Director Asset Management

Confidential; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 600,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Confidential in Abu Dhabi is seeking an experienced Director Asset Management to provide strategic leadership across asset management, engineering governance, maintenance planning and lifecycle management. You will ensure operational excellence, asset reliability and long-term value optimisation.

Key responsibilities include developing asset strategies, overseeing performance and renewal initiatives, and driving capital expenditure planning.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related discipline.
• Minimum 16 years of relevant experience, including 6+ years in people management.
• Strong background in Asset/Engineering/Facilities/Infrastructure Management.
• Extensive experience in asset lifecycle management and capital investment planning.
• Familiarity with EAM, CMMS, BIM, CAFM and asset performance management systems.
• Knowledge of ISO 55001 and asset management best practices.
• Proven leadership of large-scale, asset-intensive operations.
• Excellent strategic planning, financial management and stakeholder engagement.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement asset management strategies and lifecycle plans.
• Oversee asset performance, reliability, maintenance governance, and renewal initiatives.
• Lead preventive, predictive and risk-based maintenance strategies.
• Manage asset information systems including EAM, CMMS, BIM, CAFM.
• Oversee asset risk management, regulatory compliance and audits.
• Manage contractor performance against KPIs, SLAs, and contracts.
• Drive capex planning, asset replacement strategies and investment priorities.
• Lead business continuity and continuous improvement initiatives.

Skills

Strategic planning

Stakeholder engagement

Financial management

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

EAM System

CMMS

BIM

CAFM

Job description

We are seeking an experienced Director Asset Management to provide strategic leadership across asset management, engineering governance, maintenance planning and infrastructure lifecycle management, ensuring 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.

Requirements

• 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.
• Strong knowledge of EAM, CMMS, BIM, CAFM and asset performance management systems.
• 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.