Description:
The Asset Management And Infrastructure Planning Team Is One Of Five Sub-sectors Within Our Water Consultancy Division, Which Employs Around 600 People Across The UK. We Work In The Water Sector And With Other Infrastructure Providers Both In The UK And Internationally In The Following Areas
- Water resource investment planning
- Wastewater and bioresources investment planning
- Strategic asset management and business planning
- Technical assurance of operational performance and business cases
- Carbon and net zero appraisal and strategic planning
- Integrated systems management
- Data analytics and decision support tools
- Contract’s appraisal (NEC, PPP)
Our clients are facing significant challenges from climate change, population growth and ageing assets. Their customers expect increasing service levels and less impact on the environment at lower cost. Asset management is key to overcoming these challenges and therefore we are growing our team in this area.
We are looking for motivated professionals, with at least 5 years of asset management experience preferably in the water sector, to join our team based in the UK. The ideal candidate will have a desire for a long-term career in asset management, becoming a Member of the Institute of Asset Management and managing their own projects.
Key Responsibilities And Duties Include
- Assist the technical delivery of asset management advisory projects, including frequent interaction with clients and working from within client environments
- Contribute to the development of project outputs, including investment business cases and reports
- Support business development activities, including client engagement, preparing and managing project proposals
- Facilitateasset management capability assessments and identifying areas for improvement
- Support project and budget management, including team coordination and ensuring compliance with PM procedures
- Undertakeidentified training to support technical excellence
- Perform data analysis to support project delivery
Candidate specification
You Will Have Experience In The Following
- Asset planning or asset strategy
- Risk assessment and management
- Investment appraisal or cost benefit analysis
- Investment planning or investment programme optimisation
- Resilience assessment and planning
- Developing decision support tools
- Performance monitoring/reporting
- Some experience/knowledge of ISO 55000 or another ISO standard
Essential
- Degree qualified in an environmental or other relevant subject
- Chartership recently achieved through a relevant organisation (ICE, CIWEM or similar), or working at an equivalent level with demonstrable progress towards Chartership
- Industry experience in asset management, ideally in a water company or consultancy
- Critical thinking and analytical skills
- Strong interpersonal, communication and writing skills. This would include the ability to review complex documents, summarise and present the key issues in a clear and concise way.
- Project management, client liaison and consulting skills
- Willingness to undertake assignments throughout the UK, as well as short international visits
Desired
- Certificate or Diploma in Asset Management from the Institute of Asset Management
- Assurance/audit experience including experience of ISO auditing
- Commercial awareness and project proposal preparation
- Organisational change management
- Chartership with a relevant environmental or asset management professional institution
- Industry experience and/or willingness to actively embrace on and off the job training in additional areas such as decarbonisation, climate resilience, systems thinking, nature-based solutions and/or circular economy
- A broader awareness of other environmental and social disciplines