Director of Asset Management

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Responsibilities of the Director of Asset Management: • Develop, implement and maintain the group's Strategic Asset Management Plan, ensuring clear alignment between asset management objectives, corporate strategy, operational budgets and related site performance targets • Drive improvements in asset reliability, availability, maintainability, utilization and overall equipment effectiveness through disciplined reliability engineering and maintenance strategies • Establish enterprise asset management policies, standards, lifecycle processes, decision rights and performance expectations across the asset portfolio • Transition of maintenance to proactive and predictive models • Implement consistent asset criticality, risk assessment and mitigation approaches for safety-critical, production-critical and environmentally significant assets • Provide functional leadership to site leaders in a matrix structure and build asset management capability across the organization by coaching leaders, developing competency frameworks and promoting a culture change towards ownership, accountability and continuous improvement • Lead the design and deployment of an asset management system consistent with ISO 55000 principles, including value realization, alignment, leadership, assurance and continual improvement • Ensure regular site presence and hands-on operational support • Define and monitor asset management KPIs, maturity assessments, assurance activities, audit outcomes and improvement plans across sites and functions • Support capital allocation decisions by applying lifecycle costing, risk-based prioritization and value-based business cases for asset renewal, replacement and improvement programs • Improve asset data quality, master data governance, asset hierarchy, condition information and digital asset management tools to support evidence-based decision-making Requirements: • Significant senior leadership experience in asset management, maintenance, reliability, engineering, operations excellence or capital-intensive industrial operations • Experience in metals processing, heavy manufacturing, chemicals, energy, utilities or another asset-intensive environment is strongly preferred • Degree in engineering, asset management, operations or a related discipline; postgraduate qualifications or professional certification in asset management, reliability or maintenance are desirable • Degree in Mechanical Engineering or related technical discipline • Strong understanding of reliability engineering, maintenance strategy, asset lifecycle management, risk management, condition monitoring and capital planning and proven track record in reducing reactive maintenance • Multi-site or multi-country operational experience • Ability to influence and lead in a matrix organization without direct authority • Strong continuous improvement mindset (Lean, Six Sigma or equivalent) • Experience with ISO 55000 or other enterprise asset management frameworks; proven ability to develop and implement asset management strategies, governance and enterprise standards across multiple sites • Experience with asset data governance and digital tools supporting asset performance management • Strong communication and stakeholder management skills across technical and operational teams • Comfortable working in complex, culturally diverse industrial environments EMEA Recruitment is committed to promoting Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in the workplace.

EMEA Recruitment is seeking a Director of Asset Management to provide enterprise-wide leadership for the strategy, governance, performance, and continual improvement of a group's European operations in a heavy industrial processing environment.

As the organization is transitioning towards a more structured, proactive, and performance-driven asset management approach, we're searching for a strategic and highly operational leader to drive a step-change in how assets are managed throughout their lifecycle to realize value, support safe and reliable operations, optimize cost and risk, and enable the group's long-term operational, sustainability, and strategic objectives.

We welcome all applications regardless of age, gender, sex, relationship status, disability, race, religion/beliefs, or sexual orientation.