Head Of Asset Management

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Job Description

1. Strategic Leadership

  • Develop and lead the organization's asset management strategy.
  • Align asset management plans with business goals and regulatory frameworks.
  • Lead lifecycle planning (acquisition, operation, maintenance, and disposal).
  • Promote a culture of proactive asset care.
  • Team scheduling and resource planning.
  • Service level agreements (SLAs) in relation to contracted services, ensuring the SLAs are achieved.
  • Manage technicians and action teams to site, providing guidance, testing, engineering, and contractually.
2. Engineering Integration
  • Apply engineering principles (mechanical, civil, electrical, etc.) to evaluate and improve asset performance.
  • Ensure engineering standards are integrated into asset management systems and maintained.
  • Lead root cause analysis and continuous improvement initiatives for failures or underperformance.
  • Manage technicians and action teams to site, providing guidance on testing, engineering, cleaning, and contractually.
3. Asset Lifecycle Management
  • Define processes for asset acquisition, maintenance, inspection, and decommissioning.
  • Oversee asset condition monitoring and health assessment.
  • Ensure capital investment decisions are informed by lifecycle cost analysis.
4. Risk and Compliance
  • Ensure compliance with health, safety, environmental, and industry regulations.
  • Develop risk-based maintenance and replacement strategies.
5. Data and Technology
  • Champion the use of Asset Management Systems (Internal Company Systems - CRM).
  • Utilize data analytics, IoT, and predictive maintenance tools.
  • Oversee asset data governance and ensure accuracy for decision-making.
6. Team and Stakeholder Leadership
  • Lead and mentor multidisciplinary engineering and asset management teams.
  • Collaborate with finance, operations, IT, and other departments.
  • Report to executive leadership on asset performance and strategic initiatives.
  • Responsible for all existing sites daily monitoring.
  • Responsible for all existing site daily operations.
  • Responsible for all existing site monthly reports.
7. Education
  • Bachelor's (Electrical, Civil, Project Management).
  • Additional qualifications in Asset Management beneficial.
8. Experience
  • 5+ years in asset management, engineering, or operations leadership.
  • Proven track record in strategic planning and lifecycle asset management.
9. Skills
  • Strong knowledge of engineering principles, maintenance, and reliability.
  • Proficiency in asset management systems and tools.
  • Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
KPIs & Performance
  • Asset availability and reliability.
  • Maintenance cost optimization.
  • Asset utilization rate.
  • Compliance and audit scores.
  • Return on Assets (ROA) and total lifecycle cost savings.
  • Strong communicator.

Skills Required

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Job Detail

  • Job Id
    JD1603205
  • Industry
    Not mentioned
  • Total Positions
    1
  • Job Type:
    Full Time
  • Salary:
    Not mentioned
  • Employment Status
    Permanent
  • Job Location
    Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
  • Education
    Not mentioned