Senior Technical Advisor - Healthcare Infrastructure

About the role

TSA Riley is looking for a Senior Technical Advisor - Healthcare Infrastructure to support the delivery of the New Coomera Hospital on the Gold Coast. Working within the client-side team at Senior Project Manager level, you will provide technical leadership across the hospital's engineering and building systems, from design and construction through to commissioning and handover. You do not need to be a career project manager; the firm values people who understand how complex facilities operate and would improve them.

Key responsibilities

• Provide client-side technical leadership across design, construction, commissioning and handover
• Review engineering designs, technical submissions and proposed solutions
• Coordinate mechanical, electrical, hydraulic and associated building systems
• Apply an operational lens to reliability, resilience, maintainability and whole-of-life performance
• Identify technical risks, gaps and system interface issues
• Work with consultants, contractors, commissioning specialists and suppliers
• Coordinate clinical, operational, engineering and project requirements
• Oversee interfaces between building services, ICT, security, medical equipment and operational infrastructure
• Support commissioning, testing and verification, and champion operational readiness, maintenance access and asset management
• Support defect resolution, handover and transition into operations, and give clear technical advice to senior project stakeholders

Required profile

• Approximately 10 years' experience in facilities management, estate management, building-services engineering or technically complex assets
• Experience managing critical building systems in large operational facilities
• Experience supporting design, construction, commissioning or major capital works
• Understanding of operational readiness, handover and asset lifecycle management
• Client-side, owner-side, facilities management or campus engineering experience
• Relevant qualification in engineering, construction, project management, building services or a related discipline
• Hospital or healthcare experience is highly regarded; transferable experience from data centres, defence facilities, airports or university campuses is considered

Required skills

• Strong knowledge of mechanical, electrical, hydraulic and associated services
• Stakeholder management and communication skills
• Confidence to challenge technical recommendations constructively
• Experience coordinating consultants, contractors, operators and end users

What we offer

• A meaningful role on a major greenfield hospital project
• The chance to influence outcomes from a client-side position
• Collaboration with experienced healthcare, project and technical specialists
• Exposure across design, construction, commissioning and handover
• A supportive and inclusive team with broader career development opportunities