Equipment Implementation Lead

**Equipment Implementation Lead - Manufacturing Centres of Excellence**

**Temporary Full-time until June 2026**

**$185,007 package includes salary ($163,687), employer’s contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading.**

At TAFE NSW, we are dedicated to life-changing impact.

That’s why we offer world-class training and education that delivers the skills needed for the jobs of today and tomorrow.

**The TAFE NSW Manufacturing Centres of Excellence (MCoE),** are National Centres of Excellence, a joint initiative between the Australian Government and NSW Government under the National Skills Agreement.

MCoEs are an innovative education model to tackle the manufacturing skills challenge for NSW and Australia. Located in Western Sydney, the Hunter, and the Illawarra, each centre specialises in different areas. These include advanced manufacturing with robotics and 3D printing, supporting clean energy in net zero manufacturing and sustainable manufacturing practices, supporting the heavy manufacturing industry, and supporting new and existing workforce build the skills they need for the future.

By partnering with other CoEs, TAFES, universities, and industry, these nationally networked centres ensure training aligns with real-world job requirements. The MCoEs offer short courses, microskills, and will soon deliver higher apprenticeships to help individuals become job-ready or enhance their skills for future opportunities.

Learn more about this initiative by visiting TAFE NSW Manufacturing Centres of Excellence.

**About the role**

Reporting to the Digital Solutions Project manager, the Equipment Implementation Lead will play a pivotal role in supporting the deployment of specialised teaching equipment across the MCoE’s. This role is critical to ensuring that all equipment installations align with TAFE NSW’s Digital Solutions Group standards. You will contribute to tender evaluations, review vendor contracts, ensure security and privacy compliance, and work to support the implementation of advanced manufacturing technologies, ensuring seamless integration with TAFE’s digital infrastructure. Your role will help minimise operational risks and ensure smooth handovers that support future learning environments.

**About You**

You are a proactive and collaborative professional with a background in delivering ICT solutions for customers. Your friendly, approachable and can-do attitude is at the core of who you are, allowing you to navigate uncertain environments.

Drawing on your experience in delivering ICT projects, solutions or support services to customers, you will have the ability to understand ICT requirements to ensure successful installation, commissioning, and testing.

Your stakeholder engagement and vendor management skills make you a trusted partner in complex implementation projects. You thrive in dynamic settings, communicate effectively across diverse teams, and consistently deliver customer-focused outcomes. Your ability to assess technical solutions, manage competing priorities, and drive results ensures you're well-equipped to participate in this transformative initiative for MCoE.

**To be successful in this role you will hold a**:

- Degree qualification in related field or equivalent experience.

**Highly Regarded**:

- Demonstrated experience in installation and management in manufacturing facilities
- Project management acumen
- Demonstrated ICT field support experience
- Demonstrated contract and vendor management experience.

To find out more about the role, click to view the Position Description.

**Applications close 11.55pm AEST Monday 29 September 2025**
- Your current resume
- Copies of your qualifications, if applicable (upload as one PDF file). Certified copies preferred; these will be required if successful for the role.

**TARGETED QUESTION**:Describe a time you managed a complex technical implementation. How did you ensure the project met its objectives, complied with established standards and delivered value to stakeholders?

**Our commitment to Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion**

We are committed to creating a culturally safe and accessible workplace where dignity, trust, respect, and the promotion of diversity and inclusion are valued, so you can safely bring your whole self to work and connect with your community through our many diverse employee networks.

If you require an adjustment in the recruitment process, please contact our Talent Acquisition Advisor listed above.

This is a child-related position. A Working with Children Check is a prerequisite for anyone in child-related work. It involves a national criminal history check and review of findings of workplace misconduct.

To be eligible for positions at TAFE NSW, you need to be an Australian Citizen or Permanent Resident of Australia or a New Zealand citizen with a current New Zealand passport.

A talent pool, valid for 18 months, may be created for this position, and position(s) of the same classification