Technical Director - Asset Health

AtkinsRéalis; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working culture

Flexible holiday allowances

Training and professional development

Job summary

AtkinsRéalis is building a strategic Asset Health capability to support Water, Defence, Energy and Aviation markets. As Technical Director, Asset Health, you will set the service line's direction, establish governance, and lead a multidisciplinary team to deliver high-quality client outcomes.

You will shape opportunities, lead major bids and foster a community of practitioners, balancing technical excellence with commercial success in a hybrid client-facing role.

Qualifications

• Extensive senior-level experience in infrastructure consultancy or asset-intensive environments.
• Strong understanding of asset health, condition, criticality and performance.
• Experience establishing or growing a technical service or capability with measurable demand.
• Proven ability to identify, shape and convert business development opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Establish and lead the Asset Health service line across multiple markets.
• Define a focused portfolio of commercially viable services and governance.
• Set technical direction and develop methods, governance and assurance.
• Identify client priorities and convert demand into secured work.
• Provide senior leadership on client engagements, bids and commissions.
• Build trusted relationships with senior clients and stakeholders.

Skills

Asset Health

Senior leadership

Commercial judgement

Client engagement

Strategic thinking

Education

Degree in engineering or asset management

Job description

Job Description

Overview

Asset Health is an increasingly important priority for infrastructure owners. Ageing assets, evolving regulatory expectations, affordability pressures and the need for greater operational resilience requireorganisationsto improve how they understand assetcondition, criticality, reliability,performanceand future risk.

AtkinsRéalis is developing an integrated Asset Health capability that brings together engineeringexpertise, operational understanding, asset management, information management,analyticsand digital innovation. The capability will help clientsestablisha consistent view of current and future asset health, understand the consequences of deterioration and failure, andidentifythe operational, maintenance and investment interventions needed to manage risk and improve performance.

We areseekingan established technical and commercial leader to build and grow this capability across our Water,Defence, Energy and Aviation markets.

This is an opportunity to set the direction of a strategically important service line, influence our marketofferingand help clients make better-informed operational, maintenance and investment decisions.

Your role

• As Technical Director, Asset Health, you willestablishand lead our Asset Health service line within the Infrastructure Asset & Information Management Practice.
• You will set its strategic and technical direction, develop a focused portfolio of commerciallyviableservicesandestablishthe methods, governance and delivery approachesrequiredto provide consistent, high-quality outcomes for clients.
• Working with our practice,marketand account leaders, you willidentifyclient priorities, shapeopportunitiesand convert demand into secured work. You will provide senior leadership on client engagements, majorbidsand strategically important commissions.
• The role extends beyond individual tools, analyticalmethodsor Asset Health Indices. You will ensure that our approach provides clients with a defensible line of sight from asset evidence and future risk toprioritisedinterventions and investment decisions. You will connect evidence about asset condition, criticality,reliabilityand performance with practical operational, maintenance and investment decisions.
• Initially, this will be a service line,technicaland commercial leadership role rather than one involving the management of a large,establishedteam. You will develop the capability and supporting team as demand and secured work grow.You will:
  • Own and implement the strategy and roadmap for our Asset Health service line across Water,Defence, Energy and Aviation.
  • Define a focused portfolio of distinctive and commerciallyviableservices thatrespondsto clients’ operational, maintenance and investment priorities.
  • Set the technical direction for our Asset Health capability and lead the development and continuous improvement of its methods,governanceand assurance arrangements, including approaches to condition, criticality, deterioration,performanceand future risk.
  • Work with market, account and practice leaders to identify, shape and convert strategic client opportunities.
  • Bring technical authority and commercial judgement to senior client conversations, major bids and strategically important commissions.
  • Lead complex multidisciplinary assignments as Technical Director, Project Director, senior adviser or assurance lead.
  • Build trusted relationships with senior clients, asset owners,operatorsand industry stakeholders.
  • Establish an active Asset Health community and develop the people, partnerships and reusable methods needed to support sustainable growth.

About you

You will be an established leader in Asset Health, asset management, asset performance, maintenance, reliability, infrastructureoperationsor a closely related discipline. You will have:

• Extensive senior-level experience gained within infrastructure consultancy, an asset-intensiveorganisationor a closely related environment.
• A strong understanding of Asset Health and its relationship with condition, criticality, reliability, maintenance, operational performance,riskand investment planning.
• Experience of establishing, leading or materially growing a technical service,propositionor capability, with evidence of resulting client demand, secured work or improved market position.
• A successful record of identifying,shapingand converting business development opportunities, including major bids or strategic proposals.
• Experience ofdirecting complex multidisciplinary assignments and providing senior technical assurance.
• Strong commercial judgement, balancing client outcomes, technical quality, deliveryriskand financial performance across both work winning and delivery.
• The credibility to build trusted relationships with senior clients,stakeholdersand business leaders.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to turn complex technical evidence into clear decisions and practical recommendations.
• A degree in engineering, asset management or a related discipline, orequivalentrelevant professional experience, isrequired. Chartered status oran equivalentrecognisedprofessional qualification would beadvantageous.

Desirable experience

Experience in one or more of the following would be beneficial:

• Water,Defence,Energyor Aviation.
• Asset Health Indices, conditionassessmentorcriticalityassessment.
• Reliability engineering, deteriorationmodellingor maintenanceoptimisation.
• Asset Performance Management or risk-based investment planning.
• Regulated, safety-criticalorsecurity-sensitive infrastructure.
• Werecognisethat strong candidates may bring different combinations of these capabilities. We do not expect one person to be a specialist in every area.

Yourinitialpriorities

• Yourinitialfocus will be to bring together the Asset Healthexpertise, tools,methodsand client credentials that already exist across AtkinsRéalis and develop them into a coherent, technicallyrobustand client-facing capability. You willidentifywhere existing approaches can bestandardised,improvedorsupplementedandestablisha clear technical development roadmap.
• You will define the priority propositions,establishthe technical and delivery framework, shapean initialopportunitypipelineand lead or assure early reference commissions. As demand grows, you will develop the practitioner community, partnerships and supporting team required to create a scalable and sustainable service.
• Success will bedemonstratedthrough arecognisedmarket proposition, a sustainable pipeline of secured work, successful clientoutcomesand growing demand for our services.

Rewards & benefits

Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career. Enjoy competitive salaries, employee rewards and a brilliant range of benefits you can tailor to suit your own health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle choices. Make the most of a myriad of opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise. And combine our hybrid working culture and flexible holiday allowances to balance a great job and fulfilling personal life.

About AtkinsRéalis

We’re AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world’s infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We’re committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.

Additional information

Security clearance

This role may require security clearance and offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance. If this is necessary, it will be discussed with you at interview. The vetting process is delivered by United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) and may require candidates to provide proof of residency in the UK of 5 years or longer. If applying to this role please do not make reference to (in conversation) or include in your application or CV, details of any current or previously held security clearance.

We are committed to creating a culture where everyone feels that they belong - a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop to be the best we can be. So, we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and employee resource groups to support all employees. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures and ability. As a Disability Confident Leader, we are committed to offering an interview to all applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria. If you would like to be considered under this commitment, please let us know at the application stage.

Worker Type

Employee

Job Type

Regular

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