Practical experience.
Direct accountability.
Meet the engineering leader behind AssetIQ and the principles that shape every engagement.


Emile Scandurra
Founder · AssetIQ Engineering Consulting
Manufacturing · Power · Heavy industry
Durban, South Africa
Practical expertise.
Real accountability.
“I help manufacturing businesses improve asset reliability, reduce downtime, and unlock measurable performance gains across their operations.”
Emile is a Professional Engineering Technologist with 19+ years of experience across heavy industry, power generation, automotive and FMCG manufacturing. His leadership experience includes a 56-person engineering department, maintenance budgets exceeding R70 million and equipment availability above 95%.
AssetIQ Engineering Consulting was founded by Emile Scandurra to bring hands-on engineering leadership to manufacturing businesses facing recurring failures, reactive maintenance and pressure on production output.
Our mission is to help your operation make better asset decisions and put achievable improvements into practice. We work with your engineering and operations teams to understand the problem, agree priorities and support delivery.
Use maintenance data and plant observations to guide decisions.
Match recommendations to your people, resources and operating constraints.
Build team ownership so progress continues beyond an engagement.
Additional qualification: BTech Electrical Engineering. Experience includes GMR2(1) statutory appointments and work within manufacturing quality and safety systems.
Experience and performance figures reflect Emile’s engineering leadership career, rather than results from AssetIQ client engagements.