Introduction

An outstanding opportunity has arisen for a senior leader to step into a high-profile Head of role within a major infrastructure and energy business.

This is not a traditional operational leadership role. It is a strategic, enterprise-facing position with responsibility for asset management framework ownership, capital portfolio governance, analytics, and decision support across a large and complex operational environment.

Sitting across the business rather than within a vertical delivery line, this role will play a key part in shaping how assets are managed, how capital is prioritised, and how long-term portfolio decisions are made.

You will provide leadership across asset management standards, capital planning governance, portfolio insights, and cross-functional alignment, while influencing senior stakeholders across operations, finance, procurement, strategy, and projects.

This role is ideally suited to a commercially astute and credible senior leader who can bring structure, clarity, and governance to a complex asset-intensive environment.

What are you going to do 

  • Lead the asset management framework across the operations portfolio.
  • Own capital portfolio planning and governance, ensuring strong prioritisation and decision discipline.
  • Set objectives, criteria, and governance frameworks for asset and capital management.
  • Provide strategic oversight of near-term and long-term capital priorities.
  • Deliver data-driven insights and analytics to support executive decision-making.
  • Identify emerging portfolio risks, opportunities, and longer-term priorities.
  • Drive alignment across multiple internal stakeholder groups and business functions.
  • Act as a trusted senior adviser on asset performance, capital allocation, and strategic portfolio matters.
  • Build credibility and influence across senior leaders while holding teams accountable to agreed standards and frameworks.

Essential skills and knowledge

To be successful, you will be a senior asset, capital, or portfolio leader with strong governance capability and the ability to operate confidently across a complex stakeholder environment. You will bring:

  • Significant experience in asset-intensive industries such as energy, utilities, infrastructure, resources, mining, process plant, or heavy industry.
  • Strong capital portfolio planning, prioritisation, and governance experience.
  • Strong asset management framework and lifecycle governance capability.
  • Commercial and financial literacy, including comfort with large capital budgets and investment decision-making.
  • Ability to provide insight from data and uplift portfolio reporting and decision support.
  • A proactive, credible, and collaborative leadership style.
  • The confidence to lead horizontally across senior stakeholder groups without direct operational control.
  • The ability to set standards, provide direction, and drive outcomes in an environment with competing priorities and viewpoints.

This role will suit someone who is strategic, influential, and decisive - someone who can actively lead in the space rather than passively coordinate.

What we offer 

  • A rare opportunity to step into a senior leadership role with broad enterprise influence
  • The chance to shape asset management strategy, capital governance and portfolio decision-making
  • A highly visible position working closely with senior and executive stakeholders
  • Meaningful scope across a large, complex and asset-intensive portfolio
  • The opportunity to drive framework uplift, governance maturity and long-term strategic outcomes
  • Competitive executive package with STI opportunity
  • Flexible location options across major capital cities (Perth and Brisbane)

About Brunel

Brunel is a recruitment and flexible workforce solution provider which connects talented people with opportunities throughout Australasia and around the world. We specialise in highly skilled roles across a variety of technical, professional, trades and craft disciplines, pairing candidates with industry-leading projects and organisations on a contract, permanent or secondment basis.

Operating in Australasia since 1997, Brunel has major bases of operation in Perth, Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and Port Moresby, which are further backed by the strength and reach of a truly global network spanning over 45 countries, 120 offices and 50 years of successful operation.

Brunel is proud to be equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and female candidates.

Do you have questions?

If you have any questions or would like to discuss the details of this role, please contact Scott McAdam: 0404 653 603 | s.mcadam@brunel.net

Closing: 02 May 2026

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