Asset Management Capability Manager

Affinity Water; Hatfield; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary dependant on skills and experience

Learning and development opportunities

Annual leave from 26-30 days

Generous double match pension scheme

Various family benefits

Access to Wellbeing Centre

Discounts at retail outlets

Life Assurance

Job summary

A leading water utility company in the UK seeks an Asset Management Capability Manager to support capability enhancement aligned with ISO 55001 standards. The role involves oversight of training initiatives, development of frameworks, and monitoring improvement processes. Candidates should have experience in asset management and knowledge of the UK water sector regulations. This is a 12-month fixed-term contract with competitive salary and diverse employee benefits.

Qualifications

• Experience in strategic investment planning in asset intensive organisations required.
• Knowledge of asset management capabilities and improvement processes is essential.

Responsibilities

• Support asset management capability improvement across the organisation.
• Monitor the development and rollout of key frameworks and tools.
• Oversee asset management training initiatives.

Skills

Experience in asset intensive industry

Knowledge of UK water sector and regulatory regime

Experience/knowledge of strategic investment planning

Experience assessing and improving asset management capabilities

Experience working cross-directorate

Education

Institute of Asset Management Certificate

Job description

Join to apply for the Asset Management Capability Manager role at Affinity Water

The Asset Management Capability Manager sits within the wider SAMI team within Asset Strategy and Capital Delivery function and is designed to support capability change across the business in asset management and asset information.

Join us today on a 12-month Fixed Term Contract/Secondment

What you'll be doing?

• To support asset management capability improvement across the organisation in line with ISO 55001 through governance, culture, processes, technology and data/information.
• Monitor the development and rollout of key frameworks and tools, such as the Asset Health Framework, Asset Management Process Model, and Capability Maturity assessments.
• Support the journey towards ISO55001 accreditation and the continuous improvement of our asset management capabilities in line with regulator expectations and reporting.
• To develop and maintain annual internal audit schedule and actions to assess the directorate against ASCD processes.
• To oversee asset management training initiatives that strengthen asset management capabilities throughout the organisation.
• Support directorates in applying asset management principles, arranging and designing workshops, working with operational teams to translate frameworks into practical application.
• Support the development and review guidance documents, training materials, and tools to support consistent and effective delivery of asset management activities.
• Tracking and reporting of capability improvement progress, contributing to performance reporting and maturity assessment reviews.
• Inform and contribute to the development of our AMP business plan through engagement with and influence of regulatory bodies where appropriate.

What you need

• Institute of Asset Management Certificate
• Experience/knowledge of strategic investment planning in asset intensive organisations (e.g. value framework, line of sight, etc)
• Experience in asset intensive industry
• Knowledge of UK water sector and regulatory regime
• Experience working cross-directorate within large organisations
• Experience assessing and improving asset management capabilities across an organisation

What we offer

• Competitive salary dependant on skills and experience
• Learning and development opportunities, including mentoring and a range of formal courses and open learning resources.
• Entry into the company annual bonus scheme.
• Annual leave from 26-30 rising with length of service, and the option to purchase up to 5 extra days.
• A ‘Celebration Day’ in addition to public holidays that people can use to celebrate a religious festival or other occasion that is important to them.
• A generous 'double match pension scheme' that doubles the contributions you make (company contribution capped at 12%)
• We offer a range of family benefits including enhanced Maternity, Adoption, Paternity, Shared Parental Leave, Fertility Support Leave and up to 5 full or 10 half days of paid Carers Leave.
• Menopause policy and Reasonable Adjustment policy to help everyone perform at their best.
• Access to our Wellbeing Centre with support for looking after your physical and mental health.
• Discounts at a Range of Retail Outlets and on Dental and Medical Insurance through our Tap4Perks scheme.
• Up to 4 Affinity days a year to volunteer in the community.
• Life Assurance.

Disability Confident

As a Disability Confident employer, we’re committed to offering interviews to disabled candidates who meet the essential criteria and opt in on the application form.

Affinity Water recognises the benefits of greater diversity in our workforce to better reflect the communities we serve.