Senior / Lead Asset Verification Engineer

Flying Colours Consultancy Limited; Kemsley; On-site; GBP 41,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

Flying Colours Consultancy Limited seeks a Senior/Lead Asset Verification Engineer to head a 6-month on-site plant asset verification project in Kemsley, UK. You will lead a team of surveyors, drive asset classification, SAP alignment, and data quality across complex assets including hierarchies, packages, skids, and control panels.

You will define survey methods, enhance tagging standards, review SAP mappings, and mentor junior engineers while ensuring safe work practices and timely progress

Qualifications

• HNC/HND or degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Instrumentation, or related engineering discipline.
• 5+ years’ experience in industrial plants in maintenance, projects, reliability, or asset management roles.
• Demonstrable experience delivering asset surveys, tagging projects, or condition assessments at scale.
• Good working knowledge of SAP PM / EAM or similar asset management systems.
• Strong data quality mindset and experience reviewing/approving survey outputs.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day technical delivery of the asset verification team (junior & mid-level engineers).
• Define and refine survey methods, naming conventions, classification rules and tagging standards.
• Handle complex assets and systems: parent/child hierarchies, packages, skids, and control panels.
• Conduct higher-level condition assessments and highlight critical or safety-related issues for escalation.
• Review and validate survey data for completeness, consistency, and alignment with SAP / CAFM structures.
• Support SAP / data team with mapping of functional locations, equipment numbers, and class/characteristics.
• Troubleshoot discrepancies (asset found but not in SAP, SAP record not found on site, mismatched capacities/locations) and propose remediation actions.
• Coach and mentor junior staff on safe working, survey best practice, and data quality expectations.
• Contribute to weekly progress reporting (asset counts, issues, risks) and client technical sessions.
• Ensure adherence to site H&S rules, permits, and method statements; contribute to risk assessments.

Skills

Asset verification

SAP PM / EAM

Team leadership

Data quality

Project delivery

Education

HNC/HND or degree in Mechanical/Electrical/Instrumentation

Tools

SAP PM

Job description

Job Description:

Title:

Senior / Lead Asset Verification Engineer – Plant Asset Verification (Kemsley, UK)

Day Rate:

£220-£250/day (contract)

Contract Duration:

6 months (full-time, on-site, with some office-based data/SAP work)

Location:

Kemsley, ME10

Role overview

Senior/lead engineer responsible for leading a team of surveyors on a 6‑month full-plant physical asset verification and SAP reconciliation project. You will act as technical lead on asset classification, hierarchy, and data quality, and be a key interface between site operations and the project manager.

Key responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day technical delivery of the asset verification team (junior & mid-level engineers).
• Define and refine survey methods, naming conventions, classification rules and tagging standards.
• Handle complex assets and systems: parent/child hierarchies, packages, skids, and control panels.
• Conduct higher-level condition assessments and highlight critical or safety-related issues for escalation.
• Review and validate survey data for completeness, consistency, and alignment with SAP / CAFM structures.
• Support SAP / data team with mapping of functional locations, equipment numbers, and class/characteristics.
• Troubleshoot discrepancies (asset found but not in SAP, SAP record not found on site, mismatched capacities/locations) and propose remediation actions.
• Coach and mentor junior staff on safe working, survey best practice, and data quality expectations.
• Contribute to weekly progress reporting (asset counts, issues, risks) and client technical sessions.
• Ensure adherence to site H&S rules, permits, and method statements; contribute to risk assessments.

Required skills & experience

• HNC/HND or degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Instrumentation, or related engineering discipline.
• 5+ years’ experience in industrial plants (paper, FMCG, process, utilities, or heavy industry) in maintenance, projects, reliability, or asset management roles.
• Demonstrable experience delivering asset surveys, asset tagging projects, or condition assessments at scale.
• Good working knowledge of SAP PM / EAM or similar asset management systems (functional locations, equipment, classes, characteristics).
• Strong data quality mindset and experience reviewing/approving survey outputs.
• Ability to lead small teams, allocate work, and monitor productivity.

Nice to have

• Experience in paper manufacturing, pulp & paper, or similar continuous process industries.
• Experience in FM/consultancy or external asset survey providers.
• Understanding of asset management best practice (e.g. ISO 55000 principles).