Position Number: 0065137
Location: Parkville
Role type: Full-time, Continuing
Department: Business Services
Salary: Senior Manager salary package with up to 17% super
- Lead strategic asset management and maintenance operations for a diverse and complex portfolio valued at over $500M.
- Ensure operational excellence and compliance across critical infrastructure, including laboratories, theatres, and workshops.
- Investing in you — a benefits package including salary packaging, health and wellbeing programs, discounted services, and professional development opportunities.
The University of Melbourne
We take pride in our people, who all contribute to our mission to benefit society through the transformative impact of education and research. Discover more via our website and stay connected with our stories and people on LinkedIn.
Your next career opportunity
As the Asset and Maintenance Manager, you will oversee the management and maintenance of the University’s physical assets, including mechanical, electrical, fire protection, vertical transport, and general building maintenance. You will play a pivotal role in developing and implementing a comprehensive asset management system, ensuring data accuracy, lifecycle planning, and compliance across all University campuses.
Reporting to the Associate Director, Facilities Management, this role will lead a team of contract supervisors, manage a $10M budget, and oversee 100+ contractors. You will provide expert guidance on asset lifecycle management, performance monitoring, contract governance, and compliance while fostering strong relationships with stakeholders, including internal service teams, procurement specialists, and external contractors.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Lead the Facilities Asset Management Strategy: Develop and implement a whole-of-life Asset Management Plan, ensuring alignment with industry best practices and regulatory requirements.
- Optimise Maintenance Operations: Oversee scheduled and reactive maintenance works, ensuring optimal asset performance and longevity.
- Stakeholder and Contractor Engagement: Manage relationships with contractors, suppliers, and internal teams, ensuring seamless service delivery.
- Contract Management & Compliance: Monitor contractor performance, ensuring adherence to KPIs and resolving performance gaps to drive operational excellence.
You may be a great fit if:
You are an experienced asset and facilities management professional with a strong background in asset lifecycle planning, contract governance, and compliance management.
You should have:
- Tertiary qualification in a relevant field or equivalent experience in asset management, facilities management, or engineering.
- Extensive experience in contract management and procurement, particularly in large-scale infrastructure maintenance.
- Strong commercial acumen with expertise in negotiating and managing supplier/contractor relationships.
- Proficiency in asset management systems, data collection, and reporting to drive decision-making.
- Excellent leadership and stakeholder management skills, with a track record of managing multidisciplinary teams.
For further information regarding responsibilities and requirements please refer to the attached PD.
This role requires the successful candidate to undergo and maintain an up-to-date Working with Children Check. This is essential to guarantee a secure environment for all individuals at the University. In the case the selected candidate doesn't have a valid Working with Children Check, they will be able to apply for the WWCC as part of the initial onboarding procedures.
Please note: Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. This role requires current valid work rights for Australia.
Your new team - Business Services
Business Services provides class-leading facilities management, IT, finance, HR, and health and safety services across the University. The Campus Management team is responsible for managing the University’s assets and infrastructure, ensuring that facilities support research, teaching, and innovation at a world-class level.
As part of the Chief Operating Officer Portfolio, you will collaborate with teams across the University to drive transformation and operational excellence while ensuring that the University’s physical assets are optimally managed.
What we offer you!
In addition, we offer the opportunity to be part of a vibrant community and enjoy a range of benefits including generous leave provisions, salary packaging, health and well-being services, and discounts on graduate courses. For more information check out our benefits page!
The University of Melbourne
We’re tightly connected with the community, both at home and abroad. We take pride in our people, who all contribute to our mission to benefit society through the transformative impact of education and research. Discover more via our website and stay connected with our stories and people on LinkedIn.
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The University of Melbourne values the unique backgrounds, experiences, and contributions that each person brings to our community and welcomes and celebrates diversity. First Nations people, those identifying as LGBTQIA+, parents, carers, people of all ages, abilities, and genders, and people of diverse ethnicity, nationality, and faith are encouraged to apply. Our aim is to create a workforce that reflects the diversity of the community in which we live. For more information please visit our Diversity and Inclusion page.
We are dedicated to ensuring barrier free and inclusive practices to recruit the most talented candidates. If you require reasonable adjustments, please contact the employee listed on the first page of the Position Description found below, with an email containing your name and contact details for a confidential discussion. Please ensure your email is titled "Reasonable Adjustments Request".
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Applicants
We aspire to be the University of choice for Indigenous Australians, with unprecedented investment to attract, nurture, and retain Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students and staff. Tangible support through a range of programs and initiatives will ensure that you personally succeed and flourish while at the University of Melbourne.
For further information, including our 2023-2027 Indigenous strategy please visit -https://about.unimelb.edu.au/reconciliation/murmuk-djerring
Join Us!
If you feel this role is right for you, please apply with the following documents:
- Resume
- Cover Letter outlining your interest and experience
Please note that you are not required to respond to the selection criteria in the Position Description.
Please ensure that you apply through the Apply Now button at the bottom of this advertisement. However, if you have any questions regarding the recruitment process, please feel free to contact Fahim Farzad via email at hr-careers@unimelb.edu.au, ensuring that you include the Position Number and the Job Title as the subject. Please do not share your application to this email address.
If you have any particular questions regarding the job please follow the contact details listed on the Position Description.
Position Description
