Facility Maintenance Operator

Your Opportunity

Join Jet Aviation as a Facilities Maintenance Operator at our Cairns MRO facility. In this role, you will support the Senior Manager Facilities in maintaining a safe, functional, clean and well-organised environment across hangars, workshops, offices and operational areas.
You will work alongside internal teams, qualified tradespeople and contractors to help ensure the Cairns facility continues to support safe and efficient aviation operations. This is a hands-on opportunity for a practical, proactive individual with a maintenance mindset and a strong commitment to safety, quality and customer service.

Your Responsibility

Your responsibilities will include:

• Leading general maintenance and upkeep activities across hangars, workshops, offices and other facility areas.
• Assisting qualified tradespeople and external contractors with maintenance and repair activities.
• Completing basic handyman tasks, minor repairs, assembly, installation, removal, painting, patching and general building maintenance within your competency.
• Supporting the maintenance of doors, gates, lighting, shelving, storage areas and other facility infrastructure.
• Assisting with facility improvements, refurbishments, relocations and MRO support activities.
• Completing daily town and freight pickups and deliveries.
• Performing tooling inspections and calibration checks.
• Participating in weekly FOD checks and maintaining high standards of housekeeping.
• Supporting the movement and positioning of ground support equipment around hangar and operational areas, including identification, tagging and labelling.
• Reporting unsafe or unserviceable equipment immediately and ensuring it is appropriately identified.
• Creating and updating work orders and related documentation to the required standard.
• Helping to keep facility areas accessible and safe during maintenance activities.
• Identifying and reporting occupational health and safety issues through the Jet Aviation Safety Management System.
• Complying with and promoting Jet Aviation’s WHS, environmental, compliance and customer-focused programs.
• Undertaking other reasonable duties assigned by the Supervisor that are appropriate to your qualifications and skill level.

What will Help you to Succeed

You will be well suited to this role if you have:

• An approved trade assistant course, which is desirable.
• A trade background or mechanical and maintenance aptitude, preferably.
• The ability to work effectively in a high-pressure environment.
• An understanding of, or the ability to rapidly develop knowledge of, WHS/OHS requirements and regulations relevant to the aviation industry.
• An understanding of various tools and their functions, or the ability to develop this knowledge quickly.
• Computer literacy, including experience with enterprise resource planning systems, Microsoft Outlook and Excel.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• A technical, customer and results-focused approach.
• A proactive, self-motivated and practical working style.
• The ability to work collaboratively as part of a team and autonomously when required.
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.

The role requires you to work across hangar, workshop, office, customer and outdoor environments. You should be comfortable working in variable weather conditions and around noise, vibration, occasional fuel fumes and seasonal temperature extremes.

Why Jet Aviation

As a Facilities Maintenance Operator, you will benefit from:

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  A varied aviation environment: Gain practical experience across hangars, workshops, offices and operational areas at Jet Aviation’s Cairns MRO facility. No two days will be the same as you support maintenance, facility improvements, MRO activities, tooling and ground support equipment.
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  Valuable industry exposure: Develop your understanding of how facilities, equipment, safety and support functions contribute to the successful operation of an aviation maintenance facility.
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  Opportunities to build your skills: Broaden your knowledge of general maintenance, tools, tooling inspections, calibration checks, ground support equipment, workplace safety and environmental practices. The role provides the opportunity to further develop these skills in a practical workplace setting.
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  Meaningful contribution: Play an important role in maintaining safe, clean, organised and accessible work areas that support colleagues, contractors, customers and aircraft operations.
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  A collaborative and autonomous working style: Work alongside qualified tradespeople, contractors and MRO teams while also taking ownership of tasks and applying your initiative to solve day-to-day maintenance challenges.
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  A connection to the bigger picture: Your work will help enable the safe and efficient delivery of Jet Aviation’s services and contribute to the standards behind every seamless customer experience.

If you are practical, proactive and motivated to develop your maintenance career in aviation, this role offers the opportunity to grow your experience while contributing to a respected global aviation organisation.

How to Apply?

Your application must consist of the following:

• Acknowledgement that you have a current legal right to work in Australia;

• A cover letter (1-2 pages max) outlining your previous skills and experience relative to the role;

• A copy of your updated resume.

Please Note

Jet Aviation Employee Notification: If you are currently a Jet Aviation Employee, please apply via your employee JA SuccessFactors portal under 'Careers'.

Remuneration Package:The Remuneration package will be determined by the successful candidate's qualification and experience.

Pre-employment Requirements

As part of the selection process, applicants may be required to successfully complete, at the Company’s discretion, some or all of the following:

• Verification of Australian work rights relevant to the position and security requirements.
• Pre-employment medical and functional capacity assessment, including drug and alcohol testing.
• National police or criminal history check.
• Practical assessment.
• Numeracy and literacy assessments.
• Computer skills assessment.
• Qualification and licence verification.
• Working with Children and Young People — Blue Card — verification.
• Directorship check.