Senior Manager, Sustainability & Asset Performance
Swinburne University
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Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne seeks a Senior Manager, Sustainability & Asset Performance to lead data foundations, governance and reporting for sustainability and asset performance across the university's portfolio.
You will build multi-disciplinary teams, embed Net Zero commitments into capital and maintenance decisions, and provide evidence-based recommendations to executive and Council-level stakeholders.
Qualifications
- Tertiary qualifications in engineering, built environment, asset management, sustainability, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent experience.
- Experience leading multi-disciplinary teams and delivering data-driven reporting and governance.
Responsibilities
- Build and own a coherent, multi-year Asset Performance framework that integrates sustainability reporting, lifecycle data and performance analytics to inform estate investment decisions.
- Balance competing technical priorities across disciplines and translate them into evidence-based recommendations.
- Represent asset performance data and reporting to executive and Council-level stakeholders and governance bodies.
- Translate decarbonisation and energy performance commitments into asset-level targets embedded in capital and maintenance decisions.
- Manage sustainability certification obligations, including Climate Active, and ensure compliance during transition periods.
- Lead and develop a multi-disciplinary team of technical specialists, setting accountability and performance expectations for direct reports.
- Build team capability and engage external expertise where required.
Skills
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Job description
- Drive Swinburne's sustainability reporting and asset performance through data-led insight
- Full-time, ongoing position based at our Hawthorn campus
- Hew 9 + 17% super and staff benefits
Lead Swinburne's sustainability reporting and asset performance as our Senior Manager, Sustainability & Asset Performance. In this influential leadership role, you will build and own the data foundations, reporting frameworks and governance practices that drive evidence-based decision making across our built environment.
Leading a multidisciplinary team of specialists across sustainability, asset analytics, lifecycle planning, engineering systems, maintenance planning and compliance, you will ensure asset performance data is accurate, reliable and translatable into meaningful insights for investment planning, risk management and regulatory compliance across our portfolio.
A key focus of the role is embedding sustainability and decarbonisation objectives, including Swinburne's Net Zero pathway, into asset-level reporting and capital planning decisions. This is a unique opportunity to shape how a leading university uses data and evidence to balance sustainability commitments, operational performance and long-term asset value. Ideal for someone who is analytically rigorous and operationally grounded, this role offers the chance to make a lasting impact on Swinburne's sustainability and infrastructure future.
To be suitable for this role you will need to have experience in the below key accountabilities:
- Build and own a coherent, multi-year Asset Performance framework that integrates sustainability reporting, lifecycle data and performance analytics to inform estate investment decisions
- Balance competing technical priorities across disciplines (e.g. compliance urgency versus capital constraint) and translate them into clear, defensible evidence-based recommendations
- Represent asset performance data, reporting and evidence to executive and Council-level stakeholders and governance bodies.
- Translate Swinburne's decarbonisation and energy performance commitments, including its Net Zero pathway, into asset-level targets embedded in capital and maintenance investment decisions.
- Manage Swinburne's sustainability certification obligations, including supporting the university's current transition in relation to Climate Active, and ensuring compliance requirements are met through the transition period
- Lead and develop a multi-disciplinary team of technical specialists, setting clear accountability and performance expectations for each direct report.
- Build team capability and identify specialist capability gaps, engaging external expertise where required.
- Ensure statutory maintenance and compliance obligations relevant to building services (fire, HVAC, essential safety measures) are met, via oversight of the Senior Officer, Maintenance Planning & Compliance.
- Drive Swinburne's sustainability reporting and asset performance through data-led insight
- Full-time, ongoing position based at our Hawthorn campus
- Hew 9 + 17% super and staff benefits
Lead Swinburne's sustainability reporting and asset performance as our Senior Manager, Sustainability & Asset Performance. In this influential leadership role, you will build and own the data foundations, reporting frameworks and governance practices that drive evidence-based decision making across our built environment.
Leading a multidisciplinary team of specialists across sustainability, asset analytics, lifecycle planning, engineering systems, maintenance planning and compliance, you will ensure asset performance data is accurate, reliable and translatable into meaningful insights for investment planning, risk management and regulatory compliance across our portfolio.
A key focus of the role is embedding sustainability and decarbonisation objectives, including Swinburne's Net Zero pathway, into asset-level reporting and capital planning decisions. This is a unique opportunity to shape how a leading university uses data and evidence to balance sustainability commitments, operational performance and long-term asset value. Ideal for someone who is analytically rigorous and operationally grounded, this role offers the chance to make a lasting impact on Swinburne's sustainability and infrastructure future.
To be suitable for this role you will need to have experience in the below key accountabilities:
- Build and own a coherent, multi-year Asset Performance framework that integrates sustainability reporting, lifecycle data and performance analytics to inform estate investment decisions
- Balance competing technical priorities across disciplines (e.g. compliance urgency versus capital constraint) and translate them into clear, defensible evidence-based recommendations
- Represent asset performance data, reporting and evidence to executive and Council-level stakeholders and governance bodies.
- Translate Swinburne's decarbonisation and energy performance commitments, including its Net Zero pathway, into asset-level targets embedded in capital and maintenance investment decisions.
- Manage Swinburne's sustainability certification obligations, including supporting the university's current transition in relation to Climate Active, and ensuring compliance requirements are met through the transition period
- Lead and develop a multi-disciplinary team of technical specialists, setting clear accountability and performance expectations for each direct report.
- Build team capability and identify specialist capability gaps, engaging external expertise where required.
- Ensure statutory maintenance and compliance obligations relevant to building services (fire, HVAC, essential safety measures) are met, via oversight of the Senior Officer, Maintenance Planning & Compliance.
For more information please refer to the job description
Tertiary qualifications in engineering, built environment, asset management, sustainability, or a related technical discipline or progress towards postgraduate qualifications and extensive relevant experience; or extensive experience and management expertise; or an equivalent combination of relevant experience and/or education/training
Swinburne’s strategy draws upon our understanding of future challenges. We choose to build Swinburne as the prototype of a new and different university – one that is truly of Technology, of Innovation and of Entrepreneurship. We are committed to a differentiated university proposition in education and research.
Our Ad Astra strategy is the cornerstone of Swinburne’s bold ambition to lead globally in technology-driven education and research. This strategy positions us to create transformative solutions, empower learners, and partner with industry to thrive in an ever-changing world.
- Work your way with flexible working arrangements, including hybrid options and generous parental leave to support a balanced lifestyle.
- Exclusive staff discounts, including discounted Medibank health insurance, 50% off Swinburne courses and other partner offers.
- Swinburne offers 17% super and salary packaging options, including car leasing and extra super contributions.
- Want to learn more? Head over to our benefits page!
Swinburne has become a world-class university, driving social and economic impacts through science, technology, and innovation. As a dual-sector university, our vision is for people and technology working together to build a better world.
Central to our vision is our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. We pride ourselves on being an equal opportunity employer focused on attracting, retaining, and developing great talent. We work to remove barriers related to gender identity, culture, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, and age.
Swinburne is proud to be recognised as an AWEI Gold Employer, reflecting our commitment to creating an inclusive workplace where LGBTQIA+ employees, students and communities can thrive.
We strongly encourage applicants from diverse Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. Our Moondani Toombadool Centre leads our Indigenous education and culture at Swinburne, guided by community wisdom and leadership.
We support applicants with disabilities, and reasonable adjustments can be requested at any stage of the recruitment process.
For reasonable adjustment requests - including accessible formats of the position description, application form, or other documents, please contact ***************@swin.edu.au or call +61 3 9214 3550. Please note: this phone number is for disability and reasonable adjustment enquiries only. General enquiries about the role can also be emailed to ***************@swin.edu.au.
Victoria’s Commitment to Action: Improving international student employment outcomes.
As a signatory to Victoria’s Commitment to Action, Swinburne seeks to remove barriers to international graduate employment. We welcome and encourage applications from international graduates.
As a Circle Back Initiative Employer, we commit to responding to every applicant.
Please Note: Appointment to this position is subject to passing a Working with Children Check.
Applications Close: 30 October at 11.30 pm
Swinburne offers flexible working options contained in our leave and parenting/carer policies to support work-life balance.
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