Hybrid Science Asset Management Lead

UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology; Wallingford; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working options (50/50)

Life assurance

Pension contributions (10%)

Employee health benefits

Job summary

UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology seeks a Science Asset Management System Lead to shape a new capability. You will own governance, drive implementation, and collaborate across science, operations and digital delivery to deliver a trusted data source for asset visibility and smarter capital planning.

You will work with field teams, laboratories and external suppliers to ensure adoption and maintain high data quality, enabling impactful environmental science outcomes.

Qualifications

• Experience managing, owning or delivering a business-critical operational system, digital product or service.
• Understanding asset management, maintenance planning, calibration processes, fault management or equipment governance.
• Ability to translate complex user needs into structured requirements, workflows, system improvements and priorities.
• Experience coordinating system implementation, testing, migration, user training, adoption and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Lead the ongoing development, governance and operational management of the Science Asset Management System, acting as product owner and service lead.
• Coordinate the implementation, migration and organisation-wide rollout of the AMS across field, lab and science teams.
• Develop and maintain governance processes including lifecycle management, maintenance, calibration, risk assessment and disposal.
• Drive improvements in asset data quality, reporting and audit readiness across the organisation.
• Manage the supplier relationship, including service performance, change requests, roadmap development and contract governance.
• Deliver reporting, analysis and continuous improvement to support planning, compliance and investment decisions.

Skills

Asset management

Stakeholder management

Agile delivery

Requirements gathering

Data quality

Tools

CMMS

EAM

CAFM

SharePoint

Job description

UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology seeks a Science Asset Management System Lead to shape a new capability. You will own governance, drive implementation, and collaborate across science, operations and digital delivery to deliver a trusted data source for asset visibility and smarter capital planning.

You will work with field teams, laboratories and external suppliers to ensure adoption and maintain high data quality, enabling impactful environmental science outcomes.