Carpenter (54097)

The role provides carpentry services in line with the Northern Health total asset management guidelines, ensuring compliance with statutory, legislative and code requirements including satisfying Northern Health strategic and business objectives.

General handyperson duties are involved (building maintenance), including On-call and rotation requirement across Northern Health facilities.

Maintenance & Engineering Services is committed to the highest standard of Customer Relations principles.

Team members will serve as role models by practicing exemplary behaviours when working with patients, visitors and fellow staff members.

The Hospital and Clinic operations requires quicker than normal response to system and equipment failures.

The hours worked often require emergency response, frequently without immediate direct assistance from supervisor.

To be successful in this role you will have:

• Qualified Carpenter and joiner (Cert III)

• Carpenter Journey Worker certification or ability to certify equivalency of required hours for Carpenter Journey Worker.

• Demonstrated ability to use hand and power tools.

• Knowledge of all methods, procedures, practices and tools of the Carpenter trade.

• Ability to read and interpret blueprints, drawings/sketches, schematics, and written specifications as they pertain to the Carpentry Trade. Must also have a general understanding of how they pertain to all other trade’s diagrams.

Next Steps . . .

If this opportunity sounds like the next step in your career, then we would love to hear from you.

Please click on the 'Apply' button and follow the prompts.

For further details, please refer to the Position Description .

Alternatively, you can contact Tharaka Wijayaratne, Operations Manager on Tharaka.Wijayaratne@nh.org.au

Applications close Sunday 13 September 2026.

Shortlisting will commence immediately for this vacancy.

If an appropriate candidate is sourced, the advertising may close early, thus we advise you to apply right away.

Why work at the Northern Health?

NH offer a range of benefits which support and reward staff both personally and professionally.

Our staff benefits include award winning facilities and campus partnerships, Professional development and events, an award-winning Health and wellbeing program and financial benefits.

• Health and Wellbeing programs, including our new ‘Thrive’ program