Asset Management Lead

Iss; Aston End; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

ISS is seeking a senior asset management lead to oversee a contract’s Strategic Asset Management Plan (SAMP) and ensure alignment with policy and ISO 55001. You will guide risk-based decision making across the asset portfolio and lead a small team focused on asset data management and CAFM administration.

You will develop whole-life cost plans, drive improvements, and produce clear, decision-ready reports for capital planning and client objectives, engaging with senior leaders.

Qualifications

• Proven experience operating at a strategic level within asset management, ideally ISO 55001-aligned.
• Experience developing and maintaining Strategic Asset Management Plans (SAMPs) and setting asset management objectives.
• Strong knowledge of risk-based asset management methodologies, including probability of failure, consequence of failure, criticality assessments and lifecycle planning.
• Experience applying whole-life costing principles to support asset investment decisions.
• Ability to interpret asset and condition data and translate findings into clear, decision-ready reports and recommendations.
• Experience supporting client capital planning processes through evidence-based asset management insights.

Responsibilities

• Develop, own and maintain the contract's SAMP, ensuring alignment with asset management policy and ISO 55001 requirements.
• Define and agree asset management objectives and plans to achieve them.
• Drive continual improvement towards ISO 55001 asset management best practice and compliance.
• Apply a risk-based decision-making framework across the asset portfolio, supporting maintenance, renewal and investment decisions.
• Lead the contract approach to asset criticality, probability of failure and consequence of failure assessments.
• Develop whole-life cost plans for major asset groups, balancing maintenance, renewal and replacement strategies.
• Produce asset management analysis and reporting to support capital planning and investment decision-making.
• Lead and develop the operational asset data and CAFM administration team, ensuring asset register accuracy and day-to-day management.

Skills

Asset management leadership

ISO 55001 knowledge

Risk-based decision making

Data analysis & reporting

Stakeholder engagement

Job description

Job Description

Working at both strategic and operational levels, you will oversee the contract's asset management approach while maintaining visibility of day-to-day activities.

You will lead a small team responsible for asset data management and CAFM administration, ensuring asset-related decisions are evidence-based, risk-informed, and support long-term business and client objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, own and maintain the contract's Strategic Asset Management Plan (SAMP), ensuring alignment with organisational asset management policy and ISO 55001 requirements.
• Define and agree asset management objectives and establish plans to achieve them.
• Drive continual improvement towards ISO 55001 asset management best practice and compliance.
• Apply a risk-based decision-making framework across the asset portfolio, supporting maintenance, renewal and investment decisions.
• Lead the contract approach to asset criticality, probability of failure and consequence of failure assessments.
• Develop whole-life cost plans for major asset groups, balancing maintenance, renewal and replacement strategies.
• Produce asset management analysis and reporting to support capital planning and investment decision-making.
• Lead and develop the operational asset data and CAFM administration team, ensuring asset register accuracy and effective day-to-day management.

Professional and Personal Competencies/Qualifications

• Proven experience operating at a strategic level within asset management, ideally within an ISO 55001-aligned environment.
• Demonstrable experience developing and maintaining Strategic Asset Management Plans (SAMPs) and setting asset management objectives.
• Strong working knowledge of risk-based asset management methodologies, including probability and consequence of failure, criticality assessments and lifecycle planning.
• Experience applying whole-life costing principles to support asset investment and renewal decisions.
• Ability to interpret asset and condition data and translate findings into clear, decision-ready reports and recommendations.
• Experience supporting client capital planning processes through evidence-based asset management insights.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to engage confidently with clients and senior leaders.
• Experience leading and developing teams responsible for asset information, asset registers and CAFM administration.
• Excellent analytical, communication and reporting skills.

The Company

ISS is a world-leading workplace and facility management company, connecting people and places to make the world work better. Working with customers day by day, side by side, we understand every aspect of the user experience.
Through a unique combination of intelligent solutions, high standards and people who care, to help our customers achieve their purpose, whether it’s hospitals healing patients, businesses producing the next great innovation, or airports bringing passengers home to their families. ISS is committed to doing business the right way, taking its corporate responsibility very seriously. Our passion is people.

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