Highways Asset Manager - Structures

Egis Group; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as an Asset Lead - Structures, where you'll play a pivotal role in managing and optimizing asset strategies for vital infrastructure projects. This is a unique opportunity to collaborate with senior stakeholders and lead initiatives that drive carbon reduction and efficiency in asset management. Your expertise in engineering and asset management will be crucial in ensuring the success of large-scale projects, contributing to the sustainable development of the community. If you're looking to make a significant impact in the engineering sector, this role is for you.

Qualifications

• Experience in managing large scale and complex infrastructure assets.
• Ability to develop and refine Asset Management Strategies.

Responsibilities

• Oversee asset management activities for highways structures.
• Drive innovation and efficiency in asset management processes.

Skills

Asset Management

Engineering

Communication Skills

Project Management

Decision Making

Education

Chartered Engineer (ICE or equivalent)

Engineering Degree

Tools

Asset Management IT Systems

Decision Support Tools

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Company Description

This is a permanent contract with Egis and seconded to Connect Plus Ltd (M25)

Egis is a leading global consulting, construction engineering and operating firm. We work side by side with clients to build a more balanced, sustainable and resilient world.

We're one of the top global engineering firms and one of the few that operate the infrastructure we design. We're proud to be ranked 7th in the world for transportation and 8th for building. In 2024, Egis also appears 6th in the Top 10 International design firms in the Middle-East category.

Our Purpose: Egis is committed to help with solving the great equation of the 21st century: successfully blending improved people's quality of life with supporting communities in their social and economic development, whilst drastically reducing carbon emissions and achieving vital 2050 net zero targets.

Our Values: We are a Responsible, People-First and Creative Company.

Within Egis Group, Consulting and Operations Business Line is one of the world leaders in the financial project structuring of PPP projects, as well as in the operation of infrastructures and services.

In the road sector, Egis operates and maintains 44 roads and highways, including civil structures such as bridges, viaducts and tunnels. Through 28 operating companies, Egis employs more than 9,300 people in more than 20 countries, i.e. nearly 4,400 km.

In the airport sector, we operates, maintains and develops a network of 20 airports around the world, handling more than 30 million passengers and 330,000 tons of freight per year.

We also offer a wide range of services for its customers such as electronic toll collection, interoperability and on-street parking management.

M25, one of our flagship projects! Together with our partners, Egis has formed Connect Plus Ltd (M25) for managing the 30 year, £6.2bn Design, Build, Finance, Operate (DBFO) contract for the M25 motorway and associated arterial routes surrounding London. We are accountable for the delivery of operations and maintenance, renewals and other network improvements.

Job Description

The Asset Lead - Structures will sit within the asset investment team reporting to the Asset Investment Manager. This role will work closely with the rest of the Connect Plus Team, Connect Plus Services (the O&M Company) and other key project stakeholders, to oversee all asset management activities for highways structures assets (i.e., (specified and strategic structures, Dartford Crossing and tunnels)

From a client-side perspective, this role will own asset management strategies for structure assets in line with DBFO's handback and performance requirements, provide strategic guidance and support to the business enabling effective and consistent roll out & execution of asset management strategies, and continuously driving the asset management excellence to mature asset management approach.

The role is a unique opportunity to work within the Project Company (SPV) of a major infrastructure project and directly interface with other senior stakeholders, parent company and a range of supply chain across the whole life cycle of highways linear assets.

ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• The Asset Lead Structures will sit within the Asset Investment Team reporting to the Asset Investment Manager. This role will work closely with the rest of the Connect Plus Team, Connect Plus Services (the O&M Company) and other key project stakeholders, to oversee all asset management activities for highways structure assets (specified and strategic structures, Dartford Crossing and tunnels).
• Ownership of Asset Management Strategies for highways structure assets covering the whole lifecycle (inspection, maintenance, and renewal)
• Act as a Connect Plus sponsor in gateway meetings for lifecycle renewal projects for highways structure assets to ensure that projects deliver expected benefits within expected budget.
• Work closely with the Engineering Manager and the Commercial & Asset Delivery team to optimise and sign off scope and delivery methodologies and unblock technical issues.
• The Asset Lead Structures will support the Engineering Manager with all technical approvals and alternative proposals (managing departure from standards).
• Drive the innovation, efficiency and carbon reduction throughout the gateway process; Communicate and share best practice in the field of asset management
• Develop Innovation business cases based on understanding of long term asset risks and opportunities. Contribute with case studies for the Proactive Management Review.
• Support and influence the development of the Asset Management Forward Plan, ensuring that proposed investment delivers benefits (risk mitigation, condition benefit, etc.) and meet strategic objectives and performance indicators
• Support the development of the Annual Asset Management Report to capture the benefits achieved, lesson learnt from the delivery and expenditure movement against the budget
• Understand Asset Management IT systems, in particularly, Asset Investment Planning Toolkits; ability to review and challenge the input, configuration, modelling of Decision Support Tools
• Support the annual review and update of key elements of the integrated asset management system, including processes, strategies, procedures, and key documents such as the asset strategies, condition methodologies and support ISO 55001 certification
• Collaborate with Connect Plus Services relevant teams to understand impacts of strategic changes, changes in standards and third-party schemes on contract and asset performance
• Understand and act as a source of knowledge for contractual and system requirements around asset management obligations.

Qualifications

We are looking a candidate with engineering background or similar, with experience in managing large scale and complex infrastructure assets (ideally, highways structures assets) from a client perspective.

• Chartered Engineer (ICE or equivalent) or relevant accreditation.
• Ability to set, challenge and refine Asset Management Strategies for Highways structures assets in line with handback requirements
• Ability to make decisions and move things forward balancing stakeholder' requirements
• Good communication and presentation skills
• Proactivity and ability to operate autonomously in a senior team
• Ability to multi-task and deliver multiple projects in parallel
• IT literate; Knowledge of Asset Management IT systems would be a plus

Additional Information