• Flexible location offered at Melbourne, Burwood or Geelong, Waurn Ponds Campus + hybrid work arrangements
• Full-time and continuing
• HEW 6 $96,276 - $103,971 + 17% Superannuation

Benefits for working with us!

At Deakin, we offer more than just a job — we offer a lifestyle. Across our campuses in Geelong, Melbourne, and regional Victoria, you’ll find everything you need to thrive: on-site childcare, gyms, medical centres, cafes, accessible public transport, and convenient parking. Enjoy flexible working arrangements that support your work-life balance, generous leave entitlements including extended parental leave and the option to purchase additional time off, plus a wide range of staff discounts on travel and more. Our health and wellbeing services, ongoing professional development opportunities, and inclusive, supportive culture make Deakin a place where you can grow — whether you're working remotely or immersed in the vibrant energy of campus life.

About the team:

Digital Infrastructure Services and Facilities ensure the smooth operation of the University’s physical and digital environments. Digital Infrastructure Services supports critical technology infrastructure, including computers, software, cloud services, storage, backups, audio-visual equipment, and the University’s voice, video, and data networks. Facilities oversees the maintenance, condition, and lifecycle of the built environment, managing compliance, energy use, utilities contracts, and both proactive and reactive maintenance. They are responsible for Essential Life Safety Measures, annual compliance obligations, and planning for backlog maintenance projects. The team also provides 24/7 response to essential and critical infrastructure incidents.

As a Senior Officer, you will:

• Provide a range of maintenance services to systems and installations, ensuring their implementation and operation meet design standards, building regulations, and relevant codes, and consider environmental impacts.
• Collaborate closely with colleagues to follow and refine a maintenance schedule that strengthens preventative maintenance, improves asset and building lifecycle performance, and minimises disruption to staff and students.
• Analyse emergency works and breakdown situations and implement immediate actions to stabilise equipment and reduce operational impacts.
• Engage in process improvement activities and adopt new ideas to inform recommendations for improvements to installations, operations, and procedures.
• Use knowledge of industry standards and best practices in the delivery of scheduled and unscheduled maintenance activities.
• Contribute to the development, review and maintenance of internal procedures, operational plans and governance documentation, ensuring alignment with compliance requirements and consistent work practices.

To be successful, you’ll have:

• An equivalent combination of relevant experience and/or education/training.
• Experience working within a multi-trade environment.
• Knowledge of building industries including Occupational Health and Safety guidelines.
• Experience with commercial Heating, ventilation, Mechanical Services and Air Conditioning equipment.
• Experience with a Building Automation System.

Here's how to apply: 

Only people with the right to work in Australia may apply for this position.

Please submit your updated resume and a short cover letter outlining your skills and experience by clicking the ‘Apply’ button.

For a confidential discussion regarding this role, please contact Brendon Blick (Manager, Engineering Services) on brendon.blick@deakin.edu.au

For a copy of the position description, please see below:

 Senior Officer Mechanical Services and Automation - HEW 6_PD.pdf

Applications for this position close on Sunday, 5 April 2026 at 11:55pm.

Make an Impact with Us 

Together we aim to take Deakin forward, strengthening our progressive University through the digital work we do. Whether it's empowering students, enabling teaching staff, or supporting researchers, the work you do here matters. Your achievements contribute to making a positive difference in the lives of the people and communities we serve. 

So that you can focus on making a positive impact, Deakin Digital Services lays the foundations for you to be your best self, grow and evolve and work with exceptional people. 

Be Your Best Self 

As a unique person we understand that showing up as the best version of yourself takes commitment to your personal wellbeing. That’s why we foster a supportive environment where you can manage your work to balance your productivity, engagement and wellbeing. Our approach to flexible working empowers you to achieve your best. 

Grow & Evolve 

Being in the higher education sector, ours is an environment of knowledge sharing and seeking. With us you can grow your capability through formal and informal learning and continuously improve, deepen and broaden your expertise. With many digital roles and teams under the one umbrella, there’s opportunity to expand your skillset, solve new problems and evolve your career. When YOU thrive, WE thrive. 

Join Us 

As a member of our dynamic team, you’ll help deliver digital services and solutions alongside supportive, inclusive and talented humans from within the team, and more broadly across the University. We are a powerful collective of diverse skillsets, strengths and experience and our practices promote an environment of collaboration where your unique contribution is welcomed and valued. When you join Software Engineering you join one of the most exciting teams within Deakin. Visit Why Work at Deakin to view the overarching benefits of working with Deakin. 

Are you ready to make an impact with us? 

We value diversity and aim to build an inclusive environment that champions, embraces and respects differences. We support and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and people of all abilities, cultures, sexual orientation, and genders. 

Pre-employment safety and suitability checks: In accordance with the National Higher Education Code to Prevent and Respond to Gender-based Violence, appointment to this role is subject to successful completion of relevant pre-employment checks, including Working With Children Checks and candidate gender-based violence declarations. 

Candidates may be asked to declare whether they have been investigated for an allegation of Gender‑based Violence, or determined to have engaged in conduct that constitutes Gender‑based Violence during the course of their previous employment, or otherwise in a legal process.  A declaration is not required from individuals who have experienced gender‑based violence.  A ‘Yes’ response does not automatically exclude a candidate from employment, and any information provided will be treated confidentially and considered only for relevance to the role and the University’s safety obligations.