We currently have an opportunity for a Full-Time Maintenance Plumber. Join our Health and Education team and play a key role in supporting hospital operations through preventative and reactive maintenance across the Bendigo Hospital Precinct. Reporting to the Senior Trades Lead, you'll help ensure essential services are delivered safely, efficiently, and in accordance with Australian Standards.
Downer is made up of more than 33,000 people who are all different. Different preferences and perspectives. Different histories and heritages. We are different in the way we think, the actions we take and the unique value we contribute to Downer and it's these differences that are Downer's greatest strength.
The Maintenance Plumber plays a key role in supporting the safe and efficient operation of Bendigo Hospital through the delivery of preventative and reactive maintenance services. Working in a complex healthcare environment, you will be responsible for fault finding, repairs, planned maintenance, and ensuring critical infrastructure remains compliant, reliable, and fit for purpose.
Reporting to the Senior Trades Lead, you'll work closely with hospital stakeholders, contractors, and fellow tradespeople to deliver high-quality maintenance outcomes while supporting safety, sustainability, and continuous improvement initiatives.
More than anything, you'll bring a strong work ethic, a safety-first mindset, and a commitment to delivering high-quality outcomes for our clients and communities.
At Downer, we plan, create, and sustain essential public services across Australia and New Zealand. From hospitals to data centres and defence partnerships, we manage critical infrastructure that keeps communities thriving.
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You want your work to matter and so do we. With over 26,000 people across Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific, our team is made up of individuals with unique perspectives, backgrounds, and ideas.
We know that diversity makes us stronger and we actively celebrate it through our commitment to inclusion and belonging.
We're committed to building a team that reflects the diverse communities we serve, and we welcome people of all ages, genders, sexual orientations, cultures, abilities, and lived experiences. We especially encourage applications from those whose voices have traditionally been underrepresented in our industry, including women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, Māori and Pasifika Peoples, veterans, people with disability, and neurodivergent individuals. Even if your experience doesn't align perfectly with this role, we'd still like to hear from you. If it feels like the right fit, apply - potential counts, and so do you.
As a WORK180 Endorsed Employer, we support flexibility that works for your life, inclusive leadership that values your voice, and equitable access to opportunity so you can do your best work and bring your whole self to it.
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Click APPLY and please include your CV and copies of relevant licences and qualifications. The reference number for this role is 737668.
We are committed to a safe working environment for everyone. All successful applicants will be required to undertake pre-employment checks, including a medical assessment, drug and alcohol screening, and relevant background checks prior to commencing employment
At Downer we plan, create and sustain. Downer is the leading provider of integrated services in Australia and New Zealand. Through trusted relationships and world leading insight we work closely with our customers to design, build and sustain assets, infrastructure, and facilities.

Enabling communities to thrive.
It’s what we’ve done for more than 150 years. Solving problems. Making the extraordinary run smoothly every day. We’re keeping the lights on and the water flowing. Running the hospitals that take care of us. Delivering the transport that takes us from A to B. Maintaining communication networks that keep people connected. Helping our Government and Defence customers keep them protected. Delivering train fleets. Building bridges, roads and streets. Now we’re building momentum too. Moving forward even faster.
Across Australia and New Zealand, we’re transforming the way we work. Unlocking our potential to lead by example. Using our passion and expertise to deliver complex projects and turn fresh ideas into solutions that make society a better place. Creating opportunities for our people, growth and value for our shareholders, and world-class solutions for our customers. Imagining. Innovating. Engineering. Enabling.