IT Asset Care Specialist

Canadian Nuclear Laboratories; Chalk River; On-site; CAD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Canadian Nuclear Laboratories in Chalk River is seeking an IT Asset Care Specialist to oversee hardware and software asset management, support procurement strategies, ensure licensing compliance, and enhance asset tracking across the organization.

The role involves establishing asset policies, optimizing ROI, conducting audits, and collaborating with senior management to align purchasing with business goals. On-site position with opportunities to improve processes and drive cost efficiency.

Qualifications

• College diploma or university degree in a field related.

Responsibilities

• Establishing (or refreshing) policies and procedures for tracking the sign-in and sign-out of mobile assets, such as laptops, PDAs, and other devices.
• Exploring opportunities for maximizing or exploiting unused or partially used IT assets to achieve full efficiency and ROI from company resources.
• Developing strategies and external relationships to implement plans for auctioning, recycling, or otherwise selling obsolete assets.
• Participating in evaluation of the asset management process.
• Conducting and reporting software asset reconciliation and audit activities on a timely basis, including financial, licensing, warranty, and maintenance/support contract information.
• Comparing warranties, maintenance agreements, and vendor contracts to assist with asset upkeep, upgrades, repair, and replacement.
• Identifying opportunities for volume purchasing to obtain price breaks.
• Investigating equipment or software under consideration to determine ROI and total cost of ownership throughout the product lifecycle.
• Defining purchasing recommendations that support business goals, in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders.
• Monitoring and analyzing trends in company spending and inventory control to make recommendations for the future, and identifying areas for possible savings and/or asset optimization.
• Providing appropriate data to purchasing and COI for contract negotiations.
• Tracking and maintaining copies of software licenses, warranties, maintenance agreements, and vendor contracts, according to processes and procedures currently in place.
• Recommending process improvements where appropriate.
• Entering all software and hardware serial numbers or identification tags into the configuration management system (CMS) and ensuring information is up to date, accurate, and auditable.
• Performing inventories and usage monitoring of all IT assets and recording all findings, changes, physical location, and incidents of support.
• Researching industry best practices and comparing against the organization’s practices to establish benchmarks for managing IT assets.
• Effectively communicating asset management strategies to team members and stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion.
• Standardizing equipment to lower total costs.
• Generating, distributing, and reviewing relevant management reports.
• Investigating and resolving exceptions and accuracy issues of the CMS repository.
• Other duties as assigned by your manager.

Education

College diploma or university degree in a field related

Job description

Are you looking for a role that will challenge you to combine technology, strategy, and process improvement? Can you see yourself managing the full lifecycle of IT hardware and software assets while helping optimize technology investments across the organization? If you answered yes, this may be the job for you. Our Chalk River location is looking for an IT Asset Care Specialist to oversee hardware and software asset management, support technology procurement strategies, ensure licensing compliance, and enhance asset tracking processes across the organization.

What will you be doing!

• Establishing (or refreshing) policies and procedures for tracking the sign-in and sign-out of mobile assets, such as laptops, PDAs, and other devices.
• Exploring opportunities for maximizing or exploiting unused or partially used IT assets to achieve full efficiency and ROI from company resources.
• Developing strategies and external relationships to implement plans for auctioning, recycling, or otherwise selling obsolete assets.
• Participating in evaluation of the asset management process.
• Conducting and reporting software asset reconciliation and audit activities on a timely basis, including financial, licensing, warranty, and maintenance/support contract information.
• Comparing warranties, maintenance agreements, and vendor contracts to assist with asset upkeep, upgrades, repair, and replacement.
• Identifying opportunities for volume purchasing to obtain price breaks.
• Investigating equipment or software under consideration to determine ROI and total cost of ownership throughout the product lifecycle.
• Defining purchasing recommendations that support business goals, in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders.
• Monitoring and analyzing trends in company spending and inventory control to make recommendations for the future, and identifying areas for possible savings and/or asset optimization.
• Providing appropriate data to purchasing and COI for contract negotiations.
• Tracking and maintaining copies of software licenses, warranties, maintenance agreements, and vendor contracts, according to processes and procedures currently in place.
• Recommending process improvements where appropriate.
• Entering all software and hardware serial numbers or identification tags into the configuration management system (CMS) and ensuring information is up to date, accurate, and auditable.
• Performing inventories and usage monitoring of all IT assets and recording all findings, changes, physical location, and incidents of support.
• Researching industry best practices and comparing against the organization’s practices to establish benchmarks for managing IT assets.
• Effectively communicating asset management strategies to team members and stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion.
• Standardizing equipment to lower total costs.
• Generating, distributing, and reviewing relevant management reports.
• Investigating and resolving exceptions and accuracy issues of the CMS repository.
• Other duties as assigned by your manager.
  

What we are looking for:

• Education
  • College diploma or university degree in a field related