Asset Strategy and Planning Specialist

**POSITION**: Asset Strategy & Planning Specialist (New)

**REPORTS TO**: Manager, Enterprise Asset Management

**DEPARTMENT**: Finance

**LOCATION**:North Bay

**REFERENCE**: 800-64-24

**WHO WE ARE**:
Ontario Northland Transportation Commission (ONTC) is an Agency of the Province of Ontario that provides efficient and vital transportation services. We employ over 900 skilled professionals and are over 120 years old and proud of our heritage and connection to the communities we serve. We are focused on moving forward with the goal of being a valued leader in transportation. We offer competitive salary, excellent benefits, a defined benefit pension plan, paid vacation, 3 paid personal leave days along with discounted transportation on our bus and passenger rail services.

**ACCOUNTABILITY STATEMENT**:
**MAJOR DUTIES/ RESPONSIBILITIES**:

- Leads and develops the ongoing asset management strategy for the Enterprise during EAM Program mobilization:

- Support the development of the asset management strategy and the deployment of the update process
- Support the development and compiling of asset management plans (final document) and plan for improvement
- Support the development of EAM strategic processes, including: asset management planning process, capital planning / integration and related processes that are developed as part of the EAM target operating model
- Support the development of the capital request prioritization model
- Leads and develops the ongoing asset management strategy for the Enterprise Once EAM program is mobilized:

- Manage the Ontario Northland asset management strategy development process that translates Ontario Northland strategic objectives into asset management objectives
- Support the internal audit of the Ontario Northland asset management policy
- Facilitate the yearly asset management planning process to inform state of good repair or expansion investment needs
- Review and support the prioritization of all capital business cases for each new ask
- Leads the implementation of Asset Management Roadmap initiatives at the Business Unit level
- Leads the development and update of the Corporate Asset Management Plan, including preparing 10 year and 30 year capital plan requirement
- Leads the development of risk profiles, input to the capital plan and budget coordination
- Define key strategic initiatives in collaboration with key senior management stakeholders to develop an asset management framework for the Enterprise
- Conducts medium and long-term analysis using the Decision Support System (DSS) Tool for modelling asset deterioration, levels of service and to develop the long-term investment profile for the asset base, once DSS in place
- Engage staff and senior management to assess the implications of existing strategic initiatives and develop new strategies to optimize investment planning
- Document and manage updates to the whole life cost cycle analysis manual to enable evidence-based asset management decision making and to inform state of good repair investment requirements
- Support business units in updating their yearly asset management plans based on outputs from the whole life cost cycle analysis manual and associated models
- Support the submission of budgetary requests to the Ministry of Transportation
- Identify and pursue opportunities to continuously improve processes related to strategy and planning
- Establish a community of practice for asset strategy and integrated planning
- Perform other duties as required by the Manager of Asset Management
- Provides leadership in enabling strategic change and corporate vision to stimulate advances in governance, accountability, and the implementation of asset management best practices.
- Support people resource planning for the Asset Strategy and Integrated Planning initiatives, identifying desirable role and skill mix requirements, and ensuring ongoing work quality and deliverability of results.
- Manages relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

**REQUIREMENTS**:

- Post-secondary degree in Engineering, Business, Finance, Accounting or a related discipline
- 3-5 years of experience in asset management
- Prior experience related to strategic analysis and capital planning
- Thorough knowledge of rail, remanufacturing and motor coach industries and applicable legislation
- Professional Engineer (P.Eng), Certified Engineering Technician (CET), or Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) is preferred
- Institute of Asset Management (IAM) Certificate or Diploma is preferred
- Proven experience as a customer-service leader with the ability to demonstrate value-add service delivery to key stakeholder and clients
- Proven experience in creating performance metrics and outcome measures to evaluate success
- Proven ability to create innovative solutions to operational and administrative challenges and develop and implement recommendations for improvements to existing policies programs and processes
- Strong communica