Director Asset Management

About the role

We are looking for an experienced Director of Asset Management to provide strategic leadership across asset management, engineering governance, maintenance planning and infrastructure lifecycle management. The role ensures operational excellence, asset reliability and long‑term value optimisation.

Key responsibilities

• Develop and implement asset management strategies, lifecycle plans and capital investment programmes.
• Oversee asset performance, reliability, maintenance governance and infrastructure renewal initiatives.
• Lead preventive, predictive and risk‑based maintenance strategies to optimise asset availability.
• Manage asset information systems, including EAM, CMMS, BIM, CAFM and digital asset management platforms.
• Oversee asset risk management, regulatory compliance, technical audits and quality assurance programmes.
• Manage contractor and service‑provider performance against KPIs, SLAs and contractual requirements.
• Drive capital expenditure planning, asset replacement strategies and infrastructure investment priorities.
• Lead business continuity, operational resilience and continuous improvement initiatives.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Civil, Industrial or related discipline).
• Minimum 16 years of relevant experience, including at least 6 years in people management.
• Strong background in Asset Management, Engineering Management, Facilities Management or Infrastructure Management.
• Extensive experience in asset lifecycle management, maintenance governance, reliability engineering and capital investment planning.
• Familiarity with ISO 55001, statutory compliance and asset management best practices.
• Proven leadership experience managing large‑scale, complex and asset‑intensive operations.
• Excellent strategic planning, financial management and stakeholder engagement skills.

Required skills

• EAM (Enterprise Asset Management) systems
• CMMS (Computerised Maintenance Management System)
• BIM (Building Information Modeling)
• CAFM (Computer‑Aided Facility Management)
• Digital asset management platforms