• Based at the Adelaide EVT Workshop supporting airport emergency fleets
• Maintain specialised fire vehicles, rescue boats and critical response equipment
• Stable career with national fleet investment, training and growth opportunities
• EVT Band 4: $114,042 to $127,448 plus 14% superannuation, depending on experience.

The Organisation 

Airservices Australia is a government-owned organisation responsible for the safe and efficient management of 11% of the world’s airspace and provision of aviation rescue fire fighting services at Australia’s busiest airports.

Our people are our greatest asset with a dynamic and diverse team operating from locations across the country - from bustling cities to regional and remote locations, including an island. This team keep are helping to secure the future of Australia’s skies and keep it amongst the safest in the world.

We connect people with their world safely – linking family and friends, generating economic activity, creating jobs, and facilitating trade and tourism. Every emergency vehicle, rescue boat and critical response asset we maintain contributes to aviation safety and national emergency readiness.

Airservices is committed to fostering a culture that is diverse, inclusive, and respectful.  We encourage motivated individuals who love what they do, value a service first mindset and embrace a challenge to explore a career with Airservices. In return you will be a valued team member, be offered flexibility and experience a meaningful career in an exciting, ever-evolving aviation industry.

The Role & The Team

As an Emergency Vehicle Technician Band 4, based at the Adelaide EVT Workshop, you'll take ownership of maintenance activities supporting Aviation Rescue Fire Fighting (ARFF) assets across designated locations. Working as the technical lead within the workshop environment, you'll ensure fire vehicles, rescue boats, training equipment and operational assets remain safe, compliant and ready to respond whenever required.

You'll coordinate and perform preventative and corrective maintenance, diagnose complex faults, manage maintenance priorities and ensure asset history is accurately maintained within Airservices' maintenance systems. The role also involves supporting regional locations through planned travel, collaborating with Engineering, Operations and other EVT teams to resolve technical issues and continuously improve fleet reliability.

Whether your experience comes from emergency services, transport, mining, defence, utilities, waste management, heavy equipment or commercial fleet maintenance, this role offers the opportunity to apply your skills to a unique and highly specialised fleet that directly supports frontline aviation safety.

You'll join a highly skilled national EVT team that values technical expertise, autonomy, collaboration and continuous improvement, while offering the stability and purpose that comes with supporting nationally significant infrastructure.

Please see the link below to view the full Position Description:

 EVT Band 4.pdf

 The Person

If you're looking for a role where your work has a clear purpose, offers technical variety and supports a sustainable, long-term career, we'd love to hear from you.

The successful applicant will have:

• Experience maintaining heavy vehicles, mobile plant, specialist fleet assets or emergency response vehicles.
• Strong diagnostic and fault-finding capability across mechanical, hydraulic and associated vehicle systems.
• The ability to plan, organise and prioritise maintenance activities with limited supervision.
• Experience using Computerised Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS), with MEX experience highly regarded.
• Demonstrated leadership capability and the ability to coordinate maintenance activities within a workshop environment.
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with a commitment to safety and operational readiness.
• A recognised trade qualification in heavy vehicles, diesel engines or a related mechanical trade.

Security Clearance

To be eligible to apply, you must be an Australian Citizen as an Aviation Security Identification Card (ASIC) is required for this role. Please refer to the security check requirements successful applicants will be required to undertake as part of the recruitment process.

Why join Airservices as an Emergency Vehicle Technician?

Purpose – Every vehicle you maintain helps support aviation safety and emergency response capability across Australia's airport network.

Technical Challenge – Work on specialised aviation rescue fire fighting vehicles, rescue boats and associated operational equipment rarely found in traditional workshop environments.

Autonomy – Take ownership of maintenance outcomes, workshop activities and fleet reliability across designated locations.  

Stability – Join an organisation delivering essential national infrastructure, with long-term career opportunities and continued fleet investment.

Lifestyle – Enjoy a predictable workshop-based environment in Adelaide while still supporting a diverse range of assets across the region

Diversity & Inclusion

At Airservices Australia, we embrace and thrive on diversity of thought, perspectives and capabilities because we know the benefits of having a workforce that is representative of the community we serve.

We actively encourage and welcome candidates from all cultural backgrounds, gender identities, people living with disability, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to apply.

How to Apply

To apply for this position please lodge an application online before 11.55pm (AEST) Thursday 19^th November 2026.

Join Airservices Australia and help maintain the critical infrastructure that keeps Australia's skies safe.