Regional Engineering Program Lead - APAC

JLL

About The Position

The Regional Engineering Program Lead provides strategic and operational engineering leadership across the client’s JAPAC portfolio, ensuring the safe, compliant, reliable, and efficient operation of building services, infrastructure, and critical engineering systems. Reporting to the Global Engineering Lead, the role leads regional engineering operations, technical governance, asset management, reliability, and continuous improvement in support of integrated facilities management services. The position works closely with the Account Director as the primary regional stakeholder to align global engineering standards with regional business priorities and client expectations. The role also oversees and coordinates regional project delivery, ensuring engineering and project programs are planned, prioritised, and executed in support of operational and business objectives. This includes leading the Regional Projects Lead, who maintains functional alignment with the Projects vertical. The position is full-time and described as on-site in North Ryde, NSW; the posting also lists the location as Remote – Sydney, NSW.

Requirements

Recognised engineering qualification in Mechanical, Electrical, or Building Services engineering.
Strong knowledge of building systems, regulatory compliance, and engineering best practices.
Significant engineering leadership experience in complex, multi-site, or regional environments, including management of dispersed, multidisciplinary teams within matrix structures.
Demonstrated experience managing business-critical or technically complex facilities across self-delivered and outsourced service models, including integrated facilities management contracts.
Experience delivering technical and non-technical projects, with strong understanding of scope, budgeting, scheduling, risk management, and stakeholder coordination.
Experience in asset management, including CMMS data, condition assessments, lifecycle planning, and capital expenditure.
Strong financial management and cost-optimisation capability.
Strong leadership, stakeholder engagement, and analytical skills.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office.
Commercially aware and service-oriented approach to operational excellence.

Nice To Haves

Relevant engineering certifications or Authorised Person status.

Responsibilities

Provide regional engineering leadership across JAPAC, including team staffing, performance management, development, and succession planning, while driving global standards and best practices.
Ensure effective operation and maintenance of critical building infrastructure, including electrical, mechanical, HVAC, UPS, generators, and HV/LV systems, and drive regulatory, contractual, and safety compliance.
Manage planned preventative maintenance compliance against a 95% target and reactive maintenance; act as the regional escalation point for engineering issues and oversee specialist service-provider performance.
Lead asset-management initiatives, including accurate CMMS data, asset lifecycle visibility, preventive and predictive maintenance, risk-based planning, and condition assessments.
Develop and maintain a rolling five-year capital asset replacement plan and provide engineering input into capital investment planning and infrastructure improvements.
Identify and manage engineering and infrastructure risks, and support regional energy-efficiency and sustainability initiatives aligned with client and global goals.
Oversee regional engineering programs and project delivery, including supervising the Regional Projects Lead and ensuring effective planning, execution, and stakeholder engagement.
Review project business cases, budgets, and schedules; coordinate engineering, facilities, and project teams; and ensure appropriate commissioning and handover of completed projects.
Partner with the Account Director and leadership to align priorities with client objectives, and provide performance reporting on compliance, risk, capital planning, and program delivery.
Support budget planning, cost optimisation, and financial forecasting.
Lead team engagement and capability development, and foster a culture of safety and continuous improvement.