Design Director - Electrical Or Mechanical / Building Services

Atlas Recruitment Australia; Victoria; Hybrid; AUD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A national consultancy is seeking a Design Director in Electrical or Mechanical Building Services. This senior role involves leading business development efforts for Data Centre and Critical Infrastructure projects across Melbourne, Sydney, and Perth. The ideal candidate has a degree in engineering with extensive experience in consultancy, strong client relationship management skills, and a proven track record in the industry. Competitive executive-level remuneration is offered within a high-performing team culture.

Benefits

Competitive executive-level remuneration

Collaborative team culture

Opportunity for career growth

Qualifications

• Degree qualified in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering, Building Services or a related discipline.
• Significant experience in building services or multi-disciplinary consultancy.
• Strong background in delivering Data Centres and Critical Infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Lead business development activities including work winning and client presentations.
• Build and maintain strong client relationships across Data Centre markets.
• Act as Project Director on complex, mission-critical projects.

Skills

Client relationship management

Technical leadership

Business development

Financial management

Excellent communication skills

Education

Degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering

Job description

• Lead delivery of Data Centre & Critical Infrastructure projects
• Senior client-facing leadership role within a national consultancy
• Open to candidates based in Melbourne, Sydney or Perth

Design Director – Electrical / Mechanical Building Services

Melbourne | Sydney | Perth | Multi-disciplinary Engineering Consultancy | Permanent, Full-Time

The Opportunity

ATLAS Recruitment is partnering with a well-established multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy to appoint a Design Director – Electrical or Mechanical / Building Services to support the delivery and growth of Data Centre and Critical Infrastructure projects.

This is a senior, client-facing leadership role combining technical excellence, business development, and project delivery within the Property & Buildings and Critical Infrastructure sectors. The role is open to candidates based in Melbourne, Sydney, or Perth.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead business development activities including work winning, fee proposals and client presentations
• Build and maintain strong client relationships across Data Centre and Critical Infrastructure markets
• Act as Project Director / Project Leader on complex, mission-critical projects
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring and coaching to electrical and building services teams
• Oversee design governance, risk management and delivery of high-reliability infrastructure
• Support recruitment, resourcing and performance management within the discipline
• Contribute to business management, innovation, digital delivery and process improvement
• Ensure compliance with WHS, QA, NCC and Integrated Management Systems

About You

• Degree qualified in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering, Building Services or a related discipline
• Significant experience within a building services or multi-disciplinary consultancy
• Strong background delivering Data Centres, Critical Infrastructure or mission-critical facilities
• Proven track record of winning work and managing key client relationships
• Strong local market connectivity in Melbourne, Sydney or Perth
• Excellent written, verbal and presentation skills
• Strong commercial acumen and financial management capability
• Eligible for professional engineer registration and relevant industry membership

What’s on Offer

• Senior leadership role within a respected national consultancy
• Work on complex, high-value Data Centre and Critical Infrastructure projects
• Opportunity to influence strategy and grow a specialist sector nationally
• Competitive executive-level remuneration package
• Collaborative, high-performing and technically strong team culture

Apply Now

If this sounds like a role you’d be interested in discussing further, please contact Sophie Hanna at or click Apply.

ATLAS Recruitment specialises in recruitment for the Construction, Engineering, Infrastructure & Manufacturing industries on a national basis.

All applications are confidential.