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Located in North Ryde or Port Melbourne, an opportunity exists for a Head of Fixed Asset Care to establish standards, drive efficiency and improve production availability of Boral’s core assets.  The purpose of this role is to optimise and integrate best practices across our multi-site operations, ensuring production availability, efficiency and total cost of ownership (TCO) of each asset are maximised.  Reporting into the Head of Assets & Capital Projects, you are charged with proactively identifying best in class systems and processes that result in maximising resources & significant asset investments. 

Managing a national team of Asset maintenance professionals, you will design the how and proactively support the successful delivery of our fixed assets productivity and maintenance goals in a standardised way to drive economic efficiency.

Your day will involve:

• Managing multiple departments/sites and improvement projects, preparing short and long term goals focusing on company KPI's to underpin production availability
• Focus on continually improving and enhancing OEE with a minimum target of 85% across Quarries and develop baseline reporting re availability for plant within the Asphalt, Concrete and Recycling segments
• Provide financial and commercial advice to the business in regards to regarding prospective tenders, mergers, acquisitions and divestments re production throughputs/costs etc
• Monitor, review and report on performance of each sites production assets.
• Oversee Asset Managers and maintenance scheduling and delivery for multisite manufacturing operations, ensuring compliance with relevant ISO, GMP and OSHA standards
• Applying your Engineering expertise to create an asset management & maintenance best in class framework and program, achieving standardisation of systems and processes across operations
• Supporting the analysis and design of a vendor strategies, working in collaboration with the Head of Procurement & Head of H&S to identify best in class solutions
• The development of standards – including clear measurement of upstream throughput and productivity
• Utilisation of Maximo (asset maintenance tool), developing of reporting protocols to measure and monitor the effectiveness of maintenance schedule compliance to maximise the life span of assets
• Proactively manage projects that enhance organisational capability and responsiveness, collaborating with operational managers to continuously improve production processes, systems and policies, maximising asset utilisation
• Governance, Financial Management and Reporting - key focus on cost management and reduction in cost per unit metric aligned to production volume

What are we looking for?

• Demonstrated leadership experience in a manufacturing environment, with an Engineering expertise coupled with knowledge of Lean Manufacturing principles
• Experience as a Head of Fixed Asset and Maintenance or Executive production availability role, proactively leading multi-site manufacturing centre of excellence, to maximise productivity
• Strong mechanical and technical aptitude, working in machine-based operations.
• Experience in the analysis / design of vendor strategies
• Ability to create frameworks and identify best in class standardisation practices to maximise plant throughputs
• Project Management and Change management expertise with a desire to continually seek efficiency and quality improvements with production, design and manufacturing standards
• A highly collaborative style/approach, with proven success engaging a wide stakeholder group to drive/deliver significant improvements in asset utilisation and maintenance schedule compliance

What’s on offer?

• Attractive salary package reflective of your skills and experience
• Genuine career growth opportunities within Boral
• Ongoing mentoring and guidance from industry leaders and subject matter experts
• Broaden your horizons through exposure to our integrated operations
• Work for an Equal Opportunity Employer – At Boral, we understand that diversity brings many benefits, and we are increasingly encouraging greater diversity within our workplaces
• We are Australian-owned and operated