Associate Director

Want to be a part of Asia Pacific & Middle East's (APME) largest, most innovative, and rapidly growing data centre company?AirTrunk is a technology company with a powerful purpose - to scale and sustain the relentless growth of the region's digital future. We do this by continuously redefining and delivering hyperscale data centres that meet the needs of our customers - the world's most transformational companies. And we're doing so sustainably, for today and tomorrow. Having opened Australia's first and largest hyperscale data centres in 2017, we set our eyes on rapid expansion and now operate a platform of hyperscale data centres across the APME region. With backing from our investors, including Blackstone, this is just the beginning... Come join the A-Team at AirTrunk, where the cloud meets the ground. Snapshot As the Associate Director Infrastructure Reliability & Lifecycle, you will report to the Associate Vice President of Technical Operations, and work closely with the DC Operations Team and partners teams, making your mark in several ways: You'll make your mark by driving reliability, availability, and operational readiness across AirTrunk's hyperscale portfolio—ensuring our infrastructure performs at its peak, sustainably and predictively. You'll bring deep technical expertise, strategic foresight, and a passion for operational excellence to elevate how we operate, maintain, and evolve our infrastructure. You'll also play a lead role in shaping both Reliability Centred & Predictive maintenance programs that enable existing and future sites to achieve robust and resilient operations. Your Day to Day Partner with the AVP of Technical Operations to define and deliver a multi-year reliability strategy across the Airtrunk fleet. Lead initiatives that improve system availability, reduce downtime, and enable predictive maintenance across sites. Collaborate with our customers to explore life cycle replacements and enhancements in the built environment. Partner with our OE team to create frameworks that ensure new builds meet performance criteria before RFS. Collaborate with Design, Development, and partner teams to support high-density AI operations, and ensure consistency across new builds and existing site upgrades. Drive cross-functional infrastructure upgrade programs that push engineering boundaries while balancing cost, complexity, and uptime. Partner with the Controls & Automation teams in monitoring platforms and analytics, providing early fault detection and data-driven decision-making tools. Integrate greater sustainability into our day-to-day operations—optimizing equipment efficiency, reducing energy waste, and extending asset life. Deliver internal training and updates to site operations & leadership teams on upgrades and new projects. Requirements 10+ years of experience in hyperscale data centre, with a background in electrical or mechanical engineering. Proven track record in leading cross-functional infrastructure improvements and upgrade projects. Expertise in reliability engineering, predictive maintenance, and lifecycle planning. This includes advanced condition-based monitoring and AI tools. Strong understanding of operational readiness, risk mitigation, and performance optimization (PUE / WUE etc)Experience collaborating with design and development teams to shape scalable, future-ready infrastructure. Passion for sustainability and driving energy-efficient operations. Advanced stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to influence across technical and commercial domains. Ability to present to both internal and external teams and customers. Experience in developing and managing high performance teams. Ability to frame technical decisions in terms of margin, growth, and customer value Willingness to travel within the APAC & MEA region as required. The AirTrunk Culture Working at AirTrunk is a once in a lifetime opportunity to fast-track your career and amplify your impact. Whilst you're helping scale our region's digital future, we'll help you and unleash your full potential. The pace in which we operate means you'll feel an electric atmosphere at AirTrunk. We are a team of challengers and collaborative problem solvers who break new ground every day. We do this by living our values, going above and beyond, and being dynamic, transparent, and responsive. Every AirTrunker brings their own unique background and diverse perspective to find solutions to problems that matter. We make sure you have everything you need to make your mark and thrive in a flexible and safe working environment, where everyone feels welcome. Our benefits empower AirTrunkers to stay positively charged. To all recruitment agencies: AirTrunk does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, AirTrunk employees or any other organisation location. AirTrunk is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes. #J-18808-Ljbffr