Asset & Maintenance Manager

Appoint; Gold Coast City; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Appoint on the Gold Coast is seeking an Asset & Maintenance Manager to lead a hands-on maintenance function for a fleet of trucks, dozers, excavators and heavy equipment. You will drive reliability, lifecycle planning and asset optimization across site infrastructure and fixed plant.

The role focuses on leading maintenance teams, coordinating contractors, and delivering commercial discipline through data-driven decision making and robust CMMS usage.

Qualifications

• Experience managing maintenance across fixed plant, infrastructure and mobile assets.
• Experience managing contractors, suppliers and maintenance activities.
• Sound commercial judgement across reliability, lifecycle planning and asset replacement.
• Using data to drive asset performance with CMMS.
• Solutions-focused leadership with stakeholder skills across operations, maintenance, projects and asset management.

Responsibilities

• Lead planned, preventative and reactive maintenance across the asset base
• Manage maintenance contractors, suppliers and compliance requirements
• Improve fleet reliability, availability and maintenance performance
• Manage maintenance expenditure and asset lifecycle decisions
• Maintain accurate asset and maintenance systems
• Partner with Site Managers and senior leadership on operational priorities, fleet renewal and upgrades

Skills

Maintenance management

Contractor management

Asset management

Data-driven decision making

Leadership

Tools

CMMS

Job description

The Opportunity

Appoint is partnering with an established and growing Gold Coast operation to appoint an Asset & Maintenance Manager.

This is a hands-on leadership role focused primarily on a significant fleet of trucks, dozers, excavators, compactors and water carts, with responsibility also extending to fixed plant and site infrastructure.

The foundations are strong, with established systems, experienced site teams and a comprehensive asset register. The opportunity is to bring greater structure, consistency and commercial discipline to the maintenance function.

What You'll Do

• Lead planned, preventative and reactive maintenance across the asset base
• Manage maintenance contractors, suppliers and compliance requirements
• Improve fleet reliability, availability and maintenance performance
• Manage maintenance expenditure and asset lifecycle decisions
• Maintain accurate asset and maintenance systems
• Partner with Site Managers and senior leadership on operational priorities, fleet renewal and upgrades

About You

We're looking for an experienced Maintenance, Fleet or Asset Manager, ideally with strong heavy mobile equipment experience.

You’ll ideally bring:

• Experience managing maintenance and reliability acrossfixed plant, infrastructure and mobile assets, ideally including heavy vehicles and equipment.
• Proven experience managingcontractors, suppliers and maintenance activities.
• Sound commercial judgement acrossreliability, maintenance, lifecycle planning and asset replacement.
• Experience withCMMS, fleet or asset management systemsand using data to drive asset performance.
• Apractical, solutions-focused leaderwith strong stakeholder skills across operations, maintenance, projects and asset management.

You don't need to be a qualified mechanic. What's important is that you understand heavy equipment, can engage confidently with mechanics and contractors, and can make sound maintenance and asset decisions.

Experience across transport, mining, civil construction, waste, recycling or earthmoving will be highly regarded.