Associate Director, Asset Information Structure

Company Description

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries.

Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programs as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.

Our capabilities include program, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.

We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier program, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.

As the Associate Director, you will lead the design and operationalization of the asset-related information model across the PMIS environment and downstream business use, including information structure, field definitions, validation, control logic, readiness, receiving, and downstream operational use.

Job Description

• Lead AIR (Asset Information Requirements) operationalization, including detailed field-level definition and standardization
• Design cross-system information structures, clarifying system roles and data ownership across platforms (, EAM, CMMS, project systems)
• Align asset hierarchy structures with business use cases, asset onboarding, and lifecycle management needs
• Develop readiness and receiving frameworks, including validation rules, completeness checks, and acceptance criteria
• Define downstream business-use logic to ensure asset information supports operations, maintenance, planning, and analytics
• Lead Workstream 1 pilot reviews, incorporating feedback and refining frameworks for broader rollout
• Integrate enterprise stakeholder input into the design and evolution of information standards and processes
• Collaborate with engineering, operations, IT, and asset management teams to ensure practical adoption and governance alignment

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in asset management, asset information management, EAM, asset handover, or related consulting delivery
• Degree in engineering, information management, asset management, or a related discipline from a recognized university
• Strong knowledge of asset information requirements (AIR), asset hierarchies, onboarding processes, and lifecycle data needs
• Experience translating information standards into operational processes, controls, and system workflows
• Background in infrastructure or asset-intensive environments (, transport, utilities, mining, aviation)
• Proven ability to convert technical requirements into practical, implementable operating models

Additional Information

What's in it for you...

• 100% covered health and dental benefits for you and your dependents (including paramedical services)
• Health spending account, to top up expenses not covered in the benefits program
• RRSP option with company matching
• Annual learning and development budget
• Access to a range of online learning tools, and support for career development and growth
• Coverage of one professional membership or license fee per year, if directly related to your role
• We believe in work-life balance, so you can recharge and take care of what matters most with vacation, flex and sick days
• A flexible, hybrid work approach that allows colleagues to find balance between their professional and personal lives
• Commitment to creating a diverse, equitable and inclusive culture that promotes a sense of belonging

Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change. We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

Turner & Townsend does not accept any speculative or unsolicited CV’s that have been sent to our internal recruitment team or hiring managers from agencies outside of our preferred supplier list. Any speculative or unsolicited CV’s will be treated as a direct application.

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