
• Facilitate the development and implementation of internal operational practices that comply with OHS, risk management, asset management and industry best practices.
• Participate in the after-hours rotating roster for the provision of high-level support to Council's After Hours Duty Officer.

To view the Position Description, click here.

About you

To be successful in this role you will have the following:

• Tertiary qualification with some relevant experience in Building construction, Maintenance, Facility Management or allied Engineering or other specialist discipline; or Lessor qualification/s with substantial relevant experience in Building construction, Maintenance, Facility Management or other specialist discipline.
• HVAC experience with some project management experience would be highly desirable.
• Experience working in a multi-disciplined team to achieve set objectives, specifically in the fields of facility management, maintenance investigation and planning, and regulatory compliance.
• Hold a current Victorian driver’s licence.

Culture and Values

Our vision for our community is to be: "A vibrant, safe and liveable city accessible to all" and that means there’s a place here for you too. Our organisational values represent us as an established growth Council and the values are reflected in everything we do; our decision-making, our actions and our service provision to the community. Council has a diverse and vibrant organisation and we’d love to have you join us to help shape a city for the future.

We are Vibrant MELTON. Our values are:

• Motivate
• Empower
• Lead
• Trust
• Open
• Nurture

Benefits

There are a number of great reasons why our people love working at Melton City Council:

Staff Benefits | Melton City Council

• 13 ADO's (Accrued Day Off) per year
• 5 weeks annual leave
• Flexible Working Hours
• Extensive Career Development & Leadership Programs
• 16 weeks Paid Parental Leave (Super is paid during parental leave)
• 3 weeks Paid Secondary Carer Leave
• Family Room available including Breastfeeding Facilities - Australian Breastfeeding Association
• Wellbeing initiatives
• Subsidised Uniforms

*Eligible for Full Time positions or Part Time positions Pro Rata and Fixed term positions eligible after 12 months of employment.

How To Apply

If you require further information about the position, please contact Peter Burns, Program Leader Facility Maintenance on 9747 5977.

Applications must include a Resume and address the Key Selection Criteria outlining your suitability to the role. To address the Key Selection Criteria, you will need to write short statements explaining how you meet the criteria, or how you demonstrate the capability. We encourage you to keep your responses concise.

To be eligible for employment at Melton City Council you must be legally entitled to work in Australia.

All successful applicants will need to undertake pre-employment requirements including but not limited to a satisfactory criminal history record check. Successful applicants must be able to comply with any public health orders applicable to local government.

We strongly encourage job applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disabilities, LGBTIQA+ and people from culturally diverse backgrounds. If selected for an interview and you require any additional support or adjustments regarding interview arrangements, please advise the contact listed above in advance.

Melton City Council is committed to being a child safe organisation and has Zero tolerance for child abuse. Melton City Council is committed to creating and maintaining a child safe organisation where protecting children and preventing and responding to child abuse is at the centre of our everyday thinking and service delivery.

Applications close 11:59pm Monday 06 October 2025