Professional Head – Rolling Stock, Freight Facilities & Facilities Asset Manager
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About the Role
Etihad Rail Operating Companies seeks a Professional Head to lead strategic asset management of rolling stock, freight terminals, depots, and operational facilities. The role establishes asset strategies, lifecycle plans, and performance frameworks, ensuring optimum lifecycle performance and whole-life value.
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Responsibilities
- Develop strategic asset management frameworks, lifecycle plans and whole life cost models for rolling stock, terminals, depots and operational facilities.
- Establish asset performance monitoring, reliability/availability frameworks and KPIs across rolling stock and facilities.
- Establish asset registers, data standards and information requirements for rolling stock, terminals and facilities within the EAM environment.
- Oversee the preparation and implementation of operational readiness strategies and plans related to operational asset management.
- Act as the focal point for internal and external stakeholders on all matters related to operational asset management.
- Identify potential risks and issues impacting operational readiness and steady state operations and develop mitigation plans.
- Establish quality benchmarks and ensure compliance with applicable industry standards and Rail management system requirements.
- Lead, develop and manage the operational asset management team.
- Ensure adherence to regulatory, safety and environmental requirements across all operational asset management activities.
Requirements
- Experience in strategic asset management of rolling stock, freight terminals, depots, and operational facilities
- Ability to establish asset strategies, lifecycle plans, and whole life cost models
- Knowledge of asset performance monitoring, reliability/availability frameworks, and KPIs
- Experience with operational readiness strategies and Entry into Service
- Leadership and team management skills
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Position Overview
- The Professional Head – Rolling Stock, Freight Facilities & Facilities Asset Manager leads the strategic asset management of rolling stock, freight terminals, depots and operational facilities, ensuring optimum lifecycle performance, reliability, availability and whole life value across all operatio
- Acting as the Technical Authority for operational asset management, the role establishes asset strategies, lifecycle plans, performance frameworks and investment planning for the locomotive and wagon fleets, terminal handling equipment, depots, buildings and operational facilities at locations inclu
- The position ensures alignment between asset strategies and maintenance delivery, establishes asset information arrangements for operational assets, and supports asset handover and Entry into Service readiness.
- Prior to commercial operations, the role will focus on operational readiness activities in respect of operational asset management as determined by the Operational Readiness Plan.
Responsibilities
- Operational Asset Strategy: Develop strategic asset management frameworks, lifecycle plans and whole life cost models for rolling stock, terminals, depots and operational facilities.
- Establish asset performance objectives, criticality assessments and risk based investment prioritisation for operational assets.
- Define renewal, overhaul and mid life intervention strategies for fleet and facility assets.
- Asset Performance and Optimisation: Establish asset performance monitoring, reliability/availability frameworks and KPIs across rolling stock and facilities.
- Drive maintenance optimisation, aligning maintenance regimes with asset strategies and operational demand.
- Lead asset performance reviews and improvement initiatives with fleet, terminals and maintenance functions.
- Asset Information and Governance: Establish asset registers, data standards and information requirements for rolling stock, terminals and facilities within the EAM environment.
- Govern engineering change, configuration and asset data quality for operational assets.
- Provide asset management assurance evidence to the Operations Safety Case and governance boards.
- Operational Readiness Management: Oversee the preparation and implementation of operational readiness strategies and plans related to operational asset management across rolling stock, terminals, depots and facilities.
- Coordinate operational readiness activities including testing & commissioning support, trial operations, training and resource mobilization in line with the Operational Readiness Plan.
- Ensure that all systems, processes and procedures within the area of responsibility are fully functional, validated and compliant with safety and performance requirements ahead of Entry into Service.
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