Head of Assets

Purpose

Responsible for the end-to-end asset strategy development and implementation which includes the optimisation, utilization, and pro-active maintenance of assets. The role is required to advice senior management on maximizing its investments in assets, equipment, and facilities.

Key Performance Areas

• Transformational Leadership
• Strategic Asset Management
• Financial Management
• Risk Management
• Human Resources Management
• Stakeholder Management & Reporting 

Roles & Responsibilities

• Assist with the development and implementation of a strong leadership culture throughout all levels of Business Unit.
• Foster a desire to learn, promote accountability and a culture of recognition, and encourage a shared vision among all employees.
• Develop strategic, tactical, and operational documents such as Asset Lifecycle Plans, Strategic Asset Management Plan, and Asset Management Plans.
• Develop and maintain up-to-date detailed asset registers for all facilities, including owned, leased, and rented.
• Develop and execute the planned maintenance programme strategy to ensure business continuity incurs minimum downtime of assets.
• Provide input targets in terms of availability, reliability, and cost optimisation of assets.
• Develops and recommends asset management policy and strategy to minimise total cost of ownership, increase reliability and meet performance standards throughout the Group.
• Evaluate and approve quotation as requested and ensure all approval are in the best interest of the company and are sustainable.
• Enforce compliance with all applicable regulations and standards with regards to the machinery.
• Ensuring that all regulatory training is completed in accordance with the company and clients’ requirements.
• Contribute to a safe and healthy workplace by complying with relevant regulations and policies.
• Facilitates communication among clients and internal stakeholders, ensuring specifications, budgets, and deadlines are clearly communicated and understood.
• Establishes, implement, and maintain administrative policies, procedures, and standards relating to technical assets.
• Negotiate contracts with outside vendors.
• Provide weekly and monthly reporting, detailing scheduled versus actual maintenance activities and resource usage with regards to assets.
• Monthly EXCO report to be prepared detailing progress on all elements, indicating month-on-month improvement.

Skills Required

• Minimum 5 years in senior management (they must have reported directly to EXCO and show experience being the accountable person for the assets division in a company)
• Asset Management experience covering administrative, contractual, and financial aspects of a facilities management contract.
• Experience in both yellow equipment and trucks and trailers
• Mechanical engineering degree or equivalent (must have completed it / be qualified)
• Must have more than maintenance experience, must have the strategic elements too, like strategy development, technical application of assets

Competencies

• Technical Skills
• Interpersonal Skills
• Strategic Planning
• Analytical Ability & Decision Making
• People Leadership
• Communication
• Systems knowledge