Cleaner

Downer is currently hiring for multiple full-time Cleaners to join our dynamic and supportive team, at the Royal Adelaide Hospital. You'll use your cleaning experience to help keep the hospital clean and well-maintained for patients, visitors and staff.

About Royal Adelaide Hospital
As South Australia’s pre-eminent health facility, the Royal Adelaide Hospital (RAH) is dedicated to delivering world-class care and innovation in healthcare. Our commitment to excellence ensures a safe, secure, and welcoming environment for patients, visitors, and staff.

You will ensure compliance with all safety policies and procedures, complete detailed and accurate incident reports, and contribute to a calm, professional, and supportive security presence within the hospital.
 

Full-time availability (Monday–Friday) and working rights for a 38-hour week are required.

Part Time positions available pending individual and business availability.

What You’ll Do 

• Working with a team to keep the hospital clean for patients, visitors, and staff

• Performing essential cleaning tasks such as floor care, dusting, damp wiping, and spot cleaning of doors, internal glass, bathrooms, toilets, fixtures, fittings, and vents

• Learning to conduct specialist cleaning duties, including infectious or forensic cleans, both reactively and on schedule

• Helping with waste management, including collecting and disposing of different types of waste

• Following work schedules and instructions

• Ensuring proper disinfection and sanitisation of all areas.

What You’ll Bring 

• At least 1 year of experience in a similar role with good customer service skills and experience in commercial cleaning

• Awareness of building security and related responsibilities

• Experience operating industrial cleaning equipment

• Sound numerical competence

• Physically fit and energetic

• Strong attention to detail

• Able to prioritise, meet deadlines, and manage time well

• Please note: As a pre-requisite for this role, successful candidates will be required to undertake a pre-employment medical, as well as provide an up-to-date National Police Clearance (issued within 30 days) Evidence of Immunisation history covering mandatory vaccinations required for the position at the RAH

Why Join Us?

• Work in a technologically advanced, purpose-built healthcare facility.
• Attractive remuneration above Award rates.
• Comprehensive site-based training and ongoing professional development and the ability to step up.
• Convenient city location with excellent public transport access, including the ability to access free public transport.
• Be part of a team that values safety, integrity, and collaboration.
• Experience diverse and dynamic workdays –no two days are ever the same!.

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. 

• With 30% of vacancies filled internally you’ll find real opportunities to advance your career.

• Perks@Downer: healthcare discounts, great savings on retail purchases, car purchases and much more.

• Employee Assistance Program: professional support for you and your family when you need it most.

   

  Why Downer?
  
  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.
  
  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.
• With 30% of vacancies filled internally you'll find real opportunities to advance your career.
• Perks@Downer: healthcare discounts, great savings on retail purchases, car purchases and much more.
• Employee Assistance Program: professional 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 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.

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.

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.