Asset Engineer

Hoban Recruitment; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 155,000; Full time

Job summary

Hoban Recruitment advertises an Asset Engineer role for a national university portfolio in Australia. Based in Fitzroy, Melbourne, the role focuses on asset lifecycle planning, renewal priorities and strategic investment across campuses.

You will lead risk-based assessments, develop long-term investment strategies and advise senior leadership on capital allocation. This position requires strong engineering and stakeholder-management capabilities and experience with complex property portfolios.

Qualifications

• Degree in Engineering or related field with focus on asset management or infrastructure planning.
• Experience in asset lifecycle strategies, renewal programs and investment plans.
• Strong knowledge of risk-based maintenance and statutory compliance.

Responsibilities

• Develop university-wide asset-management frameworks, lifecycle models and assessment methodologies.
• Lead asset condition, criticality and performance assessments.
• Develop long-term asset renewal, replacement and capital investment strategies.
• Prioritise maintenance and renewal based on asset condition, risk and operational importance.
• Provide strategic engineering advice across buildings, infrastructure, utilities and critical systems.
• Lead infrastructure risk, governance and engineering-compliance activities.
• Improve asset data quality, reporting, analytics and system integration.
• Translate asset, operational and financial data into investment recommendations.
• Prepare strategic reports and presentations for senior leadership.
• Build relationships across facilities, projects, finance, governance and external partners.

Skills

Asset management

Engineering

Risk management

Stakeholder management

Data analytics

Communication

Education

Engineering degree

Asset Management / Infrastructure Management / Building Services degree

Job description

Lead asset lifecycle planning, infrastructure risk and long-term investment strategy across a national university property portfolio.

About the Organisation

This respected Australian university is a nationally recognised education and research institution with seven campuses across Australia.
Combining national scale with a strong sense of purpose, the university delivers education, research and community initiatives that contribute to a fairer, more ethical and sustainable future.

About the Role

The Asset Engineer will lead asset lifecycle planning and renewal priorities across the university’s national property portfolio.

This strategic and hands,

Key Responsibilities

• Develop university-wide asset-management frameworks, lifecycle models and assessment methodologies.
• Lead asset condition, criticality and performance assessments.
• Develop long-term asset renewal, replacement and capital investment strategies.
• Prioritise maintenance and renewal based on asset condition, risk and operational importance.
• Provide strategic engineering advice across buildings, infrastructure, utilities and critical systems.
• Lead infrastructure risk, statutory compliance and engineering-governance activities.
• Improve asset data quality, reporting, analytics and system integration.
• Translate technical, operational, financial and risk data into clear investment recommendations.
• Prepare strategic reports and presentations for senior leadership.
• Build effective relationships across facilities, projects, finance, governance and external technical partners.

Location:

Fitzroy, Melbourne

About You

You will bring strong asset-management or engineering experience, supported by technical, analytical and stakeholder-management skills.

• A degree in Engineering, Asset Management, Infrastructure Management, Building Services or a related discipline.
• Experience in asset management, facilities engineering, infrastructure planning or building services.
• Experience working across a large, complex or geographically dispersed property portfolio.
• Demonstrated experience developing asset lifecycle strategies, renewal programs and infrastructure investment plans.
• Strong knowledge of risk-based maintenance, engineering governance and statutory compliance.
• The ability to translate asset, operational, financial and risk data into strategic recommendations.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to influence technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Why Join?

Help shape the performance, resilience and sustainability of a major national property portfolio. Bring your strategic asset-management and technical expertise to influence long-term infrastructure investment—

At HOBAN we encourage applications from people with disability, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, people of all genders, LGBTI people, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

We provide reasonable adjustments; including alternate formats to the recruitment process for individuals with disability.