# Chief Engineer

Job Title Chief EngineerJob Description Summary Job Description Chief Engineer - Data Centre Operations Location: Southland, New Zealand About the Role We are seeking an experienced Chief Engineer to lead engineering operations within a critical data centre environment in Southland. This is a senior technical leadership role responsible for overseeing electrical and mechanical infrastructure, engineering standards, maintenance strategies, operational procedures and the performance and development of the engineering team. Key Responsibilities Provide technical leadership across critical electrical, mechanical and liquid-cooling systems. Oversee LV/MV electrical operations, generators, switching and maintenance activities. Develop and approve operational procedures, including MOPs, SOPs and EOPs. Lead incident investigations, root cause analysis and risk management. Oversee asset maintenance, performance, reliability and lifecycle planning. Lead, mentor and develop the engineering team. Support commissioning, testing and handover of new and modified infrastructure. About You Relevant engineering degree, professional registration or equivalent senior technical qualification. 10+ years

- **Id**: 4224887
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/cushman-wakefield-chief-engineer-14>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: head
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: explicit
- **Locations**: Dunedin, New Zealand
- **Countries**: NZ
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: yes
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-13T07:22:51Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-13
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-14T01:47:42Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 2145
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: yes
- **Industries**: Commercial Real Estate, Property Management, Real Estate Brokerage, Facilities Management

## Company

- **Id**: 448742
- **Name**: Cushman & Wakefield
- **Domain**: cushmanwakefield.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/cushmanwakefield-2>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 78
- **Open postings**: 144
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.861
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 22
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Hiring locations

- **New Zealand** — Iso: NZ; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-13T07:22:51Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 22
- **Reasons**: conf:2, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-14T04:20:25Z

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