Senior Asset Management Consultant

ZipRecruiter; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consultancy in the UK seeks a Lead Consultant to enhance asset management capabilities for infrastructure clients. The role involves leading projects, fostering team growth, and developing strategies to maximize asset value. Ideal candidates have extensive experience in asset management and strong client engagement skills. The position offers opportunities for professional development within a hybrid working model.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in infrastructure asset management.
• Expertise in asset strategy and regulatory business planning.

Responsibilities

• Lead project delivery and ensure quality of outputs.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with senior client stakeholders.
• Develop and implement asset management plans and strategies.

Skills

Leadership

Asset Management

Risk Management

Business Planning

Client Relationship Management

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

Institute of Asset Management Diploma or Certificate

Job description

Job Description

The Company

This multi-disciplinary consultancy, with approximately 120 employees, provides a wide range of Asset Management, Engineering, Commercial, Customer Programmes, and Strategic Advisory services to clients across the water, energy, and environment sectors in the UK.

The business is founded on a diverse mix of skills, cultures, personalities, perspectives, and experiences, which unites the team and enables it to offer holistic and innovative solutions to clients' most pressing needs.

The Position

As a Lead Consultant, you will play a key role in developing the asset management capability, helping clients maximize the value of their assets and adapt to long-term challenges. Asset Management Consultants provide advisory services to infrastructure clients in the UK and beyond.

You will focus on areas such as (regulatory) business planning, asset strategy, service delivery, risk management, and asset management maturity (ISO55001). Additionally, you will support the wider business in asset management best practices. Reporting to the Associate Director of Asset Management, you will be part of a growing team with opportunities for development and progression.

This role involves working on various projects, adapting to client needs and sectors. Clients are central to your work, and you will be expected to challenge norms constructively and seek continuous improvement.

The business operates a hybrid working model, with the role based at any UK office, combined with work at client locations and from home. Travel to client offices is expected twice a week.

Key responsibilities include:

1. Lead project delivery, ensuring team accountability and quality of outputs
2. Provide leadership and guidance to the team, fostering growth and engagement
3. Build and maintain strong relationships with senior client stakeholders
4. Support leadership in identifying opportunities and developing proposals for future projects
5. Present outputs effectively to clients
6. Develop justified and efficient (regulatory) business plans
7. Develop and implement asset management plans and strategies
8. Enhance asset data utilization to deliver optimal solutions
9. Create long-term adaptive strategies
10. Design bespoke investment delivery processes
11. Optimize decision-making processes

The Candidate

The ideal candidate will have 10+ years of experience in infrastructure asset management within water, gas, electricity, or related industries, including team management experience. You should have expertise in asset strategy, regulatory business planning, and asset planning, with a solid understanding of the UK regulated utilities industry and its challenges.

A Bachelor's degree in a related field, along with the Institute of Asset Management Diploma or Certificate, is highly desirable. Chartered status or working towards chartership in a relevant institution is preferred.