Manager - Asset Lifecycle

Watercare Services Limited; Newmarket; Hybrid; CAD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Manager - Asset Lifecycle to lead the development and implementation of innovative asset management strategies. This role is crucial for ensuring effective asset replacement and renewal programs while promoting sustainability and collaboration across the organization. The ideal candidate will have over 10 years of experience in asset lifecycle practices, particularly within the water sector, and possess strong leadership and communication skills. Join a forward-thinking company that is committed to making a positive difference in the community and environment.

Benefits

Hybrid flexible working

Generous parental leave policy

Employee discounts at large retailers

Modern offices with public transport access

Discounted parking

Onsite free gym

Qualifications

• 10+ years in asset lifecycle practices within the water industry.
• Strong leadership and communication skills for stakeholder engagement.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage Asset Lifecycle practices and processes.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to integrate lifecycle practices into the business.

Skills

Asset Lifecycle Management

Leadership Skills

Communication Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Relationship Building

Education

Formal Management Qualification

Tools

Enterprise Asset Management Systems

Job description

Ki te ora te wai, ka ora te whenua, ka ora te tangata
When the water is healthy, the land and the people are healthy

Watercare is the largest water and wastewater utility in New Zealand supplying more than 400 million litres of water to Auckland every day. Now is an exciting time to join Watercare; we're planning to spend $18.5 billion over the next 20 years to ensure we can continue to support our growing city in a climate-resilient way. When you average that out, that's an investment of $2.5 million every day.

It doesn't just stop there; we ensure that sustainability lies at the heart of everything that we do to help protect our water resources for future generations. This means that we are continuously focused on how we can reduce our whole of life carbon footprint through our construction programme, and across the lifecycle operation of our assets. We really are a company that wants to make a positive difference.

Reporting to the Head of Sustainability and Innovation, the Manager - Asset Lifecycle is primarily responsible for developing, implementing, and managing Watercare's Asset Lifecycle practices, processes, strategic insight and supporting systems.

This includes the development, implementation and ongoing management of Watercare's Asset Lifecycle/Management Framework and the operation of processes, tools, insight and reporting development to ensure effective asset replacement and renewal programme delivery.

This is a people leader role which requires communication and collaboration across the wider business and with Watercare's diverse stakeholder and community groups to ensure that our Asset Lifecycle practices become integrated into the core of our business while being inclusive, progressive, adaptable and industry leading.

To be successful in this role, you will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, have the ability to easily build relationships with both internal and external parties and have strong leadership skills.

Your background will include:

• 10+ years commercial experience in asset lifecycle practices and maintenance strategy identification, applicable to the water industry.
• Extensive experience in the design, development and execution of asset renewal strategies and programmes.
• Extensive Operational Readiness experience and capability and working experience of enterprise asset management systems and implementation practices including asset availability, reliability & maintainability improvement programs such as Reliability Centred Maintenance, Root Cause Analysis/FMECA etc.

Commercial/financial management experience, a formal management qualification and water industry experience are desirable although not essential.

We offer a competitive salary and staff benefits package including:

• Hybrid flexible working.
• Generous parental leave policy.
• Employee discounts at a range of large retailers.
• Modern offices in the heart of Newmarket with easy access to public transport.
• Discounted parking.
• An onsite free gym.

Me pēhea te tono mai | How to Apply

Come and join our team! If you are looking for an exciting career opportunity with a fantastic team then please apply online today - www.careers.watercare.co.nz.