Manager, Asset Management

Core Accountabilities

Strategic

• In coordination with Director of Infrastructure & Capital Delivery, the Manager will represent the County through participation in various associations, governmental, and public committees, working groups, and boards.
• Responsible for ensuring departmental goals and business plans are aligned with Council direction.
• Plan, implement and monitor corporate asset management objectives, performance measures and milestones, and provide asset condition, service level, risk and investment reporting to the Director, Executive Leadership Team and Council as required.
• Ensure a holistic understanding of asset management at the County – ensuring all assets are captured, tracked, and reported on County’s asset, in collaboration with asset owning business units.
• Manage all department functions, including staff, budget, corporate assets, and all other corporate resources, with the goal of ensuring value for money and time to meet the Department service levels and to reflect positively on the County as a whole.
• Develop, implement, administer, and maintain Department policies and procedures, aligned with the Rocky View policy framework.
• Direct the planning, development, and delivery of departmental programs and services, fostering changes and improvements to enhance cost-effectiveness and efficiency while delivering the work.
• Lead development and continuous improvement corporate asset management policies, standards, asset registers and lifecycle plans, working with departments responsible for individual assets.
• Coordinate condition assessment information, asset criticality, risk, service levels, useful life assumptions and renewal or replacement timelines for roads, bridges, utilities, buildings, fire trucks, vehicles, equipment and other capital assets.
• Consolidate documented asset replacement needs and forecast costs and timing to inform annual and multiyear capital budget submissions, reserve planning and prioritization with Finance and operating departments.
• Oversee stewardship of assigned County owned municipal lands, including Municipal Reserve lands, and coordinate land management work with Agricultural Environment & Parks and other affected departments.
• Coordinate wildfire risk reduction and FireSmart initiatives on assigned County lands adjoining forested communities and Forest Management Areas, including Bragg Creek and Elbow Valley, in partnership with Fire Services and provincial forestry representatives.
• Support implementation of relevant community wildfire mitigation strategies, including the Bragg Creek FireSmart Mitigation Strategy; liaise with community FireSmart committees, including the Greater Bragg Creek committee, as assigned.
• Plan, procure and oversee assigned vegetation management, debris removal, cleanup and related mitigation contracts on County lands, subject to County procurement and delegated authority requirements.
• Coordinate community wildfire resilience engagement with forestry partners and community stakeholders, while clarifying operational ownership and emergency management responsibilities with Protective Services.
• Attend all related leadership meetings, and the meetings of such boards, committees, authorities, commissions, or other bodies as assigned or deemed necessary.
• Be prepared and submit reports, answer questions, and provide appropriate recommendations regarding the above-mentioned.

Management I Leadership

• Manage a team of asset management professionals, providing guidance, training, and performance management.
• Safeguard all RVC work areas from harassment, discrimination, and bullying.,
• Ensure supervisors are competent to supervise workers under their purview.
• Resolve issues expeditiously and ensure that employee resources are in place and utilized effectively to meet the service delivery standards of the County.
• Manage operational area with an emphasis on efficiency, accuracy, quality, and safety to ensure a superior level of customer service.
• Plan, develop, organize, implement, evaluate, and direct the activities of the department, ensuring the fulfillment of project assignments within budget, with quality, and on time.
• Set priorities and department workflow, providing each subordinate with achievable goals and assignments.
• Identify staffing requirements and initiate and participate in the recruitment process.
• Actively participate during County emergency response.
• Provide consolidated asset replacement data and supporting assumptions for capital budget preparation; asset owning departments remain accountable for operational needs and their respective capital submissions unless otherwise directed.

Fiscal Management

• Participate in all short- and long-term financial planning processes, ensuring continued improvement in all facets of the Department’s financial affairs.
• Ensure effective financial planning and expenditure controls are in place and is accountable for fiscal responsibility, efficiency, and restraint, while maintaining integrity and effectiveness in all aspects of administration for programs and services.
• Participates in the preparation of annual budgets for operating and capital programs as well as staffing budgets in accordance with guidance from the ELT pursuant to the Municipal Government Act.
• Monitor and provide updates to the Director on the operating and capital budgets, and in particular report on variances between budgeted and actual expenditures.