• Full time continuing position. Located at the Services Building (G12) on the Darlington Campus
• Exciting opportunity to provide technical leadership and direction to the University across all Fire Systems and associated plant and equipment
• Base salary $156,277 p.a. + 17% superannuation

About the opportunity

The Technical Facilities Manager, Fire will provide technical leadership and direction to ensure the compliance and reliability of all Fire plant and equipment, ensuring it is operating safely and meets all statutory obligations with asset life cycles maintained. In this role you will also be responsible for contract management to improve efficiencies in repairs and maintenance within a controlled budget.

Furthermore, you will build professional partnerships with teams, service providers and University stakeholders to ensure delivery of infrastructure services on time and on budget, with a strong focus on practical installation, configuration and communication.

Your key responsibilities will be to:

• oversee the efficient operation of all plant and equipment, ensuring optimal asset lifecycle management
• act as the central point of contact to Fire systems and services to best support academic and research needs
• provide in-depth technical expertise on asset monitoring, maintenance, and sustainability, ensuring all maintenance activities and equipment upgrades adopt sustainable energy reduction technologies
• manage asset strategies, ensuring regular quality assurance assessments on maintenance tasks and coordinating with external authority bodies concerning university engineering services.
• manage work area reporting and legislative compliance, ensuring data accuracy within university systems and alignment with work area standards.

About you:

The University values courage and creativity; openness and engagement; inclusion and diversity; and respect and integrity. As such, we see the importance of recruiting talent aligned to these values and are looking for a Technical Facilities Manager, Fire who has

• trade qualifications and/or a minimum of five (5) years' experience in Maintenance of Fire Systems and or associated Mechanical HVAC systems, with good working knowledge of AFSS and AS 1851
• excellent communication skills both written and verbal with an emphasis on analysis and strategic planning and succinct reporting and recommendations
• up to date knowledge and experience with current WH&S, QA and ideally environmental legislation and systems
• experience working with capital works, infrastructure and development projects
• familiarity with the operation of Services generally, including (mechanical, hydraulic, lifts, fire, electrical etc.) and Building services delivery.

Sponsorship / work rights for Australia

You must have unrestricted work rights in Australia for the duration of this employment to apply. Visa sponsorship is not available for this appointment.

Pre-employment checks

Your employment is conditional upon the completion of all role required pre-employment or background checks in terms satisfactory to the University. Similarly, your ongoing employment is conditional upon the satisfactory maintenance of all relevant clearances and background check requirements. If you do not meet these conditions, the University may take any necessary step, including the termination of your employment.

EEO statement

At the University of Sydney, our shared values include diversity and inclusion and we strive to be a place where everyone can thrive. We are committed to creating a University community which reflects the wider community that we serve. We deliver on this commitment through our people and culture programs, as well as key strategies to increase participation and support the careers of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, women, people living with a disability, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, and those who identify as LGBTIQ. We welcome applications from candidates from all backgrounds.

How to apply

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Thursday 11 September 2025 11:59 PM