Asset Management Consultant - National Advisory

Jacobs; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 81,000 - 178,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) plan

Stock purchase option

PPTO

Seven paid holidays

Caregiver leave

Performance bonus

Job summary

Jacobs is seeking an Asset Management Consultant to help clients optimize asset performance and investment decisions across water, transportation, energy, and other critical infrastructure sectors. Based preferably in California but open nationwide, you will deliver strategic advisory services and technical solutions across the full asset lifecycle.

You will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, support ISO 55000-aligned frameworks, and contribute to business development and trusted client

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline.
• 5+ years delivering asset management or infrastructure advisory services.
• Experience in water, transportation, energy, facilities or asset-intensive industries.

Responsibilities

• Support asset management projects across water, wastewater, transportation, energy and other infrastructure sectors.
• Develop asset management strategies, policies, and governance models aligned with ISO 55000.
• Assist in asset investment planning, lifecycle modelling, and risk-based prioritization.
• Contribute to data quality, asset registry optimization, and performance analytics.
• Engage with clients and stakeholders to drive outcomes and business development.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder engagement

Analytical thinking

Data analytics

Strategic thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Bachelor's degree in City Planning

Bachelor's degree in Asset Management

Tools

Enterprise Asset Management 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.