Senior Asset Management Specialist

Lloyd's Register; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering consultancy in Houston is seeking a technical leader with a degree in engineering or physical science. The role involves providing technical assessments, mentoring staff, and managing health and safety compliance in service delivery. Candidates should possess strong customer focus, project management experience, and familiarity with asset management in maritime and energies sectors. Excellent communication skills in English and relevant engineering qualifications are essential for success in this position.

Qualifications

• A degree or equivalent from a recognized tertiary organization within the relevant field.
• Membership of an appropriate professional institution is required.
• Experience in Asset Management for Maritime and Energies is necessary.
• Proficient communication skills in English, capable of detailed reports.
• In-depth asset management experience in Maritime and Energies.
• Experience in Reliability, Maintenance and Integrity service delivery.
• Customer-focused, proactive and client-facing.
• Strong teamwork and communication skills.
• Proficiency in English with ability to write detailed reports.
• Project management experience desirable.
• Functional Safety qualification desirable.
• Knowledge of MAROS software desirable.
• Familiarity with CMMS and IMDS desirable.

Responsibilities

• Perform technical assessments and provide specialist advice.
• Produce deliverables within agreed parameters and review others' work.
• Mentor and coach technical employees for effective knowledge transfer.
• Manage compliance with health and safety regulations.
• Manage technical knowledge within remit to ensure high standard of service delivery.
• Monitor knowledge and performance, review complaints, and support professional development.
• Contribute to local strategies and business plans; drive improvements in processes.
• Assess time/value of work for clients within agreed fees and contract terms.
• Support commercial functions with technical inquiries and requirements.
• Pursue CPD and maintain discipline knowledge and awareness.
• Mentor/coaching of other technical staff for knowledge transfer.
• Undertake project management where applicable, including progress and spend monitoring.
• Undertake administrative tasks per current processes and procedures.
• Review health and safety risk registers, implement controls, and ensure safety considerations in planning and execution.
• Ensure team compliance with health and safety rules and provide necessary training and resources.
• Monitor and review safety performance and drive continuous improvement actions.

Skills

Technical leadership

Customer focus

Teamwork

Communication skills

Project management

Reliability and maintenance

Project management

English proficiency

Professional institution membership

Education

Degree in engineering or physical science

Membership of a professional institution

Tools

MAROS Software

CMMS

IMDS packages

Job description

Qualifications

• A degree or equivalent from a tertiary organisation recognised by Lloyd’s Register within the relevant field of engineering or physical science (minimum of three years programme).
• Membership of an appropriate professional institution.
• Working towards achieving Chartered or Incorporated Engineer status.
• Shall possess sufficient relevant previous working experience as a technical leader to demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the relevant specialist requirements, knowledge and application.
• In depth working experience in Asset Management for the Maritime and Energies space.
• Demonstrable experience in Reliability, Maintenance and Integrity service delivery.
• Customer focussed, proactive and highly motivated to support clients, by meeting their deadlines and regularly updating them on progress.
• Strong team-working and interpersonal skills.
• Good communication / influencing skills.
• Proficiency in the English Language commensurate with the work, with the ability to produce comprehensive and detailed written reports.
• Project management experience. (desirable)
• Functional Safety Qualification. (desirable)
• Knowledge of MAROS Software (desirable).
• Familiar with CMMS and IMDS packages (desirable).

Responsibilities

• To perform technical assessments and provide specialist advice for service delivery within agreed broad parameters that include budget constraints and contractual requirements.
• To produce the deliverable within the agreed parameters in an appropriate format and take responsibility to review other employee’s work as requested.
• To discuss / present the deliverable with the internal / external client at a senior level and be able to suggest alternative solutions where appropriate.
• Provide technical support within defined area of expertise to ensure consistency of interpretation and application to service delivery processes.
• Responsible for managing technical knowledge within defined remit to ensure a high standard of service delivery.
• Monitor technical knowledge and interpretation (e.g. through accompanied visits, internal audit, technical review, stakeholder feedback, coaching, formal training, or other appropriate development mechanism), reviewing complaints and providing feedback as appropriate in order to support professional development.
• Participate in and contribute to the formulation of local strategies and business plans. Deliver to plan. Drive improvements in business processes, in consultation with other process owners, to ensure business effectiveness.
• To assess / recommend the time / value of the work to be undertaken for an internal / external client within an agreed fee / cost structure and within the commercial aspects of the contract.
• Using developed knowledge and experience to support commercial functions with enquiries and technical requirements.
• To pursue Continuous Professional Development and maintain a high degree of discipline knowledge and awareness.
• To mentor / coach other technical employees to achieve effective technical knowledge transfer and application.
• To undertake project management where applicable including monitoring project progress and spend against budget and contract requirements.
• Undertake administration as required in line with current processes and procedures.
• Eliminate or minimise employee's exposure to risks by reviewing, regularly, the health and safety risk register, applying appropriate controls, communicating results of risk assessment and ensuring health and safety is considered in the planning and execution of all LR activities.
• Manage your own and your team's compliance with health and safety rules, instructions, systems and legal requirements, ensuring employees are suitably trained and adequate resources are available to work safely.
• Monitor and review health and safety performance, observe safety behaviours in the workplace, taking appropriate corrective and preventative action as necessary and suggesting and implementing improvement activities.