Asset Systems Engineer

Cambridgeshire County Council; Great Stukeley; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave

Pension

Mileage allowance

Wellbeing package

Volunteer hours

IDEAL network access

Employee recognition

Discounts with Cambs Rewards

Job summary

Cambridgeshire County Council seeks an ambitious Asset Systems Engineer to lead the highway asset management systems, transforming data into actionable insights for strategic investment and maintenance planning.

You will oversee system developments, procurements, and partner collaborations, driving continuous improvement and a data-first approach across the highways service.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of asset management systems and their practical application.
• Experience analysing and interpreting complex data sets.
• Knowledge of highway asset management principles and maintenance practices.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Strong problem-solving abilities.
• Experience leading projects, programmes, or system improvements.
• Knowledge of health and safety legislation and best practice.
• Experience within highways, construction, infrastructure, engineering, or related asset management environment.
• Degree-level qualification in a relevant discipline or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Leading the development, management, and continuous improvement of highway asset systems.
• Transforming data into actionable intelligence to support investment decisions and maintenance programmes.
• Monitoring performance through KPIs, dashboards, and reporting tools.
• Acting as the service's technical expert on asset systems and data management.
• Managing system procurements and supporting project delivery from specification through implementation.
• Working with suppliers and partners to ensure systems meet organisational needs.
• Supporting and mentoring colleagues, including oversight of workload.
• Delivering training and promoting best practice across the service.
• Supporting councillors and stakeholders with asset information and insights.
• Exploring innovative technologies, digital processes, and new ways of working.

Skills

Asset data analysis

Data-driven decisions

Stakeholder engagement

Problem solving

Project leadership

Communication

Data governance

Education

Degree in a relevant discipline

Tools

Python

Automation tools

Job description

Help Shape the Future of Highway Asset Management in Cambridgeshire Do you thrive on turning data into decisions? Are you passionate about digital innovation, asset management, and improving public services through technology? At Cambridgeshire County Council, we're looking for an ambitious and forward-thinking Asset Systems Engineer to lead the development and delivery of our highway asset management systems and help shape how we manage one of the county's most valuable public assets. This role leads the asset systems function, supports data-driven investment decisions, and drives continuous improvement across the highways service. Why This Role Matters Every year, critical decisions are made about maintaining and improving Cambridgeshire's highways network. Those decisions rely on high-quality data, effective systems, and insightful analysis.

Key Areas of responsibility include:

• Leading the development, management, and continuous improvement of highway asset systems.
• Transforming data into actionable intelligence to support investment decisions and maintenance programmes.
• Monitoring performance through KPIs, dashboards, and reporting tools.
• Acting as the service's technical expert on asset systems and data management.
• Managing system procurements and supporting project delivery from specification through implementation.
• Working with suppliers and partners to ensure systems continue to meet organisational needs.
• Supporting and mentoring colleagues, including oversight of the Asset Systems Officer workload.
• Delivering training and promoting best practice across the service.
• Supporting councillors and stakeholders with asset information and insights.
• Exploring innovative technologies, digital processes, and new ways of working.

You'll help ensure that asset systems provide reliable information, support strategic investment decisions, improve service performance, and enable the Council to deliver value for money for residents and communities across Cambridgeshire. This is a unique opportunity to combine engineering, digital technology, data analysis, leadership, and innovation in a role that delivers real-world impact, You'll take ownership of a suite of highway asset management systems, ensuring they are effective, reliable, and delivering value to the service. You'll lead system improvements, support procurement exercises, work with suppliers and stakeholders, and champion a data-first approach to highway asset management.

This is more than a systems role. You'll be helping to: Improve how investment decisions are made across the highway network. Shape the future of digital asset management. Influence service delivery across one of the largest local authority functions. Support innovation, automation, and continuous improvement. Work with senior leaders, elected members, contractors, and technical specialists. Make a real difference to residents and communities across Cambridgeshire. Join Cambridgeshire County Council and help build, maintain and improve the infrastructure that keeps our communities moving., Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, along with our employee network 'IDEAL' and self-organised peer support groups help us to foster an inclusive, supportive and safe working environment where people feel valued, respected, and empowered. We collect relevant diversity data for monitoring as part of the recruitment process to understand the diversity of our applicants and monitor any trends throughout the recruitment processes so that we can take meaningful action.

We're looking for someone who is equally comfortable discussing technical systems, analysing data, and working with colleagues across a complex organisation.

Core Qualifications:

• Strong knowledge of asset management systems and their practical application.
• Experience analysing and interpreting complex data sets.
• Knowledge of highway asset management principles and maintenance practices.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Strong problem-solving abilities.
• Experience leading projects, programmes, or system improvements.
• Knowledge of health and safety legislation and best practice.
• Experience within highways, construction, infrastructure, engineering, or a related asset management environment.
• Degree-level qualification in a relevant discipline or equivalent experience.

Desirable:

• Professional membership of organisations such as ICE, IHE or CIHT.
• Experience of highway asset management.
• Knowledge of NEC contracts and procurement processes.
• Experience delivering presentations, reports, and briefings.
• Experience of project management and supplier management.
• Knowledge of coding, automation, Python, or similar digital tools.

Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.

Benefits:

• We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits in addition to the basics like annual leave, sick pay, pension and mileage…
• A comprehensive wellbeing package to cover all aspects of wellbeing, both in and out of work, which can also be accessed by your family
• Buy up to 4 weeks additional annual leave (pro-rata) through our salary sacrifice scheme
• Take your bank holidays flexibly to better suit your personal circumstances
• Make Additional Voluntary Contributions (Shared AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings
• Access to development opportunities, apprenticeships and qualified coaches to support your personal and professional growth
• Paid volunteering hours each year so you can make a positive impact on our community during your normal working day
• Access to Peer Support Groups through our IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network
• Opportunities to nominate and receive Employee Recognition Awards
• An Our Cambs Rewards account, giving you access to in-store and online discounts as well as our Car Lease and Cycle to Work schemes