Asset & Engineering Manager

**Lead our Asset Management Team**

At Delta, our purpose is to produce energy safely, reliably, and responsibly. We're committed to supporting Australia’s energy needs today while transitioning to a more sustainable tomorrow. As we grow, we’re looking for passionate people who share our values to join us.

**Why Your Expertise Matters**

We’re looking for a seasoned engineering leader to lead the Asset Management function at Vales Point Power Station. In this pivotal role, you’ll provide strategic leadership, shape long-term asset management strategies, and drive performance across the site, working closely with site leadership and operational teams to ensure reliable and efficient energy production.

**What You’ll Do**:

- Lead and Develop the Asset Team: Guide and mentor a high-performing team to deliver asset management strategies, technical support, and expert advice across operations, maintenance, and plant improvement initiatives. Drive succession planning to retain critical knowledge, build capability, and support smooth transitions for new and future staff.
- Strategic Asset Management: Provide in-depth strategic advice to the Maintenance, Operations, and Power Station leadership teams, ensuring long-term asset reliability, performance, and compliance with statutory requirements.
- Implement Asset Strategies: Oversee corrective, preventative, process safety, and whole-life strategies to optimise asset performance while managing risk and controlling costs.
- Outage and Project Oversight: Lead the planning, governance, and execution of major maintenance, capital projects, and planned outages. Ensure risks are effectively managed, contractors and resources are coordinated, and works are delivered safely, on time, to quality standards, and within budget
- Contract and Vendor Management: Oversee external contractors and consultants, ensuring compliance with contracts, high-quality deliverables, and resolution of commercial disputes.
- Budget Management: Develop and maintain systems to deliver short
- and long-term budgets aligned with asset strategies, ensuring capital and operating costs are controlled.
- Security and Compliance: Ensure all asset management activities comply with security policies, statutory requirements, and safety, quality, and environmental standards.

**What You’ll Bring**:

- Tertiary degree in Engineering, with post-graduate qualifications in Management or equivalent experience.
- Extensive management and leadership experience in a complex, heavy, capital-intensive industry, with a proven track record of achieving results.
- Demonstrated experience leading an asset management function, preferably in heavy industry, ensuring compliance with statutory requirements across plant, safety, environment, and legislation such as the NEL.
- Extensive experience in contract management, including oversight, negotiation, and ensuring compliance with technical, commercial, and ethical standards.

**We Offer**:

- Earn a competitive salary plus an impressive 14% superannuation and bonus potential
- Enjoy a great work-life balance in a supportive team culture
- Take advantage of professional development initiatives designed to support growth and advancement at every stage of your career
- Utilise our Employee Assistance Program for wellbeing and support
- Enjoy working close to home on the beautiful Central Coast NSW
- Benefit from study, fitness, employee discounts and novated lease programs

**Why Delta?**

At Delta, our values guide everything we do:
**CARE** - We are committed to the safety and wellbeing of our people and the long-term success of our business. We foster a supportive and sustainable workplace where the quality of our work consistently meets high standards.

**ACHIEVEMENT** - We strive to meet and exceed goals, demonstrating success through results and performance.

**RESPECT** - We treat everyone with dignity, value diversity, and foster an environment of inclusion and mutual respect.

**EMPOWERMENT**:

- We give employees the autonomy, resources, and trust to make decisions and take ownership of their work.

Join us at Delta and be part of a purpose-driven organisation that’s powering Australia’s energy future.

**What’s next?**

Are you interested in learning more about the role, the business and vision for the future?