Engineering Asset Manager

DP World; Stanford-le-Hope; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

DP World at London Gateway in Stanford-le-Hope, Essex, is seeking an Engineering Asset Manager to oversee asset availability, reliability, and maintenance planning for the ASC team, with strong leadership of engineering operations.

The role is focused on driving asset performance, safety, and continuous improvement while delivering on KPIs, stakeholder collaboration, and long-term asset strategy for a busy port environment.

Qualifications

• Proven track record of managing critical assets in complex operational environments.
• Improving asset reliability and availability in high pressure settings.
• Significant leadership experience within large engineering or asset teams.
• Experience with assets in production, logistics, manufacturing or port environments.
• Strong knowledge of health, safety and risk management.
• Proven ability to lead, motivate and develop diverse teams.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Analytical and problem-solving capabilities with a focus on continuous improvement.
• Experience managing budgets, resources and contractor performance.
• Full UK driving licence.

Responsibilities

• Lead, develop and motivate engineering teams, fostering accountability, collaboration, safety and continuous improvement.
• Drive asset performance through maintenance strategies and reliability improvements to maximise availability and efficiency.
• Manage departmental KPIs to meet business and customer requirements.
• Build strong relationships with operational stakeholders and contractors to support decision-making.
• Lead succession planning and capability-building for long-term success.
• Manage departmental budgets, contractor performance and resource planning.
• Provide visible leadership across operations, upholding health, safety and environmental standards.
• Act as escalation point for significant technical or operational issues and drive problem-solving.
• Oversee engineering projects and maintenance programmes ensuring quality, cost and time objectives.
• Support long-term asset strategies and investment planning.

Skills

People leadership

Asset management

Maintenance planning

Stakeholder management

Health and safety

Budget management

Contractor management

Continuous improvement

Driving licence

Job description

Job Description

We are currently recruitng for a skilled Engineering Asset Manager, responsible for the availability, reliability, and management of our ASC team (Automated Stacking Cranes) through effective asset management, maintenance planning, and team leadership based from London Gateway in Stanford le Hope, Essex.

Job Description

We are currently recruitng for a skilled Engineering Asset Manager, responsible for the availability, reliability, and management of our ASC team (Automated Stacking Cranes) through effective asset management, maintenance planning, and team leadership based from London Gateway in Stanford le Hope, Essex.

About The Role

How will you contribute:

• Leading, developing and motivating engineering teams, fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, safety and continuous improvement.
• High focus in driving asset performance through effective maintenance strategies, operational planning and reliability improvements to maximise equipment availability and efficiency.
• Managing and achieving departmental KPIs, ensuring operational performance meets business and customer requirements.
• Building strong relationships with operational stakeholders, employee representatives and contractors to support effective decision-making and service delivery.
• Leading succession planning, workforce development and capability-building initiatives to ensure long-term team success.
• Managing departmental budgets, contractor performance and resource planning to deliver value while maintaining operational excellence.
• Providing visible leadership across operational areas, promoting the highest standards of health, safety, environmental compliance and safe working practices.
• Acting as the escalation point for significant technical or operational issues, driving effective problem-solving and continuous improvement.
• Overseeing engineering projects and maintenance programmes, ensuring delivery to agreed quality, cost and timescale objectives.
• Supporting long-term asset strategies, investment planning and business improvement initiatives to meet future operational needs.

What Will You Bring.

Qualifications, Skills & Experience:

• People-focused and analytical engineering leader with a proven track record of managing critical assets in complex operational environments.
• Proven track record of improving critical engineering asset reliability and availability in high pressure/demanding environments
• Significant leadership experience within large engineering or asset management teams.
• Experience managing critical operational assets in a production, logistics, manufacturing, port, industrial or similar environment.
• Strong knowledge of health, safety and risk management within safety-critical environments.
• Proven ability to lead, motivate and develop diverse teams.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence at all levels.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities, with a focus on continuous improvement and innovation.
• Experience managing and reporting on budgets, resources and contractor performance.
• Ability to remain resilient, adaptable and effective in a dynamic environment.
• Full UK driving licence.

Requirements For Applicants

• Must hold the right to work in the UK
• Must meet the medical fitness requirements for the role
• Must not have any unspent criminal convictions (DBS checks are carried out)

Compensation

DP World offers exciting and challenging roles within a growing international organization. We strive to hire and develop the right people, locally and globally, stimulating personal growth and self-development within an informal atmosphere. We offer a market competitive compensation package.

About DP World

Trade is the lifeblood of the global economy, creating opportunities and improving the quality of life for people around the world. DP World exists to make the world’s trade flow better, changing what’s possible for the customers and communities we serve globally.

With a dedicated, diverse and professional team of more than 120,000 employees spanning 75 countries on six continents, DP World is pushing trade further and faster towards a seamless supply chain that’s fit for the future.

We’re rapidly transforming and integrating our businesses -- Ports and Terminals, Marine Services, Logistics and Technology – and uniting our global infrastructure with local expertise to create stronger, more efficient end-to-end supply chain solutions that can change the way the world trades.

What's more, we're reshaping the future by investing in innovation. From intelligent delivery systems to automated warehouse stacking, we’re at the cutting edge of disruptive technology, pushing the sector towards better ways to trade, minimising disruptions from the factory floor to the customer’s door.

WE MAKE TRADE FLOW