Job Description

An international organisation delivering major data centre infrastructure is expanding its Australian project.

Your new company

An international organisation delivering major data centre infrastructure is expanding its Australian project team and is seeking an experienced Mechanical Construction Manager for a major development in Western Sydney.

This represents a strong opportunity for a Mechanical Construction Manager coming from a mechanical contractor, head contractor or major-project environment to move into a client-side position and take ownership of mechanical construction delivery on a technically demanding project.
Your new role

As Mechanical Construction Manager, you will oversee the safe and successful delivery of mechanical construction activities across the project. Your core technical focus will be around cooling systems and heat rejection, airflow and containment, piping systems, redundancy and resilience.

Working closely with specialist mechanical contractors, consultants, design teams and wider construction stakeholders, you will ensure mechanical packages are coordinated and delivered against the project's programme, quality and safety requirements.

Your responsibilities will include:

Managing mechanical construction activities and contractors

Overseeing delivery of cooling and heat rejection systems

Coordinating airflow and containment requirements

Overseeing piping systems and associated construction interfaces

Understanding system redundancy and resilience requirements

Monitoring construction progress against programme and milestones

Reviewing contract scope and construction methodologies

Identifying risks, issues and potential delivery constraints

Working with design teams to resolve RFIs, clashes and constructibility issues

Leading contractor and stakeholder coordination meetings

Maintaining a strong focus on WHS, quality and compliance

Supporting QA/QC and commissioning teams

Supporting project reporting and construction-to-operations handover





The supplied Construction Manager brief places specific responsibility on construction methodology, contractor management, schedule and quality performance, WHS, design coordination, commissioning interfaces and project handover.
What you'll need to succeed

You'll be an experienced Mechanical Construction Manager, Services Manager or equivalent with a proven background delivering complex mechanical systems. You will ideally bring:

- 10+ years' relevant construction management experience
- Strong mechanical construction and building services knowledge
- Strong experience with cooling systems and heat rejection
- Understanding of airflow, containment and piping systems
- Knowledge of redundancy and resilience within critical systems
- Experience managing specialist mechanical contractors
- Strong understanding of MEP coordination and construction interfaces
- Experience working alongside design, QA/QC and commissioning teams
- Knowledge of Australian Standards and WHS requirements
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
- Data centre, mission-critical or technically complex project experience will be highly regarded
- An understanding of plumbing, hydraulics and fire services would be advantageous

The formal client brief requires 10+ years' construction management experience, strong building and MEP knowledge, relevant project management systems knowledge and familiarity with Australian Standards and WHS requirements. What you'll get in return

You will have the chance to take a senior position on a major Western Sydney data centre project within a client-side delivery team. The role provides genuine ownership of the mechanical construction package and the opportunity to use your technical expertise across contractor management, constructibility, commissioning and eventual operational handover.

What you need to do now

If you're interested in this role, forward an up-to-date copy of your CV to [email protected]

If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.

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📌 HVAC Project Manager - Client Side (Sydney)
🏢 Hays
📍 Sydney