Asset Director

Job Title: Asset Director

Location: Aberdeen

Salary: Highly Competitive

Rovco is an industry 4.0 business and global provider of technologyenabled services to the offshore renewable energy and oil field decommissioning sectors.

Rovcos mission is to automate offshore wind services. The company works with cutting edge research focusing on the use of novel perception data and autonomy technology to bring the offshore industry into the 21st century and help further the growth of marine generated renewable energy.

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We are looking for an experienced capable and motivated Director Assets & Supply Chain to join our scaling business at a very exciting time and drive our continued growth!

The opportunity

Reporting to the COO The Asset Director (AD) will lead and manage the companys asset function to ensure that all operational assets (including offshore support vessels ROVs AUV/ASVs & hydrographic survey equipment) are procured deployed and maintained to optimise their operational effectiveness. The AD will have a team of specialists from across business verticals who will interface closely with project teams to ensure both optimised scheduling & deployment of the requisite assets to meet project. The AD will hold ultimate accountability for the setting & monitoring of asset and budgets and will act as a key input to the creation & execution of an aligned asset strategy that meets the needs of the business both now and in the future.

The AD will demonstrate their impact in the role by demonstrating improvements in the way assets are registered internally scheduled deployed and maintained with a view to optimising these processes to improve project margins and reduce cost of poor quality & asset downtime. Leveraging from strong collaborative relationships across the business verticals will be critical to success in this role as competition for assets & the dependence on assets to meet strategic objectives intensifies.

Responsibilities

Asset optimisation & utilisation:

Effectively deploy and schedule assets ensure accurate asset tracking identify operational efficiencies collaborate with project teams to meet asset requirements and monitor key performance indicators to optimize asset utilization and minimize costs.

Asset maintenance & reliability:

Creating and documenting maintenance programs overseeing routine maintenance implementing strategies to enhance asset reliability analysing performance data and preparing for unplanned maintenance situations.

Vessel Management:

Align vessel strategy with the overall business strategy establishing efficient processes for vessel charter management and maintenance planning and building a team to provide procurement and logistics support for offshore operations.

Financial Management & Budgeting:

Developing and overseeing the asset management budget assessing financial risks in asset management activities controlling expenditures collaborating with commercial and procurement teams to optimize contracts and delivering financial analysis and reports on asset performance and costeffectiveness.

Team Leadership & Development:

Cultivate a collaborative and highperformance culture defining performance expectations offering coaching and facilitating professional growth efficient resource allocation to achieve operational goals promoting crossfunctional collaboration between the asset management and project teams and establishing effective communication channels to ensure coordinated information flow.

Regulatory Compliance and Safety:

Ensuring adherence to pertinent regulations standards and industry best practices establishing and sustaining a robust safety management system for asset operations addressing safety risks associated with asset management activities working closely with health safety and environment (HSE) teams to uphold safety protocols and actively participating in incident investigations while implementing necessary corrective actions.

Qualifications and experience

• Significant experience working with subsea & supporting assets derived from project experience.
• Significant experience in building a robust asset function to support the planned growth within a subsea services environment.
  
• Significant experience leading asset management function within similar organisations with extremely positive outcomes.
  
• Extensive experience in managing a diverse range of assets including ROVs AUVs ASVs hydrographic survey equipment and vessels preferably including DP2 vessels.
  
• Working knowledge of relevant regulations standards and best practices related to asset management in the offshore sector.
• Ability to keep up to date with emerging technology as it relates to our assets & their management.
  
• Demonstrated experience developing & executing asset strategies to meet business objectives.
  
• Strong financial & commercial awareness including ability to manage departmental budgets/P&L.
  
• Exceptional leadership skills capable of growing a high performing engaged team in a dynamic environment.
  
• Strong negotiation and influencing skills to drive alignment and collaboration across different teams and departments.
  
• Demonstrated experience in driving operational excellence process improvements and cost optimisation initiatives within asset management.
  
• Strong analytical & reporting skills with the ability to make datadriven decisions.
  
Experience working with an integrated management systems (ISO)

Benefits

So you think you might want to join Rovco We dont blame you this is an amazing place to work!

People join Rovco because they are excited by the possibility of leaving their own mark on the world and developing solutions that solve real world problems. Although we share the same vision we value varied perspectives and we adapt to fit different people from all walks of life. Not only does that make for a genuinely awesome team of colleagues but it also makes daytoday life more interesting and its how we keep evolving and getting better at what we do.

• 33 Days Annual Leave
  
• Private medical insurance including Dental & Optical.
  
• Career and learning development through paid courses conferences and events.
  
• Curiosity fund up to 500 to spend on learning which is not role related.
  
• Up to 10% company bonus.
  
• Pension up to 6% company contribution.
  
• Volunteering day to give back to your local community.
  
• Enhanced maternity and adoption leave.
  
• Cycle to work scheme.
  
• Flexible working options including compressed hours.
  
• Hybrid working up to 3 days working from home.

We value the diversity of our teams and are committed to supporting and welcoming individuals from all backgrounds knowing that every perspective is a valuable part of our success. Should you require any reasonable adjustment throughout the recruitment process please do not hesitate to let a member of the Talent team know.