Asset & Maintenance Manager

Appoint Recruit; Gold Coast City; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Appoint Recruit is partnering with a Gold Coast operation to appoint an Asset & Maintenance Manager for a significant fleet of trucks, dozers, excavators and related assets. The role focuses on hands-on leadership, maintenance planning, and lifecycle decisions across mobile and fixed assets.

You will lead maintenance across the asset base, manage contractors and data-driven performance, and collaborate with site managers to align priorities and fleet upgrades.

Qualifications

• Experience managing maintenance across fixed plant, infrastructure and mobile assets.
• Proven ability to manage contractors, suppliers and maintenance activities.
• Sound commercial judgement across reliability, lifecycle planning and asset replacement.
• Experience using CMMS/asset systems and data to drive performance.
• Solutions-focused leadership with strong stakeholder skills.

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 priorities, renewal and upgrades.

Skills

Maintenance leadership

Asset management

Contractor management

Heavy equipment knowledge

Data-driven decision making

Tools

CMMS

Job description

• Leadership role across a significant mobile and fixed asset portfolio
• Permanent | Gold Coast | Career opportunity | International organisation
• Improve fleet reliability, contractor performance and asset lifecycle management

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 across fixed plant, infrastructure and mobile assets, ideally including heavy vehicles and equipment.
• Proven experience managing contractors, suppliers and maintenance activities.
• Sound commercial judgement across reliability, maintenance, lifecycle planning and asset replacement.
• Experience with CMMS, fleet or asset management systems and using data to drive asset performance.
• A practical, solutions-focused leader with 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.