Asset Management Consultant - National Advisory

Jacobs; Los Angeles (CA); Hybrid; USD 81,000 - 178,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) plan

Stock purchase

PPTO

Paid holidays

Job summary

Jacobs is seeking an Asset Management Consultant to deliver advisory and technical services across water, transportation, energy and facilities, helping clients optimize asset performance and lifecycle decisions.

Bachelor’s degree in a related field and 5+ years of experience are required. Based preferably in California, but open to the broader United States, this role supports teams nationwide with a flexible hybrid work model.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related discipline required.
• Minimum 5+ years delivering asset management or advisory services as consultant or staff.
• Experience in water, transportation, energy, facilities, or asset-intensive industries.

Responsibilities

• Deliver asset management projects across water, transport, energy, and facilities sectors.
• Develop asset management strategies, policies, frameworks, KPIs and governance models.
• Support asset investment planning, lifecycle modelling, and risk-based prioritization.
• Assist with client relationship management and project delivery across multidisciplinary teams.
• Contribute to business development and thought leadership for Jacobs’ Asset Management capabilities.

Skills

Analytical

Stakeholder engagement

Advisory skills

Business case development

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Tools

CMMS/Asset information systems

Job description

At Jacobs, we're challenging today to reinvent tomorrow by solving the world's most critical problems for thriving cities, resilient environments, mission-critical outcomes, operational advancement, scientific discovery and cutting-edge manufacturing, turning abstract ideas into realities that transform the world for good.

Your impact

At Jacobs, we're helping clients make smarter, more informed decisions about their infrastructure and critical assets. As part of our Asset Management Team within National Advisory Solutions, you will work with asset-intensive organizations to develop and implement strategic asset management solutions that improve performance, reliability, resilience, and long-term value creation.

The Asset Management Consultant, will support the delivery of advisory and technical asset management services across a broad range of industries, including water, wastewater, transportation (aviation, rail, roads and highways), energy, and other infrastructure sectors. This role helps clients optimize asset performance and investment decisions through data-driven planning, risk-informed decision-making, engineering assurance, operational excellence, and lifecycle management practices. Combining consulting, technical expertise, project delivery, and client relationship management, this position offers the opportunity to work across the full asset lifecycle, helping organizations align asset management strategies with business objectives and operational priorities.

Based preferably in California, but open to candidates throughout the United States, this role is ideal for an individual who enjoys partnering with clients to solve complex infrastructure challenges, improve organizational performance, and drive sustainable outcomes. The successful candidate will play a key role in delivering innovative asset management solutions that enhance decision-making, strengthen asset stewardship, and maximize the value of critical infrastructure investments.

As part of a growing national practice, you will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to deliver projects ranging from asset management strategy development and maturity assessments to risk management frameworks, capital investment planning, asset performance analytics, and operational improvement initiatives.

An overview of Jacobs’ asset management services can be found here Asset Management | Jacobs

Key Responsibilities

• Support the delivery of asset management projects across water, wastewater, stormwater, transportation (aviation, rail, roads and highways), energy, municipal services, facilities and other infrastructure sectors.
• Contribute to the development of asset management strategies, policies, frameworks, governance models, KPIs and decision-making processes aligned with ISO 55000 principles.
• Support asset investment planning, lifecycle modelling, asset criticality assessments and risk-based prioritization of capital and operational expenditure.
• Support asset operations and performance optimization initiatives through operations advisory, maintenance strategy development, reliability improvements and intelligent infrastructure solutions.
• Support asset inventory development, data quality improvement initiatives and asset registry optimization
• Support analyzing asset condition, performance, reliability and operational data to identify improvement opportunities and support evidence-based decision making.
• Support facilitation of organizational capability uplift through training, workshops, operating model development and change management initiatives.
• Support building trusted relationships with clients and project teams and contribute to successful delivery of complex multidisciplinary projects.
• Contribute to business development, proposal preparation, thought leadership and growth of Jacobs’ Asset Management capabilities.

Here's what you'll need

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, City Planning, Asset Management, Information Technology, Data Analytics or a related discipline.
• 5+ years delivering asset management, operations, maintenance, or infrastructure advisory services as a consultant or as a staff of an infrastructure-focused organization.
• Experience within water, transportation (aviation, rail, highways and roads), energy, facilities, local government or other asset-intensive industries.

Ideally, you'll also have

• Understanding of asset lifecycle management, asset performance management, risk-based decision making and investment planning.
• Knowledge of asset information management, enterprise asset management systems, data governance and digital asset solutions.
• Analytical, stakeholder engagement and advisory skills.
• Experience developing business cases, strategic plans, asset management plans and executive-level recommendations.
• Experience facilitating workshops and engaging executive, operational, and technical stakeholders.
• Professional certifications such as IAM Certificate/Diploma or Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional (CMRP).

Benefits

• Our health and welfare benefits are designed to invest in you, and in the things you care about.
• Your health.
• Your well-being.
• Your security.
• Your future.
• Employees have access to medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance.
• A 401(k) plan.
• The ability to purchase company stock at a discount.
• Eligible employees may also enroll in a deferred compensation plan or the Executive Deferral Plan.
• Jacobs has an unlimited U.S. Personalized Paid Time Off (PPTO) policy for full-time salaried/exempt employees.
• Seven paid holidays.
• Caregiver leave.
• Merit increases, performance discretionary bonus, and stock.

The base salary range for this position is $81,100.00 to $178,150.00. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

We value collaboration and believe that in-person interactions are crucial for both our culture and client delivery. We empower employees with our hybrid working policy, allowing them to split their work week between Jacobs offices/projects and remote locations enabling them to deliver their best work.

Your application experience is important to us, and we’re keen to adapt to make every interaction even better. If you require further support or reasonable adjustments with regards to the recruitment process (for example, you require the application form in a different format), please contact the team via Careers Support.