Asset Management Team Manager

City of Niagara Falls

Niagara Falls, ON · Full Time · $99,330 – $124,163/yr

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Category: Engineering & Capital Projects

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Position Details

  • Closing Date: October 18, 2026
  • Job Type: Permanent
  • Department: Asset Management
  • Salary: $99,330.00 - $124,163.00
  • Hours per week: 35
  • Vacancy Status: This posting is for an existing vacancy.

Position Summary

Responsible for the administration and management of the Asset Management Team and Program.

Responsible To: General Manager of Municipal Works

Supervises: Capital Planning Analyst (2), Asset Information Technologists (2)

Responsibilities

  • Ensure the City’s asset management practices comply with applicable legislation (e.g. O.Reg. 588/17 Asset Management Planning for Municipal Infrastructure).
  • Establish, maintain, and improve the City’s corporate asset management governance structures, standards, processes, roles, and responsibilities.
  • Establish and monitor asset management performance measures for implementation progress, maturity improvements, and regulatory compliance.
  • Participate and lead the City’s Asset Management governance structure, including chairing the Asset Management Leadership Team.
  • Lead the implementation and refinement of the City’s asset management maturity roadmap prioritizing improvement initiatives and embedding practices across the organization.
  • Establish corporate standards for asset condition and performance assessment programs in collaboration with asset-owning divisions.
  • Lead, manage, and maintain the Municipal Works asset data inventory and coordinate its integration with the City’s GIS system for reporting and compliance.
  • Manage internal staff and external contracts for asset management data collection, development, and analysis.
  • Lead the annual update of the City’s State of the Infrastructure report and identify the infrastructure gap.
  • Develop, monitor, and improve the City's asset management levels of service framework aligning community outcomes, performance measures, lifecycle strategies, risk, and investment needs.
  • Provide asset management analysis, frameworks, and decision-support tools for long-term capital planning, prioritization, and funding strategies.
  • Coordinate responses for information requests on infrastructure condition, capacity, planned works, and prioritization activities.
  • Guide the Municipal Works annual capital budgeting and long-range financial planning processes, including the multi-year capital forecast and corporate prioritization framework.
  • Develop and maintain the Municipal Works capital budgeting database and infrastructure planning corridor tools.
  • Develop and maintain the City’s corporate asset management plans integrating asset data, levels of service, lifecycle strategies, risk, growth, climate considerations, and financial strategies.
  • Collaborate with operational and Financial Planning teams to develop life cycle costing models for asset categories.
  • Provide leadership and management to the Asset Management Section, fostering relationships with internal and external partners.

Position Requirements

  • Minimum 4-year degree in engineering, finance, economics, business administration, or related field.
  • Minimum 4 years relevant experience with demonstrated asset management concepts and practices.
  • Experience managing and supervising staff, preferably in a municipal environment.

Key Competencies

  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills to engage technical experts and communicate complex information clearly to non-experts.
  • Strong leadership skills to lead, develop, motivate, and support a professional team aligned with organizational values.
  • Problem solving, analytical, and organizational skills managing asset management data collection and interpretation.
  • Financial management skills for overseeing budgets and contributing to asset replacement funding strategies.