Head of Asset Management

Babcock International; West Devon; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday allowance

Pension with life assurance

Digital GP

Employee share scheme

Shopping portal access

Professional fees paid

Reservist leave

Be Kind Day

Development opportunities

Job summary

Babcock International seeks a Head of Asset Management Lifecycle Delivery to lead lifecycle asset management and set the standards, governance and frameworks that balance cost, risk and performance. The role is based at Bristol, Plymouth or Clyde with hybrid working and regular site visits.

You will oversee senior teams, drive reliability and asset integrity programs, and shape strategic asset investment decisions to maximise operational resilience and value across the business.

Qualifications

• Extensive leadership within engineering and asset management.
• Experience in lifecycle planning and asset management.
• Proven ability to develop reliability and maintenance strategies.
• Experience in asset-intensive and heavily regulated industries.
• Ability to influence stakeholders and lead complex organisations.

Responsibilities

• Defining enterprise lifecycle management frameworks, standards and methodologies to support long-term asset performance.
• Leading engineering governance, technical assurance and compliance across portfolios.
• Driving reliability, maintainability and asset integrity programs to improve operations.
• Advising executive leadership on engineering risks and asset investment decisions.
• Leading specialist engineering and asset management teams and promoting industry best practice.

Skills

Leadership experience

Lifecycle planning

Reliability strategies

Regulated industries

Stakeholder influence

Education

Engineering / Asset Management degree

Chartered professional registration

IAM Diploma or equivalent

Job description

Job Title: Head of Asset Management Lifecycle Delivery

Location: Location: Plymouth, Devon, Stoke Gifford, Bristol or Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation: Competitive + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF75490

At Babcock we're working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as Head of Asset Management Lifecycle Delivery based at either the Babcock Technology Centre in Bristol, Devonport Royal Dockyard in Plymouth, or HM Naval Base Clyde near Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute.

The role

As Head of Asset Management Lifecycle Delivery, you'll will act as the senior technical authority for lifecycle asset management, leading the development of engineering assurance, reliability, maintainability and asset integrity frameworks across the business. You'll define the standards, methodologies and governance that enable safe, effective and sustainable asset performance while balancing cost, risk and operational requirements.

Day-to-day, you'll have an exciting leadership opportunity for an experienced engineering or asset management professional who wants to influence executive decision-making, drive industry best practice and support the delivery of major programmes within one of the UK's leading defence, aerospace and engineering organisations. You'll lead specialist teams, shape future capability and help create lasting value across the business.

• Defining enterprise lifecycle management frameworks, standards and methodologies that support long-term asset performance.
• Leading engineering governance, technical assurance and compliance activities across asset portfolios.
• Driving reliability, maintainability and asset integrity programmes to improve operational performance and resilience.
• Advising executive leadership on engineering risks, lifecycle decisions and asset investment strategies.
• Leading specialist engineering and asset management teams while promoting innovation and industry best practice.

This role is full time and provides hybrid working arrangements with 2 - 3 days onsite at one of Babcock's key locations: Babcock Technology Centre, Devonport Royal Dockyard or HM Naval Base Clyde, Near Helensburgh Argyll and Bute site. In addition, the successful candidate will be expected to travel regularly to the other sites to support collaboration, stakeholder engagement, and project delivery across the business.

Essential experience of the Head of Asset Management Lifecycle Delivery

• Extensive leadership experience within engineering and asset management environments.
• Significant experience in lifecycle planning, asset lifecycle management and engineering assurance.
• Proven experience developing reliability, maintainability and maintenance strategies.
• Experience operating within asset-intensive and highly regulated industries.
• Strong capability to influence stakeholders and provide technical leadership across complex organisations.

Qualifications for the Head of Asset Management Lifecycle Delivery

Essential

• Degree in Engineering, Asset Management, Finance, Risk Management or a related discipline, or demonstrable relevant experience.

Desirable

• Chartered professional registration.
• IAM Diploma or equivalent qualification.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be a sole UK National who is able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) .

What we offer

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. There is an annual Window to request this benefit. Be Kind Day' enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.

Babcock

We're Babcock - a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 26,000 people working together to make a difference.

Here, you'll be part of something bigger. From initial design to final decommissioning, your work will contribute to products and services that are essential to national security and public infrastructure. Together, we're building a future that lasts - not just through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance.

We call that lifetime engineering.

Join us and see how far we can go, together.

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email [e-mail] with the subject header Reasonable adjustments requirement'. We're committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone's free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working - please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Closing date: 10/09/2026

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