Asset Data Leader: Analytics & Governance

SGN; Horley; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension 6% (12% total)

Enhanced maternity & family leave

Life assurance

HolidayPlus

Virtual GP

Employee Assistance Programme

Discounts

Job summary

SGN is seeking an Asset Data Manager to lead data governance, acquisition, structuring and maintenance of all asset data across the SGN estate. You will bridge technical data repositories with engineering teams and oversee core systems including Pipeline Integrity Management Software.

In this role you will manage a team, drive data analytics, and ensure regulatory compliance and annual maintenance planning, while delivering value through automated reporting and insightful dashboards.

Qualifications

• Proven experience extracting, cleansing, structuring, and joining multi-source datasets using SQL from Maximo, Access, and Excel.
• Experience creating interactive Power BI dashboards and data storytelling for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Knowledge of asset management principles and regulatory frameworks (PSSR, Management of Change) in utilities or heavy infrastructure.
• Strong track record in workflow optimization, process mapping, and leading IT/data teams.

Responsibilities

• Data Management & System Governance: Take overall accountability for all maintained network asset data across the estate. Ensuring data integrity, system integration, and robust data governance frameworks.
• Analytics, Insights & Innovation: Extract, cleanse, and structure fragmented data from SQL databases, Maximo, Access, and Excel to identify trends, anomalies, and risk profiles. Develop interactive Power BI dashboards and predictive risk scoring models to support maintenance optimisation, defect management, and asset life extension.
• Regulatory Compliance & Strategy: Oversee data governance supporting statutory compliance (e.g., PSSR), and hold responsibility for the SGN Management of Change process and annual maintenance plans.
• Team Leadership & Development: Provide line management to the Asset Data Officer and Asset Records Manager (including work allocation, performance management, and coaching).
• Process Optimisation & Automation: Design and implement repeatable analytical workflows and automated templates to reduce manual reporting hours and improve overall departmental efficiency.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Act as the primary technical interface providing data pathways between Asset Engineering, Asset Records, Network Strategy, Operations, Health & Safety, and Regulators.

Skills

Data governance

SQL & data integration

BI & data storytelling

Regulatory knowledge

Process & people integration

Education

Engineering / Data Analytics background

Tools

Maximo

Access

Excel

Power BI

Tableau

Job description

SGN is seeking an Asset Data Manager to lead data governance, acquisition, structuring and maintenance of all asset data across the SGN estate. You will bridge technical data repositories with engineering teams and oversee core systems including Pipeline Integrity Management Software.

In this role you will manage a team, drive data analytics, and ensure regulatory compliance and annual maintenance planning, while delivering value through automated reporting and insightful dashboards.