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About the Company 

At SA Water, our work sustains life. Every day, we deliver safe, reliable water and wastewater services to more than 1.8 million South Australians, supporting healthy communities across our state.

Behind this essential service are people who care. From engineering and science to construction, digital, operations and customer experience, every role plays a part. We bring our authentic selves to work, driven by purpose, supporting one another to deliver work that truly matters.

About Our Supply Chain Team

Our Supply Chain team is award winning, taking out the Procurement Team of the Year – Large Organisation award at the 2024 Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply Awards Australia and New Zealand. These awards are an opportunity to showcase and celebrate the best work and teams in the procurement profession. 

This team award recognises high performing procurement teams who have made significant improvements to their performance and culture resulting in increased effectiveness, influence, efficiencies, savings or competitive advantage.

To find out more about our Supply Chain team and how we work visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kvFHtOzry4.

About the job  

We are seeking a proactive Facilities Management Coordinator to join our team and support the effective delivery of facilities services across the organisation. In this role, you will coordinate a variety of facilities management tasks, ensuring top-tier service delivery from our providers while overseeing both hard and soft service contracts. The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring contract performance, effective service delivery, regulatory compliance and collaborating with stakeholders to meet business operation needs.

This is an exciting opportunity to thrive in a dynamic environment, manage critical service contracts, and lead continuous improvement in facilities management. Whilst this role is based at our Head Office in the CBD (Victoria Square), our operations cover the state and will require some regional travel throughout South Australia.

This role is a 6-month opportunity with full-time hours (37.5) per week.

About Business Insights and Excellence

The Business Insights and Excellence business group turns data into trusted insights that help us make better decisions for our customers and community into the future.

Working in this team means analysing complex information, responsibly managing finance and procurement, building meaningful reports and dashboards, and partnering with the business to solve real problems. You’ll help shape strategy, improve performance, and ensure decisions are informed, evidence based, and aligned to what matters most for South Australians.

In addition, your responsibilities will include: 

Fostering trust with our people, customers and community by providing expert advice and service that ensure we effectively communicate and engage audiences with our business strategy and its delivery across South Australia, every day. 

You will: 

• Build and maintain strong, collaborative relationships within the team, across business units, and with service providers.
• Enhance service delivery, understand business needs and ensure these are met, and resolve facilities issues efficiently.
• Coordinate service providers, ensuring timely issue resolution and monitoring KPIs.
• Ensure adherence to standards, conduct audits, and manage compliance with regulations.
• Oversee invoice management, support asset improvement projects, and handle procurement tasks within guidelines.

Your success in this role will come from: 

• Relevant tertiary qualification in areas such as Business, Property, Construction, Procurement or Project Management or demonstrated experience in facilities management and/or asset management.
• Demonstrated written and verbal communication and stakeholder management skills in a large and complex organisation.
• Certificates, licences or qualifications in electrical, fire, mechanical or related trades (desirable).
• Demonstrated knowledge of relevant (Australian) standards including the National Construction Code (desirable).
• Demonstrated knowledge with relevant Safework SA Code of Practices(desirable).
• Experience with asset management or CRM systems(desirable).

Further information can be found in the attached PD- Facilities Management Coordinator PD.pdf

To apply, click 'Apply'. Please submit and complete the application form, upload a cover letter and current resume. For enquiries, please contact Tracy from the Talent Acquisition team tracy.rayan@sawater.com.au.

Applications close 4pm, 31 July 2026.

A great customer experience is best achieved by having a diverse and inclusive team that reflects the community we serve. Applications are encouraged from everyone, including people living with disability, job seekers of all ages, members of the LGBTIQA+ community, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people from culturally diverse backgrounds. 

Our Industry is like no other. Dive into the wonderful world of water and explore the boundless opportunities. Learn more about the water industry at careersinwater.com.au.

Please note: We request that recruitment agencies do not submit candidates for this position, as they will not be accepted.