Manager Assets & Infrastructure

peoplefusion recruitment; Newcastle City Council; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Genuine organizational influence

Collaborative leadership environment

Contribution to critical infrastructure

Job summary

A leading infrastructure company is seeking a Manager Assets & Infrastructure to drive the long-term strategy and performance of critical terminal assets. The successful candidate will maintain operational reliability while leading engineering and project functions. An ideal role for a strategic leader with deep technical expertise and strong commercial capability, this position offers an opportunity to influence key infrastructure supporting Australia’s vital export supply chains.

Qualifications

• Significant leadership experience within heavy industry, infrastructure, mining, processing or similar environments.
• Demonstrated success leading multidisciplinary engineering or asset management teams.
• Experience delivering major capital or infrastructure projects.
• Proven ability to influence at executive and stakeholder levels.
• A strong commitment to safety leadership and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Lead the engineering, assets and projects functions ensuring safe, reliable infrastructure.
• Develop and implement long-term asset management strategies.
• Provide expert technical and strategic advice to the CEO.
• Overseeing business-critical capital and infrastructure projects.
• Driving continuous improvement and innovation across asset systems and processes.
• Ensuring compliance with safety, environmental and regulatory requirements.
• Managing whole-of-life asset planning, forecasting and cost optimisation.
• Building capability and alignment across multidisciplinary engineering and project teams.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Technical expertise

Commercial acumen

Risk management

Team leadership

Education

Tertiary qualifications in Engineering

Job description

• Executive leadership role driving long-term asset performance and infrastructure strategy
• Influence critical infrastructure supporting one of Australia’s most important export supply chains
• Join a values-driven organisation committed to safety, innovation and operational excellence

Step into a key executive leadership position with Newcastle Coal Infrastructure Group (NCIG) as their Manager Assets & Infrastructure, where you will lead the stewardship, performance and long-term strategy of critical terminal infrastructure assets.

This is a rare opportunity to shape asset strategy at a whole-of-business level while contributing directly to organisational performance, safety outcomes and future capability.

About the company

Newcastle Coal Infrastructure Group (NCIG) plays a vital role in supporting the Hunter region’s economy and Australia’s energy supply chain. Operating world-class infrastructure, NCIG is committed to safety, reliability, sustainability and continuous improvement.

With a strong focus on long-term asset integrity and operational excellence, NCIG fosters a collaborative and high-performance culture where leadership, innovation and accountability are highly valued.

About the opportunity

Reporting directly to the Chief Executive Officer and forming part of the Executive Leadership Team, the Manager Assets & Infrastructure provides strategic leadership across engineering, asset management and major projects.

The role is accountable for ensuring world-class lifecycle management of terminal infrastructure while balancing operational reliability, risk, cost and long-term asset sustainability.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading the engineering, assets and projects functions to ensure safe, reliable and efficient infrastructure performance
• Developing and implementing long-term asset management strategies aligned with business objectives
• Providing expert technical and strategic advice to the CEO and Executive Leadership Team
• Overseeing business-critical capital and infrastructure projects
• Driving continuous improvement and innovation across asset systems and processes
• Ensuring compliance with safety, environmental and regulatory requirements
• Managing whole-of-life asset planning, forecasting and cost optimisation
• Building capability and alignment across multidisciplinary engineering and project teams

About you

You are a strategic and commercially astute engineering leader who combines deep technical expertise with executive leadership capability. You bring a long-term view of asset stewardship and thrive in complex, asset-intensive environments.

You will bring:

• Tertiary qualifications in Engineering (essential)
• Significant leadership experience within heavy industry, infrastructure, mining, processing or similar environments
• Demonstrated success leading multidisciplinary engineering or asset management teams
• Experience delivering major capital or infrastructure projects
• Strong commercial and risk management capability
• Proven ability to influence at executive and stakeholder levels
• A strong commitment to safety leadership and continuous improvement

Experience managing large-scale dynamic or structural assets will be highly regarded.

Why Join Newcastle Coal Infrastructure Group?

• Executive Leadership Team position with genuine organisational influence
• Opportunity to shape long-term infrastructure and asset strategy
• Work within a high-performing and collaborative leadership environment
• Contribute to critical infrastructure supporting regional and national industry

How to apply

To learn more about key responsibilities, company culture and associated benefits of this opportunity, please contact Amanda MacGregor today on 02 4927 2005 or Ali Kimmorley on 02 4927 2006. You can also email [e-mail] or [e-mail] for a confidential discussion. Alternatively, click "Apply" to submit your covering letter and CV by COB 30th March.

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