Maintenance Coordinator

Maintenance Coordinator

Location: Parramatta

Employment type: Ongoing Full Time

Salary: Clerk Grade 7/8 $116981 pa - $129492 pa plus employers contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading

Your role

The Maintenance Coordinator supports the Lead Maintenance Coordinator to deliver effective maintenance services and ensure customer expectations and contractual obligations are met. The role is responsible for coordinating maintenance programs managing stakeholder relationships monitoring contractor performance and delivering maintenance outcomes within agreed timeframes budgets and quality standards across multiple sites.

What youll do

The Maintenance Coordinator is responsible for coordinating facilities maintenance services across DCJ facilities ensuring assets remain fit for purpose provide value for money and comply with organisational public sector and legislative requirements.

The role supports the delivery of maintenance programs through stakeholder engagement contractor management site inspections and audits reviewing and approving maintenance works monitoring service delivery performance analysing financial and operational data and participating in operational meetings.

The position requires regular travel across the region and offers a dynamic flexible work environment where priorities can change and no two days are the same.

The Facilities Maintenance Team is a dynamic and collaborative team within Infrastructure & Assets delivering maintenance services across a diverse portfolio of Correctional Centres Youth Justice facilities and Courts.

The team is known for its strong stakeholder focus supportive culture and commitment to achieving practical outcomes. This role offers the opportunity to work with experienced professionals in a flexible and varied environment ideas are encouraged and teamwork is key to success.

What were looking for

The ideal candidate will have experience in facilities maintenance contract management and service delivery across a large and diverse property portfolio.

A technical trade or property-related background would be highly regarded along with a sound understanding of statutory maintenance requirements relevant legislation and the prioritisation of reactive planned preventative and major periodic maintenance activities.

This role would suit a motivated and proactive individual who is passionate about maintenance and delivering quality customer outcomes.

The successful candidate will be confident engaging with stakeholders presenting information managing competing priorities and working both independently and as part of a collaborative team.

Desirable qualifications experience and skills:

• Qualification trade certificate or relevant experience in facilities management building construction maintenance asset management or a related field.
• Experience managing maintenance contracts and service providers across a large property portfolio.
• Knowledge of maintenance planning asset management principles compliance requirements and risk management.
• Experience interpreting maintenance data contractor performance metrics and financial reports.
• Strong stakeholder engagement communication and negotiation skills.
• Ability to work independently in the field while maintaining strong connections with the broader team.
• Experience working within a government or similarly complex environment would be advantageous.

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We focus on hiring people who share our commitment and goals of inclusion collaboration adaptability courage and integrity. If you meet the essential requirements and the role resonates with you please apply you do not need to meet every desired requirement for us to want to talk to you.

What We Offer

We offer a variety of benefits including:

• A challenging and rewarding career

• Flexible autonomous work environment

• Competitive pay and conditions

• Training and development opportunities to build and maintain capabilities

• Health & Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programs.

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We do work that really matters

Working for the Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) provides lots of opportunities to make a real difference. We collaborate with other agencies and community partners to improve lives and realise the potential of children adults families and communities. Were focused on breaking rather than managing disadvantage. Its work that really matters.

Apply now and join Australias top public sector employer where we will support you and provide an exciting and flexible working environment!

We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce that reflects the communities we serve. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are strongly encouraged to apply.

Are you ready to join us

Click apply attach a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) outlining how you meet the requirements of the role as well as an up-to-date résumé (maximum 5 pages).

Applications close Thursday 17th September 2026 at 11:59pm AEST.

Got a question

For more information about the role or what its like to work for DCJ please contact Hayley Wotherspoon Lead Maintenance Coordinator on or at

If youve got a question about applying or would benefit from an adjustment in the recruitment process to help you perform at your best (including an alternate method submission of the application) please call Sarah Nguyen onor via

Visit Recruitment adjustments on the DCJ website to learn more.

Inclusion and Diversity lies at the heart of how we recruit

We continue to hire great people with a wide variety of skills experience and backgrounds. This includes people with disability Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People women people identifying as LGBTIQ culturally and linguistically diverse people carers and other diversity groups.

To find out what DCJ are doing to build an inclusive and diverse workforce visit Inclusion and diversity on the DCJ website.

Other Information

A talent pool may be created for future ongoing and temporary roles and is valid for a period of up to 18 months.

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