D&C Engineering Manager
BH-332028
Posted: 14/05/2026
- $250k - $320K + Super + Bonus
- Australia New South Wales North Sydney
- Permanent
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Data Centre
D&C Engineering Manager - Data Centre Projects
NES Fircroft is representing a respected Data Centre Developer with a proven track record delivering hyper-scale and co-location projects.
As D&C Engineering Manager, you'll lead the design and delivery of data centre builds from inception through to completion.
Key Responsibilities:
• Project Leadership: Take ownership, lead, and manage the construction phases of data center facilities, ensuring alignment with our clients’ values and objectives.
• Safety: Lead the construction team in establishing and maintaining a culture that promotes safety to the highest standards with the aim of constant improvement and safe delivery.
• Quality Assurance: Ensure all installations are of the utmost quality and defect free at handover stage.
• Programme & Milestone Tracking: Working closely with venders including management and monitoring of overall project programme to ensure adherence to key contract milestones and deadlines including early identification of possible programme risks and establishing mitigations as required.
• Budget and Cost Management: Support team with reviewing of vendor claims, including payment claims, invoices, variations, and time related claims.
• Stakeholder Management: Coordination and interaction with various project level stakeholders, including contractors, consultants, vendors, & internal team members to ensure the successful delivery of all project phases. Coordination with local authorities and utilities.
• Risk Management: Identify & report potential risks and issues including partnering with external parties to develop mitigation strategies to prevent delays or cost overruns. Ensure onsite mitigation measures are being implemented and tracked.
• Reporting: Provide regular updates to project management team on project progress including key risks and issues. Ensuring reporting documents are completed with required timelines.
• Commissioning & Handover: Provide support to the Services and Commissioning teams to ensure successful testing and commissioning, as well as coordination with Operations on final stages of construction and handing over of the facility.
Requirements
• 5-10 years' construction experience with large-scale projects.
• Fluent in English both written and verbal, strong in communication.
• Bachelor’s Degree, preferably in mechanical/electrical/civil engineering or project/construction management.
• Experience working for a Data Centre operator/previous hyperscale or cloud provider in the APAC market.
• Exceptionally flexible and forward-thinking.
• Results focussed and a “get things done” approach.
• Prepared to travel across APAC as required.
With over 90 years' combined experience, NES Fircroft (NES) is proud to be the world's leading engineering staffing provider spanning the Oil & Gas, Power & Renewables, Chemicals, Construction & Infrastructure, Life Sciences, Mining and Manufacturing sectors worldwide. With more than 80 offices in 45 countries, we are able to provide our clients with the engineering and technical expertise they need, wherever and whenever it is needed. We offer contractors far more than a traditional recruitment service, supporting with everything from securing visas and work permits, to providing market-leading benefits packages and accommodation, ensuring they are safely and compliantly able to support our clients.
NES Fircroft is representing a respected Data Centre Developer with a proven track record delivering hyper-scale and co-location projects.
As D&C Engineering Manager, you'll lead the design and delivery of data centre builds from inception through to completion.
Key Responsibilities:
• Project Leadership: Take ownership, lead, and manage the construction phases of data center facilities, ensuring alignment with our clients’ values and objectives.
• Safety: Lead the construction team in establishing and maintaining a culture that promotes safety to the highest standards with the aim of constant improvement and safe delivery.
• Quality Assurance: Ensure all installations are of the utmost quality and defect free at handover stage.
• Programme & Milestone Tracking: Working closely with venders including management and monitoring of overall project programme to ensure adherence to key contract milestones and deadlines including early identification of possible programme risks and establishing mitigations as required.
• Budget and Cost Management: Support team with reviewing of vendor claims, including payment claims, invoices, variations, and time related claims.
• Stakeholder Management: Coordination and interaction with various project level stakeholders, including contractors, consultants, vendors, & internal team members to ensure the successful delivery of all project phases. Coordination with local authorities and utilities.
• Risk Management: Identify & report potential risks and issues including partnering with external parties to develop mitigation strategies to prevent delays or cost overruns. Ensure onsite mitigation measures are being implemented and tracked.
• Reporting: Provide regular updates to project management team on project progress including key risks and issues. Ensuring reporting documents are completed with required timelines.
• Commissioning & Handover: Provide support to the Services and Commissioning teams to ensure successful testing and commissioning, as well as coordination with Operations on final stages of construction and handing over of the facility.
Requirements
• 5-10 years' construction experience with large-scale projects.
• Fluent in English both written and verbal, strong in communication.
• Bachelor’s Degree, preferably in mechanical/electrical/civil engineering or project/construction management.
• Experience working for a Data Centre operator/previous hyperscale or cloud provider in the APAC market.
• Exceptionally flexible and forward-thinking.
• Results focussed and a “get things done” approach.
• Prepared to travel across APAC as required.
With over 90 years' combined experience, NES Fircroft (NES) is proud to be the world's leading engineering staffing provider spanning the Oil & Gas, Power & Renewables, Chemicals, Construction & Infrastructure, Life Sciences, Mining and Manufacturing sectors worldwide. With more than 80 offices in 45 countries, we are able to provide our clients with the engineering and technical expertise they need, wherever and whenever it is needed. We offer contractors far more than a traditional recruitment service, supporting with everything from securing visas and work permits, to providing market-leading benefits packages and accommodation, ensuring they are safely and compliantly able to support our clients.