Asset Manager

Telent Technology Services Limited; Remote; GBP 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company based in the UK is seeking an Asset Manager to oversee the effective management of sewage sludge processing assets. The role involves understanding asset performance, making strategic maintenance and investment decisions, and collaborating with operational teams to enhance service delivery. With a competitive salary ranging from £50,000 to £60,000, the position offers a comprehensive benefits package including an annual bonus, extensive holiday allowance, and a leading pension scheme.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Annual bonus scheme

28 days holiday plus bank holidays

Leading pension scheme

Discounted purchase of company shares

Dedicated training and development

Electric vehicle scheme

Family-friendly policies

Volunteering days

Qualifications

• Technical expertise in the asset management life cycle.
• Ability to balance risk and investment while delivering on promises to stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Understand the availability and health of assets.
• Ensure optimal maintenance and investment decisions.
• Develop risk-based asset management framework.

Skills

Asset management life cycle

Performance improvement against ODI targets

Risk assessment methodologies

Job description

Role Overview

Sites processing sewage sludge to these brilliant outputs and the role of the Asset Manager is to ensure that we are investing every pound of our customers money in the most effective way. The Asset Manager role creates and embeds a proactive approach to asset management in Bioresources that enables us to balance risk and investment whilst continuing to deliver on our promises to customers, employees and stakeholders. Working closely with our Operations and Strategy teams, the Asset Manager is expected to understand and improve the way we manage and maintain our assets.

About the Role

Candidate can be based anywhere in the UK. Contract: Full‑time, permanent (40 hrs/week).

Responsibilities

• Understand the availability, health and performance capability of our assets.
• Ensure optimal maintenance and investment decisions around the whole life of our assets.
• Develop and embed a risk‑based asset management/'health' framework that uses deterioration modelling to prevent asset failure and the consequent investment required.
• Ensure that our operational teams are getting the best service from our supply chain and contract partners.
• Develop resilience plans that mitigate and learn from incidents, and build our people capability in the operation of a calm network.
• Share best practice from the wider business to ensure Bioresources integration with the core wholesale business processes.

Specific Responsibilities

• Understand existing asset health and use it to inform TOTEX investment planning for the year, in AMP, and for supporting price reviews/business plan submissions with strategic/business planning.
• Carry out analysis of asset performance and assess risk to prioritise investment within the asset base.
• Understand our asset base condition and identify assets that are restricting our overall performance.
• Own the risk assessment methodology for asset types.
• Deliver updated information on asset condition to all stakeholders and integrate best practice into local operating practice.
• Work with operations to manage capital budgets for: £2m per annum for small‑scale capital maintenance; medium‑scale capital replacements (~£1m per project); medium‑scale investments to improve Bioresources processes.
• Act as project sponsor, tracking projects/assets from cradle to grave and linking into strategic objectives, including renewable energy infrastructure.

Qualifications & Experience

• Improving performance against our ODI targets and environmental drivers.
• Ensuring capacity and resilience to treat sewage sludge over the longer term.
• Balancing risk and investment whilst continuing to deliver on promises to customers, employees and stakeholders.
• Technical expertise in the asset management life cycle.

Benefits

• £50,000 – £60,000 salary.
• 28 days holiday + bank holidays (and the ability to buy/sell up to 5 days per year).
• Annual bonus scheme (up to £2,250 per annum based on company performance).
• Leading pension scheme – employer will double contribution up to 15% when employee contributes 7.5%.
• Sharesave scheme – discounted purchase of Severn Trent shares.
• Dedicated training and development with our Academy.
• Electric vehicle scheme and retail offers.
• Family‑friendly policies.
• Two volunteering days per year.

Next Steps

We can't wait to hear from you. Before you apply, please have an updated CV ready and spend about five minutes completing the application. We’ll let you know the outcome of your application after the closing date, so keep an eye on your phone and emails.