Head of Asset Management NEW

What’s on offer:

• Join one of the largest essential service providers in Australia and New Zealand.
• Split your time between the office and work from home.
• Full time permanent role with a respected stable ASX listed organisation with considerable room for professional development.
• Newly created key leadership opportunity with the ability to have a significant impact.

About the role: 

Reporting to our General Manager Asset and Project Management our Head of Asset Management will play a key leadership role in our Defence and Social Infrastructure Sector uplifting our delivery and further shape our collaborative client centric culture.

You will be responsible for the complete lifecycle management of national assets including setting the standards and processes and seeking opportunities for continuous improvement, transformational change and exceeding service standards across our diverse contracts.

Based from our Melbourne corporate head office this position offers flexible hybrid working with time in the office, face to face with internal and external stakeholders and work from home.

Role Responsibilities:

• Deliver standardised processes to ensure asset management compliance to laws and our contract terms.
• Drive delivery of efficiencies through process to support bottom line delivery.
• Champion excellence with Risk, SHEQ and statutory obligations.
• Manage financial budget and resources including defining cost drivers associated to identify opportunities to optimise and minimise.
• Work with senior stakeholders across the organisation to drive enhancement to our asset appraisal, estate project delivery, renewal programs, asset data management and maintenance plan development.
• Drive improvements to our asset engineering, maintenance optimisation including work order planning, scheduling and despatch areas.
• Uplift our jeopardy management and responsible reaction work order administration.
• Identify and support improvements to our call centre performance and customer interaction.

About you:

• Tertiary level qualifications in a relevant discipline.
• Extensive Asset Management and Project Management exposure within a complex business at scale.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and leadership capability.
• Well-developed knowledge in program delivery, change management and driving continuous improvement.
• Exceptional business acumen and written and verbal communications skills.
• Confident in business partnering with a wide variety of stakeholders including operational areas and members of our senior Executive Leadership Team.

About Ventia: 

Ventia is a leading infrastructure services company, operating across Australia and New Zealand. Our clients are the owners and operators of assets that are critical to our local communities. No one else does exactly what we do in the way we do it. Making infrastructure work for our communities is at the heart of who we are and it’s what unites and excites us.

Diversity:

Ventia is enriched by the diverse experiences, talents, and cultures that our people bring to the organisation, while celebrating and respecting the communities we operate in. We are committed to providing a safe and positive environment that provides equal opportunities for individuals of all backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, LGBTQIA+, Women, Veterans and spouses and people with disabilities.

How to apply:

If you are looking to expand your career with a business that rewards and values its employees, please apply by clicking on the ‘Apply for job’ button.

Please note our offices will be closed between the 20th of December and returning from the 13th of January. Shortlisting for the position will commence in the new year.

Position Reference Number: 161228