We currently have an opportunity for a Quality Auditor. Join our Government and Integrated Facilities Management team and play a key role in maintaining quality, safety and compliance across housing service delivery. Reporting to the Assurance and Service Delivery Partner Manager, you’ll help deliver high-quality outcomes that support our essential services.
What You’ll Do
This role offers a broad scope, with key responsibilities including:
- Complete planned pre-inspections, work-in-progress inspections and post-inspections, including subcontractor claim verification.
- Raise Business Improvement Forms for identified non-conformances and follow corrective actions through to completion.
- Investigate and report on safety, Code of Conduct and environmental incidents, documenting corrective and preventive actions.
- Prepare and present monthly inspection and auditing reports, including commentary and analysis of non-conformance trends.
- Provide quality and OHS advice, review subcontractor SWMS, and support training on contract requirements and WMS.
What You’ll Bring
- Current experience in a similar auditing role, with experience in auditing, compliance and the housing market.
- A trade, construction, maintenance, facilities or building-services background is preferred.
- Practical experience assessing workmanship, site safety and contractor compliance.
- Strong communication, interpersonal, computer literacy and formal report-writing skills.
- An understanding of governance, compliance and adherence to key performance measures.
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.
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, including healthcare, retail and vehicle-purchase discounts.
- 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, and 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.
About UsAt Downer we plan, create and sustain. Downer is the leading provider of integrated services in Australia and New Zealand. Through trusted relationships and world leading insight we work closely with our customers to design, build and sustain assets, infrastructure, and facilities.Skills Required
- Current experience in a similar auditing role
- Experience in auditing, compliance, and the housing market
- Practical experience assessing workmanship, site safety, and contractor compliance
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Computer literacy and formal report-writing skills
- Understanding of governance, compliance, and key performance measures
- Background in trade, construction, maintenance, facilities, or building services
Downer Group Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Downer Group and has not been reviewed or approved by Downer Group.
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Strong & Reliable Incentives — Overtime, penalty rates, and structured allowances are often viewed as strong earners that lift overall compensation, particularly in field and trade roles.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Wellbeing resources such as a 24/7 EAP, mental-health support, health checks, flu vaccinations, and retail discounts are consistently highlighted as valuable parts of the package.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Leave options include parental leave and domestic-violence leave, contributing to a broader benefits offering across different life stages.
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What We Do
Downer Group is a leading provider of integrated infrastructure services across Australia and New Zealand, operating in sectors such as transport, utilities, facilities, and defense.
