Asset Engineer

Lead asset lifecycle planning, infrastructure risk and long-term investment strategy across a national university property portfolio.

About the Organisation

This respected Australian university is a nationally recognised education and research institution with seven campuses across Australia.

Combining national scale with a strong sense of purpose, the university delivers education, research and community initiatives that contribute to a fairer, more ethical and sustainable future.

About the Role

The Asset Engineer will lead asset lifecycle planning and renewal priorities across the university’s national property portfolio.

This strategic and hands-on role will assess the condition, performance and risk of buildings and infrastructure, establish consistent asset-management frameworks, and turn technical data into clear maintenance, renewal and capital investment recommendations.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop university-wide asset-management frameworks, lifecycle models and assessment methodologies.
• Lead asset condition, criticality and performance assessments.
• Develop long-term asset renewal, replacement and capital investment strategies.
• Prioritise maintenance and renewal based on asset condition, risk and operational importance.
• Provide strategic engineering advice across buildings, infrastructure, utilities and critical systems.
• Lead infrastructure risk, statutory compliance and engineering-governance activities.
• Improve asset data quality, reporting, analytics and system integration.
• Translate technical, operational, financial and risk data into clear investment recommendations.
• Prepare strategic reports and presentations for senior leadership.
• Build effective relationships across facilities, projects, finance, governance and external technical partners.

About You

You will bring strong asset-management or engineering experience, supported by technical, analytical and stakeholder-management skills.

• A degree in Engineering, Asset Management, Infrastructure Management, Building Services or a related discipline.
• Experience in asset management, facilities engineering, infrastructure planning or building services.
• Experience working across a large, complex or geographically dispersed property portfolio.
• Demonstrated experience developing asset lifecycle strategies, renewal programs and infrastructure investment plans.
• Strong knowledge of risk-based maintenance, engineering governance and statutory compliance.
• The ability to translate asset, operational, financial and risk data into strategic recommendations.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to influence technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Why Join?

Help shape the performance, resilience and sustainability of a major national property portfolio. Bring your strategic asset-management and technical expertise to influence long-term infrastructure investment—

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