Asset Manager

NWG (Northumbrian Water Group); Lound; Hybrid; GBP 53,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Northumbrian Water Group is seeking a Water Asset Manager to shape the investment programme for AMP9. You will lead asset management across a portfolio of water assets, ensuring evidence-based plans and robust business cases to support delivery objectives.

The role is hybrid with an office in Lound, Suffolk, offers 37 hours per week, and a 2-year fixed-term contract or secondment. DBS clearance is required prior to employment.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in asset management, engineering, or technical environments.
• Strong understanding of risk-based decision making and whole-life asset management.
• Ability to translate complex information into practical investment decisions.
• Experience working within structured governance and investment processes.

Responsibilities

• Provide asset management leadership across a portfolio of water assets.
• Translate asset intelligence and risk assessments into robust business cases.
• Review performance, asset health and risks to align interventions with objectives.
• Support investment optimisation and urgent interventions arising from risks.

Skills

Asset management

Risk management

Stakeholder management

Communication

Governance

Education

HNC / Foundation Degree

Job description

Job Title

Water Asset Manager

Working Hours

Full time, 37 hours per week. Flexible working arrangements, including part-time working, will be considered

Contract

Fixed Term Contract or Secondment - 2 years

Salary

£53,040 - £62,400 (depending on experience)

Location

hybrid working with office location at Lound, Suffolk

At Northumbrian Water and Essex & Suffolk Water, our customers are at the heart of everything we do. Every day, we provide essential water and wastewater services to millions of people, and we are committed to delivering reliable, affordable and sustainable services while supporting our communities and protecting the environment. By focusing on the outcomes that matter most to our customers, we are also working towards our ambition to be the National Leader in sustainable water and wastewater services.

We are building a dedicated team to create our PR29 business plan, which will set out what we will deliver for customers and the environment, and the investment needed to achieve it, between 2030 and 2035. We are recruiting a number of key roles to join this team, offering an exciting opportunity to work with colleagues across Northumbrian Water, influence important decisions and help develop an ambitious and compelling plan that delivers lasting value for our customers and communities.

About The Role

We have new opportunities for Asset Managers, a role which will help shape the future investment programme for AMP9.

• You will provide asset management leadership across a portfolio of water assets, ensuring inclusions in the PR29 plan are evidence-based, risk-driven and aligned to strategic service delivery objectives.
• You will ensure asset intelligence, risk assessments, performance forecasts and stakeholder priorities are translated into robust business cases and investment recommendations that support a smooth transition from planning into AMP9 delivery.
• You will review operational performance, asset health and service risks to ensure interventions are aligned with business objectives and service delivery strategies and develop robust intervention proposals, including scope definition, options appraisal, cost estimates, risk assessments and deliverability considerations.
• As Asset Manager, you will support investment optimisation activities, including cost-benefit assessment, prioritisation and portfolio planning through corporate investment systems and lead the creation and progression of urgent interventions arising from operational risk or emerging business needs.

About You

• You will have proven experience within asset management, engineering, operational or technical environments and a strong understanding of risk-based decision making and whole-life asset management principles.
• You can analyse complex information and translate insight into practical investment decisions, and have experience working within structured governance, planning or investment processes.
• You have excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the confidence to challenge constructively and drive positive outcomes, with strong communication skills, and the ability to present information clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• You will have an HNC, Foundation Degree or similar relevant professional qualification, or equivalent professional experience.

Please note this role will require a DBS to be completed prior to employment.