Overview

Reporting to the Director of Financial Planning & Asset Management, the Manager of Asset Management will be responsible for the coordination and development of the City’s asset management practices.  This includes leading a small staff team to ensure legislative compliance and improving upon the asset management framework and practices already in place.  The Manager will work closely with divisions and Asset Management staff to foster and environment where asset management practices can be successful at the City.

Responsibilities

• Ensure the City’s asset management practices comply with applicable legislation (E.g. O.Reg. 588/17 Asset Management Planning for Municipal Infrastructure).
• Lead the annual update of the City’s State of the Infrastructure report including working with others to identify and update the City’s infrastructure gap
• Lead the development, monitoring, and continuous improvement of the City’s asset management levels of service framework, including alignment between community outcomes, technical performance measures, lifecycle strategies, risk, and investment needs.
• Establish and monitor asset management performance measures to track implementation progress, maturity improvements, regulatory compliance, and the effectiveness of asset management practices across the organization.
• Establish, maintain, and continuously improve the City’s corporate asset management framework, including governance structures, standards, processes, roles and responsibilities to support consistent asset management practices across service areas and alignment with the City’s asset management maturity roadmap.
• Lead the implementation and ongoing refinement of the City’s asset management maturity roadmap, including prioritizing improvement initiatives, monitoring progress, removing barriers, and working with divisions to embed improved asset management practices across the organization.
• Accountable for coordinating and maintaining the City’s corporate asset management plans, working with asset-owning divisions to integrate asset data, levels of service, lifecycle strategies, risk, growth, climate considerations, and financial strategies.
• Establish corporate standards and guidance for asset condition and performance assessment programs, working with asset-owning divisions responsible for inspection delivery to support consistent, reliable asset information for asset management planning and decision-making.
• Manage contracts with external parties for the collection, development, and analysis of asset management information.
• Provide asset management analysis, frameworks, and decision-support tools to inform long-term capital planning, prioritization, and funding strategies in collaboration with asset-owning divisions and Financial Planning.
• Provide progressive leadership and effective management to the Asset Management Section.
• Foster strong relationships with operational areas and internal & external partners that are necessary to support the gathering of data for the development of asset management plans.
• Able to understand complex concepts but communicate them in an easy-to-understand way.
• Work closely with operational areas and the Financial Planning team to develop life cycle costing models for various asset categories.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Education

• Minimum 4 year degree in related field.

Experience

• Minimum 4 years of relevant experience with demonstrated asset management concepts and best practices. 

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Knowledge of asset management concepts and the potential impacts of climate change in order to inform asset investment/disposition decisions
• Financial management skills in order to oversee budgets and to provide input into       asset replacement funding strategies
• Problem solving, analytical, and organizational skills to manage the collection and interpretation of asset management data
• Strong communication skills to deal with technical experts at a detailed level, but also the ability to communicate complex asset management information in summarized/ simple terms to non-experts
• Well-developed interpersonal skills, with the ability to be tactful and build effective working relationships with a variety of stakeholders
• Strong leadership and inter-personal skills in order to direct, develop, motivate and support staff in achieving short- and long-term goals and objectives
• Able to support and demonstrate values compatible with the organization and effectively lead a team of professionals
• Reliable with a good attitude and employment record.