Senior Technical Services Manager, Hyperscale Data Centre Ops

Zerra Dc; Kogan; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Zerra DC is hiring a Senior Technical Services Manager to lead the technical operation of the Western Downs Digital Park in Queensland. You will manage the electrical, mechanical and life-safety systems, directing maintenance programs and a 24-hour team to ensure safe, reliable, and cost-efficient performance.

This senior role reports to the DC Operations Director and requires broad experience in hyperscale facilities, strong risk management, and the ability to coordinate vendors and internal

Qualifications

• Led multidisciplinary engineering and maintenance teams in a live mission-critical facility.
• Hyperscale or data centre experience is highly valuable.
• Deep knowledge of electrical and mechanical critical plant, controls, redundancy, maintainability and uptime.
• Strong leadership and vendor management across budgets and contracts.
• Formal risk, change and incident management in a live critical environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead safe and reliable operation of critical electrical, mechanical, and life-safety systems.
• Oversee an integrated technical team in a 24-hour campus.
• Own maintenance regime, CMMS, asset registers and lifecycle planning.
• Manage budgets, contracts and vendor performance.
• Drive continuous improvement and incident root-cause analysis.
• Ensure customer SLAs and KPIs are met.

Skills

Electrical systems

Mechanical systems

Leadership

Vendor management

CMMS

Life‑safety

Education

Engineering qualification

Facilities qualification

Data centre/ITIL credentials advantageous

Tools

CMMS

Job description

Zerra DC is hiring a Senior Technical Services Manager to lead the technical operation of the Western Downs Digital Park in Queensland. You will manage the electrical, mechanical and life-safety systems, directing maintenance programs and a 24-hour team to ensure safe, reliable, and cost-efficient performance.

This senior role reports to the DC Operations Director and requires broad experience in hyperscale facilities, strong risk management, and the ability to coordinate vendors and internal