North Shore, Sydney Maintenance Services Manager

Airtrunk; Sydney; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

AirTrunk is hiring a Maintenance Services Manager to lead the on-site technician team at a Sydney data centre. You will partner with the STSM to maintain 24/7 operations, achieve 100% uptime, and meet customer SLAs while coordinating vendors and internal stakeholders.

You will establish best practices, supervise maintenance activities, and drive incident resolution, change management, and safety compliance. A strong leadership mindset and deep data centre experience are essential.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in mechanical and electrical work within data centres or similar facilities.
• Ability to develop and review Procedure documents, incident summaries and O&M manuals.
• Experience coordinating third-party service providers and negotiating quotes.
• Familiarity with Customer Portals, BMS and CMMS systems.
• Strong collaboration, communication, and adaptability to change.

Responsibilities

• Lead daily operations of on-site technician teams, reporting to STSM, and manage resources 24/7.
• Ensure services meet uptime targets and comply with customer SLAs.
• Plan, supervise maintenance activities, both planned and reactive, on the site.
• Set performance goals, coach team members, and handle complex technical incidents.
• Maintain SOPs, MOPs, EOPs and regulatory documentation; ensure training where needed.
• Prepare maintenance plans and asset management tasks, including changes.
• Coordinate change requests and attend critical switching and isolation tasks outside normal hours.
• Monitor operational metrics, analyze risks, and conduct property inspections.
• Be the primary operational contact for vendors and escalation point for emergencies.

Skills

Mechanical and Electrical experience

Data centre operations

3rd party service providers management

BMS CMMS familiarity

Excellent communication

Flexibility and change readiness

Customer management skills

Tools

BMS

CMMS

Job description

Want to be a part of Asia Pacific & Middle East's (APME) largest, most innovative, and rapidly growing data centre company?

AirTrunk is a technology company with a powerful purpose - to scale and sustain the relentless growth of the region’s digital future. We do this by continuously redefining and delivering hyperscale data centres that meet the needs of our customers - the world’s most transformational companies. And we’re doing so sustainably, for today and tomorrow.

Having opened Australia’s first and largest hyperscale data centres in 2017, we set our eyes on rapid expansion and now operate a platform of hyperscale data centres across the APME region. With backing from our investors, including Blackstone, this is just the beginning…

Come join the A-Team at AirTrunk, where the cloud meets the ground.

Your Impact

As the Maintenance Services Manager (MSM) reporting to our Senior Technical Service Manager (STSM), you will work closely with our Operations team, making an impact in a number of ways:

• Supporting the STSM in relation to all aspects of data centre operations to achieve 100% uptime and compliance with customer SLAs
• Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team of managers, technicians and third party vendors to plan, manage and supervise maintenance activities, both planned and reactive, on a nominated site

What You'll Do

The MSM is responsible for the day to day leadership of the team of technicians of the site, reporting and raising issues/tasks to the STSM and as required;

• Ensure site resources are efficiently and effectively managed inclusive of technical, non-technical aspects and 24/7 technical operational staff. Ensure services are continually provided and all leave is planned, coordinated and covered
• Supervise and manage the technical on-site team members to ensure optimal performance is being achieved
• Setting performance goals for the technician team, as well as the development, coaching, and counselling of the team members
• Handle, investigate and resolve complex technical issues and incidents which arise at the site
• Ensure alignment to site operating procedures (SOP, MOP, EOP) and any other documentation required by law, e.g. SWMS
• Prepare and maintain asset maintenance plans and tasks up to date with new equipment and revised maintenance or regulatory requirements
• Management of planned maintenance, repairs and upgrade, activities ensuring that all works have an appropriate supervision structure in place. This includes attendance outside of normal working hours at any time required.
• Prepare and or review all change management procedures, maintain up to date library of switching and isolation procedures. Identify and provide training to staff where required to ensure they are appropriately skilled for tasks performed on site.
• Maintain compliance with local regulatory requirements including environmental, building, fire, electrical, hydraulic, occupational health & safety
• Primary operational contact for vendors, secondary for customers and local point of escalation during emergency events and day-to-day operations
• Coordinate and prepare change requests using systems provided in accordance with customer change policies and service level expectations
• Attend and perform all critical switching, isolation of services at the site so that equipment is by-passed to allow maintenance to be performed. This includes attendance outside of normal working hours at any time required.
• Supervise operational metrics, data and analyse risks
• Conduct regular property inspections
• Take part in the 'on call' incident response roster

What You'll Bring

• 5+ years of mechanical and electrical experience in data centres (preferred), facilities, engineering operations, trades or related fields
• Ability to establish and review Method of Procedure documents, incident reports, emergency event summaries, root cause analysis reports, and O&M manuals
• Ideally, successfully run 3rd party service providers and negotiate quote/pricing for services
• Familiar with working with Customer Portals, BMS, Computerized Maintenance Management Systems
• Excellent collaborator with strong communication skills
• Exceptionally flexible, forward-thinking and motivated by change
• Effective customer management skills and meeting chair experience

The AirTrunk Culture

Working at AirTrunk is a once in a lifetime opportunity to fast-track your career and amplify your impact. Whilst you’re helping scale our region’s digital future, we’ll help you Grow@Hyperscale and unleash your full potential.

The pace in which we operate means you’ll feel an electric atmosphere at AirTrunk. We are a team of challengers and collaborative problem solvers who break new ground every day. We do this by living our values, going above and beyond, and being dynamic, transparent, and responsive.

Every AirTrunker brings their own unique background and diverse perspective to find solutions to problems that matter. We make sure you have everything you need to make your mark and thrive in a flexible and safe working environment, where everyone feels welcome. Our benefits empower AirTrunkers to stay positively charged.

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