What if you could lead the electrical systems that keep a Mission Critical Data Centre powered, resilient and ready around the clock?

Summary/Objective

The Critical Engineering Manager - Electrical is a key leader within STACK’s Critical Operations team, responsible for the safe, reliable and efficient operation, maintenance and optimisation of all mission-critical electrical systems across the campus. The role provides technical leadership, operational governance and vendor/contractor management to ensure all electrical activities are executed to STACK standards and legislative requirements.

This role directly supports STACK’s commitment to 100% uptime and a concierge-level customer service experience, ensuring risk is proactively managed, planned works are executed safely, and customer communications are transparent, timely and professional.

Key Responsibilities

You’ll lead the electrical engineering function supporting STACK’s 24/7 Data Centre operations, with a strong focus on safety, reliability, resilience and operational readiness.

You’ll:

- Lead safe and reliable operation and maintenance of critical electrical infrastructure.

- Oversee HV/LV switchgear, transformers, UPS, battery systems, STS/ATS, generators, PDUs and RPPs.

- Set and maintain electrical maintenance standards, schedules and quality expectations.

- Review and approve MOPs, SOPs, EOPs, risk assessments and electrical work plans.

- Lead testing and quality assurance activities including functional testing, transfers, thermography and electrical verification.

- Use BMS, EPMS, DCIM and analytics to identify anomalies, trends and early warning signals.

- Provide technical leadership during electrical incidents, including triage, stabilisation, root-cause analysis and corrective actions.

- Coordinate minor and medium works, lifecycle upgrades,



outage windows and customer-impact mitigation.

- Validate as-built documentation, single-line diagrams, protection settings and switching procedures.

- Contribute to capacity planning, power-quality reviews, redundancy assurance and energy-efficiency initiatives.

- Manage electrical contractors and OEM/service partners against safety, quality and performance expectations.

- Lead, mentor and develop Facilities Engineering personnel and strengthen electrical capability.

- Support operational readiness for new electrical assets, including documentation, spares, labelling, CMMS updates, training and tooling.

- Drive continuous improvement across electrical safety, reliability, maintainability and efficiency.

What You’ll Bring

You’re an experienced critical engineering leader with strong electrical expertise and the confidence to lead technical teams, contractors and complex operational activities in a live Mission Critical environment.

You’ll bring:

- 6-8 years’ experience in Data Centres or critical environments.

- Experience supervising technical teams of five or more.

- Strong experience managing preventative maintenance programs.

- Extensive knowledge of critical electrical infrastructure including switchgear, transformers, ATS, UPS, STS, battery systems, generators and PDUs.

- Strong understanding of electrical regulatory codes and permit processes.

- Experience using CMMS, BMS, DCIM and relevant engineering systems.

- Strong troubleshooting,



project management and organisational capability.

- Experience coordinating and supervising electrical contractors in live Data Centre environments.

- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain technical risk, impact and remediation to customers and leadership.

- A Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent professional experience.

- Recognised electrical trade licence or authorisation is preferred, with HV Authorised Person status highly regarded.

- Experience with power-quality analysis, protection coordination and capacity planning is advantageous.

- Exposure to energy-efficiency and continuous improvement programs in critical facilities is preferred.

- Willingness to work outside standard hours, including nights, weekends, public holidays and an on-call roster.

- Ability to operate effectively in a high-pressure environment with changing priorities.

- Legal entitlement to work in Australia and ability to satisfy applicable pre-employment screening and Data Centre security requirements.

- Ability to attain and hold NV1 security clearance.

Equal Opportunity Employer

STACK provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, colour, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruitment, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, redundancy, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

📌 Data Center Critical Engineering Manager - Electrical (Truganina)
🏢 STACK Infrastructure Australia
📍 Truganina