Senior Physical Asset Manager

Bidvest Facilities Management; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 600 000 - 900 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading facilities management company is seeking a Senior Physical Asset Manager in Johannesburg, Gauteng. The successful candidate will oversee the lifecycle of physical assets, ensuring efficient maintenance and utilization. The role requires a minimum of 8 years of experience in maintenance engineering and at least 5 years in facilities management, along with relevant engineering degrees. Strong planning, organizational, and SAP skills are essential for success in this position.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years’ experience in Maintenance engineering (specifically managing assets).
• Minimum 5 years’ experience must be in Facilities management.

Responsibilities

• Oversee lifecycle of physical assets ensuring efficient maintenance.
• Create and maintain regional asset register.
• Develop and maintain maintenance strategies for assets in region.
• Report on the status of assets and asset care.

Skills

Maintenance engineering

Physical Asset management

Good planning and organizational skills

Microsoft Office (Intermediate)

SAP Knowledge

General Health & Safety knowledge

Education

B-Tech (Engineering) / BSc (Engineering) / BEng Electrical or Mechanical

Grade 12

Candidate PrEng / Candidate PrTech

Candidate GCC Factories will be an advantage

Job description

Job title : Senior Physical Asset Manager

Job Location : Gauteng, Johannesburg

Deadline : November 09, 2025

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ROLE PURPOSE

• Responsible for overseeing the lifecycle of an organization's physical assets, ensuring they are efficiently maintained, utilized, and optimized to support business operations.

MAIN OUTPUTS

• Create and maintain regional asset register.
• Develop and maintain maintenance strategies for assets in region.
• Develop and maintain maintenance plans, scopes of work and condition records for assets in region.
• Continuously improve monitoring of assets
• Continuously improve asset life cycle
• Consolidate planned and unplanned maintenance in region including processing of changes.
• Feed asset lifecycle considerations into the development of capital investment plans
• Completion of root cause failure analysis and development of mitigations against asset failures
• Report on the status of assets and asset care on a regular basis.
• Responsible duties in maintenance Engineering delegated from time-to-time.
• Develop and maintain high efficiency maintenance plans for the above assets in order to increase asset life cycle at the most efficient cost.
• Supervise the coordination and communication of critical maintenance within the region.
• Provide support in capturing and maintenance of data on the Capacity Management Database and FRL Life Cycle Calculator.
• Custodian of tactics and maintenance strategies for all engineering assets in the region.
• Develop and maintain high integrity SAP Master Database for the structure build in the region.

QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS

The Applicant must meet the following requirements :

• B-Tech (Engineering) / BSc (Engineering) / . BEng Electrical or Mechanical
• Candidate PrEng / . Candidate PrTech
• Candidate GCC Factories will be an advantage
• Grade 12
• Code B Driver’s License
• Minimum 8 years’ experience in Maintenance engineering (specifically managing assets)
• Minimum 5 years’ experience must be in Facilities management
• Maintenance engineering
• Physical Asset management
• Maintenance tactics
• Occupational Health and Safety act
• Microsoft Office (Intermediate)
• SAP Knowledge
• General Health & Safety knowledge

FUNDAMENTAL COMPETENCIES

• Good planning and organizational skills
• Initiative / Proactively
• Written Communication
• Stress tolerance
• Business Acumen
• Decisiveness
• Display pursuit of excellence
• Maintain confidentiality
• Etiquette / Courtesy in Business
• Planning & execution skills
• Problem Analysis
• Demonstrate independence
• Relationship Building
• Listening
• Team work

Good interpersonal skills

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