About the role

The Opportunity:

Step into a high-impact leadership role overseeing a critical colocation data centre in Takanini. This position offers the chance to lead operational performance, safety, and compliance for a facility supporting government and hyperscale customers.

As the site lead, you'll coordinate all on-site functions (engineering, operations, security, and support) to deliver a safe, reliable, and compliant environment. While there are no direct reports, you'll provide essential site-wide coordination, escalation leadership, and operational oversight that protects both the facility's integrity and the organisation's reputation.

The Role:

• Provide overall site leadership and coordination across all on-site teams and activities
• Ensure facility standards, operational oversight, and critical infrastructure performance (power, cooling, environmental systems)
• Lead major incident response and escalation, ensuring timely recovery and clear communication
• Promote and uphold a robust health, safety, and compliance culture (ISO, SOC, NZISM) across all teams and vendors
• Maintain comprehensive visibility and proactive management of operational, technical, and environmental risks
• Act as a key interface for hyperscale and government customers and internal stakeholders
• Oversee high-risk or complex changes and activities, ensuring appropriate planning, coordination, and risk controls

About you:

• Proven leadership experience in critical environments (data centres, utilities, or infrastructure)
• Strong understanding of data centre operations and/or engineering (MEP environments)
• Demonstrated ability to lead major incident response and crisis management effectively
• Experience working with high-value enterprise, government, or hyperscale customers
• Strong knowledge of health & safety, risk management, and compliance frameworks
• The ability to lead and influence across multiple functions without direct line authority
• A calm, decisive leadership style, especially under pressure

Why This Role:

This is a challenging and rewarding opportunity to make a genuine impact within a critical infrastructure environment. You'll be entrusted with ensuring the highest standards of safety, reliability, and compliance in a facility that genuinely matters.

Next Steps:

If you're a proactive, strategic leader ready to take ownership of a critical site, we'd love to hear from you.

Please note: Applicants must hold valid working rights in New Zealand and be currently based here.
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