An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Asset Management professional to join a growing bid team supporting a major national water and wastewater services procurement.
Following successful pre-qualification, our client is entering the next stage of the procurement process and is seeking an Asset Management Lead to develop the long-term asset strategy that will underpin a competitive, technically robust bid.
Working within a joint venture, you'll collaborate with technical, operational and commercial teams to develop investment strategies across a large, geographically dispersed asset portfolio.
The Role
You'll take ownership of the asset management strategy, ensuring investment plans are commercially sound, risk-based and aligned with operational delivery and regulatory expectations.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Developing lifecycle and asset management strategies
- Defining maintenance, renewal and investment approaches
- Producing risk-based asset and intervention plans
- Supporting lifecycle costing and investment optimisation
- Aligning asset strategies with commercial and operational assumptions
- Contributing technical content to bid submissions and business cases
- Working closely with operational, commercial and senior leadership teams
About You
You'll have a strong background in asset management within utilities, infrastructure or other asset-intensive industries.
We're particularly interested in candidates with experience managing large, decentralised or multi-site asset portfolios.
You'll ideally bring:
- Asset management experience within utilities, infrastructure, engineering or facilities management
- Strong understanding of lifecycle planning and investment strategy
- Experience supporting major bids, tenders, strategic programmes or business cases
- Commercial awareness and the ability to balance risk, performance and cost
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
- Experience working across complex programmes involving multiple stakeholders
Knowledge of regulated environments, ISO 55001 principles or public sector procurement would be advantageous.