Trade Services Coordinator
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 20, 2026. First seen by Alion on Sep 30, 2026. Downer Group scores A on the Alion truth index.
We currently have an opportunity for a Trade Services Coordinator to join our Health & Education team at Royal Adelaide Hospital. In this on-site role, you will coordinate the daily delivery of critical mechanical trade services, including HVAC, medical gas and fire systems. Reporting to the Maintenance Operations Manager, you’ll lead a team of 11 internal tradespeople and help deliver safe, responsive and high-quality maintenance outcomes across a complex healthcare environment.
What You'll Do
This role offers a broad scope, with key responsibilities including:
- Coordinate daily workloads, schedules and rosters for a team of internal tradespeople.
- Oversee mechanical trade services, including HVAC, medical gas and fire systems.
- Monitor team performance and prepare KPI, service-delivery and asset-management reports.
- Coach and support employees while maintaining clear communication, safety and quality standards.
- Work closely with operational leaders and stakeholders to resolve issues and improve services.
The position description also identifies responsibility for maintaining work rosters, analysing reports and trends, managing costs, responding to operational issues and supporting continuous improvement.
What You'll Bring
- A relevant mechanical trade qualification, ideally in HVAC.
- Strong scheduling, coordination and organisational capabilities.
- Strong Microsoft Office skills and confidence producing accurate reports and analysing performance data.
- Effective written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to build positive client and stakeholder relationships.
- Experience in a hospital or healthcare environment, or people-management experience, will be highly regarded but is not essential.
The position description identifies trade qualifications, experience managing employees in a trade-services environment and healthcare leadership experience as desirable. It also calls for intermediate computer skills, effective communication and the ability to supervise and motivate teams.
More than anything, you’ll bring a strong work ethic, a positive attitude and a commitment to delivering high-quality outcomes for our clients.
Why Downer?
Downer plans, creates and sustains essential public services across Australia and New Zealand. From hospitals to data centres and defence partnerships, we manage critical infrastructure that keeps communities thriving.
The Health & Education business provides operational, maintenance and lifecycle-maintenance services across hospital and education facilities throughout Australia.
What it means to belong at Downer
We’re proud of our high-performance culture and commitment to diversity, offering:
- Training and development to support and diversify your career.
- Real opportunities to advance your career, with 30% of vacancies filled internally.
- Perks@Downer, including healthcare discounts and savings on retail and vehicle purchases.
- Employee Assistance Program support for you and your family when you need it most.
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. We welcome people of all ages, genders, sexual orientations, cultures, abilities and lived experiences. We especially encourage applications from people 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.
If you need support or adjustments through the recruitment process, just let us know. We’re here to help you put your best foot forward.