Global Asset Manager

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Location: UK

Main Purpose Of The Position

We are seeking a strategic and results-driven Global Asset Manager to lead the development and implementation of consistent asset management policies across our global portfolio.

This role focuses on enhancing asset reliability, preventing failures, and leveraging data-driven insights to reduce reactive maintenance and associated costs.

The successful candidate will drive asset management deployment, optimize maintenance programs, ensure compliance, and maximize client investment through proactive, reliability-centered strategies.

This position requires expertise in reliability engineering, data analysis, and strategic planning to deliver systematic and automated processes supporting corporate technical services.

Key Responsibilities

• Policy Development and Implementation: Deliver consistent global asset management policies to ensure standardized operations, compliance, and enhanced asset reliability across all accounts considering ISO standards such as ISO55001, 19650, 15686 and other best practice industry standards.
• Asset Management Deployment: Oversee the build, development, and management of Capital Investment Plans (CIP) to support asset lifecycle management and prioritize reliability improvements.
• Asset Database Management: Maintain and enhance a comprehensive asset database, including statutory certifications, procedures, and additional asset categories such as fabric, catering, and vertical transportation, to support failure prevention and reliability tracking.
• Cost Modeling and Failure Prevention: Develop detailed cost models to provide accurate insights into site-level asset costs, identifying patterns in data to reduce reactive maintenance, minimize downtime, and lower operational costs.
• Data Analysis and Reporting: Leverage advanced data analytics and reliability engineering techniques to deliver:
• Improved asset performance through predictive and preventive maintenance strategies.
• Assurance of asset and contractual compliance.
• Optimized client investment by reducing reactive works and enhancing asset longevity.
• Process Optimization: Implement consistent, systematized, and automated work instruction processes using tools like Fieldflex to streamline operations and support proactive maintenance planning.
• Asset Management Planning: Develop site-specific Asset Management Plans, incorporating enhanced maintenance levels for End-of-Life (EOL) assets and reliability-focused strategies to prevent failures.
• Strategic Development: Build and execute an Asset Management Strategy to deliver optimal, reliability-centered maintenance programs at both site and account levels, emphasizing failure mode identification and mitigation.
• Budget Support: Collaborate on budget development for Technical Services, focusing on corporate reactive asset repair while driving cost savings through reduced reactive works and improved reliability.
• Reliability Engineering Leadership: Apply reliability engineering principles, such as Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA), Root Cause Analysis (RCA), and condition-based monitoring, to identify and mitigate failure patterns, enhancing overall asset performance.
  

Qualifications And Skills

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, or Industrial), Reliability Engineering, Facilities Management, or a related field.
• Experience:
• Minimum of 8-10 years of experience in asset management, reliability engineering, or facilities management, with at least 5 years in a leadership role.
• Proven track record in developing and implementing global asset management and reliability strategies, with a focus on failure prevention and cost reduction.
• Experience with Capital Investment Plans (CIP), cost modeling, and predictive maintenance at a site and portfolio level.
• Technical Skills:
• Expertise in reliability engineering methodologies, including FMEA, RCA, and condition-based maintenance techniques.
• Proficiency in asset management software and tools (e.g., Fieldflex, CMMS platforms) to support predictive maintenance and data-driven decision-making.
• Strong data analysis skills, with experience in identifying failure patterns and optimizing maintenance schedules to reduce reactive works.
• Knowledge of statutory certifications and compliance requirements for diverse asset types.
• Soft Skills:
• Exceptional leadership and communication skills to manage cross-functional teams and stakeholders globally.
• Strategic thinker with the ability to align reliability engineering and asset management with organizational goals.
• Strong problem-solving skills, with a proactive approach to identifying and mitigating risks.
• Additional Requirements:
• Ability to travel internationally as needed to support global operations.
• Familiarity with managing diverse asset categories, including fabric, catering, and vertical transportation.
• Demonstrated ability to drive cost savings through reliability improvements and reduced reactive maintenance.
  

Why Join Us?

• Opportunity to lead transformative, reliability-focused asset management initiatives on a global scale.
• Work with a dynamic, innovative team committed to operational excellence and cost efficiency.
• Competitive salary, comprehensive benefits, and opportunities for professional growth.
  
  

Why ISS

At ISS, we are more than just a service provider of cleaning, food, workplace and technical services, we are a partner in our customers’ success. By creating exceptional service moments and transforming workplaces into spaces where employees feel valued, engaged and productive, we enhance productivity and help our customers to attract talent and grow their businesses. This begins with our own people through training, career development, and a supportive culture – empowering them to deliver outstanding service. We know that when our people thrive, they create spaces where our customers’ employees and businesses thrive too.

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How You’ll Apply

Apply directly via the link on this page by submitting a cover letter, CV and other relevant documents for the position you are applying for.

We look forward to receiving your application as soon as possible.

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