Asset Manager

UGL; Sydney; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

UGL Transport in Sydney, Australia seeks an experienced Asset Manager to oversee strategic management, performance, reliability, and lifecycle optimisation of digital and physical assets across multiple projects in the Rail and Technology sector.

You will lead asset planning, risk management, and maintenance strategies to ensure safe, compliant, and cost-effective operations, while supporting continuous improvement and customer outcomes across the asset lifecycle from acquisition to disposal.

Qualifications

• Tertiary Qualifications in Engineering or equivalent (mandatory).
• Accreditation as a Chartered Professional Engineer (desirable).
• A minimum of 5 years’ experience in the rail or construction industry.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement asset management strategies, policies, and frameworks.
• Lead asset lifecycle planning, including acquisition, operation, maintenance, renewal, and disposal.
• Monitor asset condition, performance, reliability, and risk.
• Develop maintenance and renewal programs to optimise asset availability and whole-of-life costs.
• Ensure compliance with relevant standards, regulations, and safety requirements.
• Support capital investment planning and asset renewal decision-making.
• Manage asset assurance activities and performance reporting.
• Coordinate internal and external stakeholders to achieve asset performance objectives.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives across asset management practices.
• Support engineering, operations, and project teams in delivering safe, reliable, and efficient customer services.
• Provide training and upskilling to asset administrators within the business and customer premises as required by the project.

Education

Tertiary Qualifications in Engineering or equivalent

Chartered Professional Engineer (desirable)

5 years’ experience in rail or construction industry

Job description

UGL Transport is a diversified transport company delivering critical assets and essential services that sustain and enhance the environment in which we live. Our capabilities extend across a broad range of services and whole-of-life solutions across the Transport sector, utilising world leading, sustainable and innovative technologies. We partner with some of the world’s largest blue-chip companies, government agencies, private enterprise, and public institutions.

We are guided by our Company values which extend to all leaders and team members and across all departments within the company.

Job Purpose

The Asset Manager is responsible for the strategic management, performance, reliability, and lifecycle optimisation of digital and physical assets across multiple projects. As a key member of the Rail and Technology business, the Asset Manager is responsible for ensuring assets are maintained, renewed, and operated in a safe, compliant, and cost-effective manner to support business objectives and customer outcomes. They will bring industry and theoretical best practice to bear on existing and future projects.

The Asset Manager provides leadership in asset planning, risk management, configuration management, maintenance strategy, and asset assurance activities though all project phases. The role oversees asset performance monitoring and collaborates with engineering, operations, maintenance, and project teams to ensure asset integrity throughout the asset lifecycle, from acquisition and commissioning through to operation, renewal, and disposal.

In addition, the Asset Manager supports the Engineering team in developing and implementing asset management strategies that drive continuous improvement, optimise asset performance, reduce whole-of-life costs, and improve service reliability. The role ensures compliance with UGL organisational policies, industry standards, regulatory obligations, and maintenance requirements while supporting the successful delivery of customer transition to operations and through life support as required.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and implement asset management strategies, policies, and frameworks.
• Lead asset lifecycle planning, including acquisition, operation, maintenance, renewal, and disposal.
• Monitor asset condition, performance, reliability, and risk.
• Develop maintenance and renewal programs to optimise asset availability and whole-of-life costs.
• Ensure compliance with relevant standards, regulations, and safety requirements.
• Support capital investment planning and asset renewal decision-making.
• Manage asset assurance activities and performance reporting.
• Coordinate internal and external stakeholders to achieve asset performance objectives.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives across asset management practices.
• Support engineering, operations, and project teams in delivering safe, reliable, and efficient customer services.
• Provide training and upskilling to asset administrators within the business and customer premises as required by the project.

Qualifications

• Tertiary Qualifications in Engineering or equivalent (mandatory).
• Accreditation as a Chartered Professional Engineer (desirable).
• A minimum of 5 years’ experience in the rail or construction industry.

Diversity

We embrace diversity in all its forms—backgrounds, ideas, work styles, and perspectives. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we strongly encourage applications from women, individuals with disabilities, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people, mature-aged workers, and those from culturally diverse backgrounds.

Our selection process includes relevant screening checks such as national criminal history and pre-employment medical assessments, including drug and alcohol screening.