- Lead the lifecycle delivery of owner-supplied long-lead equipment and systems packages.
- Establish package priorities, responsibilities, boundaries, governance processes, and review workflows.
- Allocate resources effectively across system delivery activities to ensure programme objectives are achieved.
- Maintain accountability for delivery outcomes throughout procurement, design, manufacture, installation, testing, commissioning, and final acceptance.
- Ensure systems and packages are coordinated and integrated across all engineering disciplines and project interfaces.
- Verify compliance with technical, security, cyber security, quality, information management, operational, and contractual requirements.
- Ensure alignment with the approved reference design and project standards.
- Support technical decision-making and issue resolution throughout the project lifecycle.
- Partner with Contracts and Procurement teams to support package procurement strategies and supplier engagement.
- Lead technical evaluations and provide recommendations during tender and award processes.
- Monitor supplier performance and drive accountability for delivery commitments.
- Ensure meaningful transfer of supplier data, asset information, and technical documentation to support operations and maintenance requirements.
- Retain ownership and accountability of systems packages through novation and transition to delivery teams.
- Oversee package delivery performance through manufacturing, logistics, installation support, testing, commissioning, and handover.
- Manage escalations and mitigate risks impacting scope, schedule, quality, or performance outcomes.
- Lead and develop a team of System Delivery Leads and Project/Package Engineers.
- Scale engineering and package delivery resources as project requirements expand.
- Foster collaboration across engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and operational readiness teams.
- Data Centre Delivery Manager
- Engineering Assurance Manager
- Interface Manager
- Lead Project Engineers
- Contracts & Procurement Team
- Design Partners (including Jacobs)
- Construction Teams
- Commissioning Teams
- Operational Readiness Teams
- Equipment Vendors and Suppliers
- Degree qualification in Engineering or a related technical discipline.
- Significant experience delivering complex infrastructure, industrial, data centre, energy, utilities, or major capital projects.
- Demonstrated experience managing owner-procured equipment packages and long-lead systems.
- Strong understanding of engineering delivery, procurement, vendor management, and systems integration.
- Experience managing packages through novation, manufacture, installation, testing, and commissioning phases.
- Proven leadership capability in multidisciplinary project environments.
- Strong commercial, contractual, and stakeholder management skills.
- Data centre project experience.
- Experience across electrical, cooling, controls, OT, fire/life safety, or critical infrastructure systems.
- Knowledge of cyber security, operational technology, and mission-critical environments.
- Project management or engineering leadership certifications.
- System Delivery Lead - Electrical Power Systems
- System Delivery Lead - Cooling Systems
- System Delivery Lead - Controls & Operational Technology (OT)
- System Delivery Lead - White Space & Fit-Out
- Senior Project / Package Engineer - Fire, Life Safety & Security Systems
The successful candidate will combine strong technical expertise with commercial acumen and leadership capability, enabling them to drive successful delivery outcomes across multiple high-value systems packages while maintaining alignment with broader project and operational objectives.
DRD Group is a specialist recruitment provider renowned for recruiting quality project teams on major projects within the Energy, Resources, Defence, Renewables and Infrastructure sectors.
DRD Group embraces a diverse workforce culture and encourages applicants from all backgrounds to apply. All work assignments are subject to successful completion of a medical, drug and alcohol screen plus verification of all original certifications and qualifications.
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