Associate Director, HV infrastructure

 A Snapshot  

As the Associate HV Infrastructure Director, APAC you will report to the Senior Director, Utilities Infrastructure and work closely with Development, Technology and Operations teams, making your mark in several ways:  

• You will be a strategic leader and problem solver, responsible for developing and executing strategies to continuously improve delivery of HV power systems to our sites, 
• You will be responsible for aligning processes with strategic business goals and priorities, 
• Engaging with key stakeholders to ensure AirTrunk strategy is delivered, 
• Driving continuous engineering solutions across the business by championing customer-centric outcomes, 
• Resolving a diverse range of problems as they arise to maintain the customer and delivery focus for the business. 

Your Day to Day  

• Develop and motivate a high performing team,  
• Develop and implement utilities strategies to ensure effective and improving HV system delivery across the Asia-Pacific Region, 
• Ensure the highest safety and quality across all projects, 
• Ensure the delivery of HV systems is integrated with whole-of-Data Centre delivery, 
• Oversee Tender and onboarding vendor and contractor partner process, 
• Analyse current and past project HV delivery performance to contribute to improvements going forward,   
• Continuously drive efficiency in delivery, ensuring problems are resolved, lessons are learnt and embedded into processes going forward to improve the effectiveness of HV infrastructure, 
• Manage and develop key relationships at all levels with utilities, regulators, consultants, vendors and contractors, 
• Manage and negotiate at a deep technical level with authorities and utilities to achieve best possible project outcomes, 
• Work broadly across the business to ensure alignment of the utilities program with the rest of the business, 
• Develop and improve regular project reporting to senior management including project safety, quality, time, costs, progress, authorities and risk, 
• Set and manage KPI and SLA’s for our vendors,  
• Manage the development of AirTrunk’s HV on site networks to be safe and efficient, meeting and exceeding local code requirements and industry best practice where appropriate,  
• Oversee and improve policy and practice in the development and management of the HV network design on new and existing AirTrunk networks, including primary, secondary, SCADA, earthing and DC systems,  
• Travel to projects and sites as required.   

 Minimum requirements:   

• 10+ years HV design, delivery and operations experience 
• 10+ years experience working on highly-integrated large scale projects 
• A Bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering 
• Strong and effective communicator with the ability to confidently negotiate with internal and external stakeholders on a professional and senior level.  
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate and influence up to the executive level internally and with external stakeholders  
• Managed and mentored high performing teams, minimum of 7 years,   
• Well organised and effective manager to manage workload and meet deadlines  
• Minimum 10 years broad high voltage experience in design, delivery and operations with a utility, electrical consultant or contractor,  
• Strong technical knowledge of HV systems and assets including GIS, AIS, switchgear, Transformers, protection relays and DC systems.  
• In-depth knowledge of secondary controls systems including protection & SCADA systems.  
• Experience working with authorities, utility and energy regulators  
• Ability to work across multiple teams and manage multiple simultaneous projects requiring frequent communication, task prioritisation, problem solving, risk and time management deliverables.  
• Experience working across the Asia-Pacific region 
• Resilient and proactive with the ability to work at pace in an evolving and demanding environment 
• Professional attitude with persuasive skills in making things happen   
• Available to travel throughout Asia-Pacific;   

 Preferred requirements:  

• Electrical trade background with knowledge and experience of high reliability HV and LV power systems including all components,  
• Strong analytical, commercial and problem-solving skills to review supply agreements and oversee and improve procurement and delivery efforts, 
• Tertiary qualifications in business 
• Commercial and profit and loss responsibility and ability to analyse cost benefit when considering development strategies,  
• Previous experience working in Asia-Pacific including Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong and Australia,  
• Proficiency with the Microsoft Office suite