- Lead the Engineering and technical advisory function within La Trobe University
- Full Time/Continuing Appointment/Bundoora Campus
- Base Salary from $138,453 + 17% superannuation
About the position
The Manager, Building Services provides specialist leadership and technical oversight across key building services disciplines, ensuring the safety, performance and lifecycle integrity of university assets.
This role leads and coordinates critical building services activities, including:
- Oversight of Integrated Fire Mode Testing (IFMT) and related compliance activities
- Providing expert advice on the development, review and validation of building fire matrices
- Managing commissioning, witness testing and asset handover processes
- Ensuring the integrity, governance and quality of asset data and asset management systems
- Driving consistency in technical standards, data quality and lifecycle planning across the built environment
Duties at this level:
- Assist the Senior Manager, Engineering providing Engineering advice for university infrastructure across disciplines including electrical, mechanical, fireand hydraulics. Managing, monitoring, measuring and reporting the performance in accordance with agreed indicators and benchmarks.
- Detailed involvement in asset handover including building services commissioning and witness testing, as well as ongoing management of the Infrastructure & Operations asset databased ensuring best governance practices occur.
- Responsible for managing consistent delivery methodologies of technical standards, data quality and lifecycle planning. Providing technical advice on planned maintenance scopes and outcomes, future capital replacements, and end of life asset renewal.
- Actively manage fire matrix system interface testing across all locations providing continual improvement to processes to ensure adequate communication, accurate documentation and timely completion.
Skills and knowledge:
- A degree (Engineering preferred), extensive management expertise and supporting experience, or postgraduate qualifications and extensive relevant experience, or an equivalent alternate combination of relevant knowledge, training and/or experience.
- Demonstrated experience managing and controlling budgets/resources/funding and an understanding of financial management procedures.
- Demonstrated experience in Building services Engineering and facilities management
- Specialised facilities knowledge of complex methods and techniques within hard services e.g. mechanical, electrical, fire (wet & dry), hydraulics and BMS systems
Please refer to the Position Description for other duties, skills and experience required for this position.
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Benefits
- 17% superannuation
- Private Health Insurance discount
- Plus, many more, click HERE
How to apply
Closing date: Sunday 7th June, 2026 at 11:55pm
Position Enquiries: Wilson Quintero , Senior Manager - Engineering, Infrastructure and Operations Email: w.quintero@latrobe.edu.au
Recruitment Enquiries: Vicki Stavrou, Senior Talent Partner, Strategy and Senior Appointments Email: v.stavrou@latrobe.edu.au
Position Description below:
PD-Manager Building Services 18.05.26.pdf
Please submit an online application ONLY and include the following documents:
- Cover letter addressing your suitability for the role and;
- An up-to-date resume.
Only candidates with Full Working Rights in Australia may apply for this position.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Applicants
We welcome and strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Our commitment to diversity and inclusion
La Trobe University is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce. We take an intersectional approach by actively supporting and encouraging people of all backgrounds and abilities to submit an application and aim to ensure that the recruitment and employee experience is as accessible and inclusive as possible. Flexibility in interview format will be offered to shortlisted candidates.
Our commitment to safety
All La Trobe University employees are bound by the Working with Children Act 2005. If you are successful, you will be required to hold a valid Victorian Employee Working with Children Check prior to commencement.
National Code on Gender Based Violence in Higher Education
La Trobe University is committed to upholding the National Code to Prevent and Respond to Gender-Based Violence (GBV Code). This aligns with our mission to create safe and respectful communities. Candidates will be asked during the recruitment process to declare whether they have ever been investigated for, or found to have engaged in, gender-based violence in previous employment and/or in legal proceedings and provide relevant information to assist in determining suitability. Gender-based violence means any form of physical or non-physical violence, harassment, abuse or threats based on gender, that results in, or is likely to result in harm, coercion, control, fear or deprivation liberty or autonomy.
