Asset & Maintenance Manager
- Lead planned, preventative and reactive maintenance across the asset base
- Manage maintenance contractors, suppliers and compliance requirements
- Improve fleet reliability, availability and maintenance performance
- Leadership role across a significant mobile and fixed asset portfolio
- Permanent | Gold Coast | Career opportunity | International organisation
- Improve fleet reliability, contractor performance and asset lifecycle management
The Opportunity
Appoint is partnering with an established and growing Gold Coast operation to appoint an Asset & Maintenance Manager.
This is a hands-on leadership role focused primarily on a significant fleet of trucks, dozers, excavators, compactors and water carts, with responsibility also extending to fixed plant and site infrastructure.
The foundations are strong, with established systems, experienced site teams and a comprehensive asset register. The opportunity is to bring greater structure, consistency and commercial discipline to the maintenance function.
What You'll Do
- Lead planned, preventative and reactive maintenance across the asset base
- Manage maintenance contractors, suppliers and compliance requirements
- Improve fleet reliability, availability and maintenance performance
- Manage maintenance expenditure and asset lifecycle decisions
- Maintain accurate asset and maintenance systems
- Partner with Site Managers and senior leadership on operational priorities, fleet renewal and upgrades
About You
We're looking for an experienced Maintenance, Fleet or Asset Manager, ideally with strong heavy mobile equipment experience.
You'll ideally bring:
- Experience managing maintenance and reliability across fixed plant, infrastructure and mobile assets, ideally including heavy vehicles and equipment.
- Proven experience managing contractors, suppliers and maintenance activities.
- Sound commercial judgement across reliability, maintenance, lifecycle planning and asset replacement.
- Experience with CMMS, fleet or asset management systems and using data to drive asset performance.
- A practical, solutions-focused leader with strong stakeholder skills across operations, maintenance, projects and asset management.
You don't need to be a qualified mechanic. What's important is that you understand heavy equipment, can engage confidently with mechanics and contractors, and can make sound maintenance and asset decisions.
Experience across transport, mining, civil construction, waste, recycling or earthmoving will be highly regarded.
Apply Now
If you're looking for the opportunity to take ownership of a substantial heavy asset portfolio and make a visible impact on reliability, cost and performance, we'd like to hear from you.
Click Quick Apply or contact Adam Shaw on 0415 596 345 for a confidential discussion.
Reference number: 1749799
Profession:EngineeringMaintenance (Engineering)
Company: Appoint Recruit
Date posted: 4th Sep, 2026
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