Time left to apply End Date: March 28, 2025 (30+ days left to apply)
Job requisition id JR5017
Closing Date: 28/03/2025
Job Title: Asset Strategy Manager
Location: Falmer
Salary: up to £75,000
This Asset Strategy Manager role is focused on the development of asset strategies that enable Southern Water to meet its service commitments effectively over the long term. It will lead the development of our wastewater asset health capability.
Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities:
Health & Safety:
* Prioritize health and safety management.
* Ensure asset strategies contribute to safe operational environments.
Asset Strategy Development:
* Set clear targets and develop long-term asset and resilience strategies across the organization.
* Use systems thinking to understand interrelations between water and wastewater systems.
* Integrate asset strategies into planning systems to ensure alignment with business plans.
Evidence-Based Decision Making:
* Drive the use of data, evidence-based decision making, and a solid risk framework.
* Recommend optimized asset interventions to balance costs, outputs, and resource needs.
* Develop our asset health predictive models.
Stakeholder Engagement & Communication:
* Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to ensure effective strategy development and implementation.
* Communicate long-term strategic goals clearly and gain commitment to a shared vision.
* Influence stakeholders to develop best practice approaches and embed asset strategies into business processes.
Legal & Regulatory Compliance:
* Ensure compliance with maintenance requirements, propose action plans for any gaps, and maintain optimal asset reliability.
* Align asset strategies between water and wastewater in line with risk and resilience frameworks.
Team Management:
* Lead a small technical team, promoting skills development and collaboration across functions.
Skills & Competencies:
Experience:
* Extensive asset management and investment planning experience in the water/wastewater or infrastructure sectors.
* Knowledge of regulatory frameworks, such as OFWAT, and understanding of industry success factors.
Technical Expertise:
* Experience in whole life cost econometrics, asset deterioration models, and resilience.
* Strong understanding of asset health, condition monitoring, and modelling tools.
Leadership & Management:
* Proven leadership in driving change, influencing stakeholders, and aligning teams to a shared vision.
* Ability to balance business needs, team development, and individual goals.
Communication & Relationship Management:
* Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence and build relationships across diverse stakeholders.
* Ability to translate strategic goals into actionable tactics and communicate them effectively.
Numeracy & Analysis:
* Strong analytical skills, with a high level of numeracy and attention to detail.
* Ability to present data-driven insights and actionable proposals.
Qualifications & Knowledge:
Technical:
* Competent in MS Office, SAP, and GIS.
* Solid understanding of asset management principles and resilience.
* Familiarity with deterioration modeling and asset condition management.
Risk & Compliance:
* Good understanding of relevant regulatory and legal obligations in the water industry.
Education & Certifications:
* Essential: Degree in science, asset management, risk management, engineering, or a related field.
* Desirable: Professional qualifications in Asset Management or membership in related bodies.
Driving:
* Full driving license required.
This position is pivotal in ensuring Southern Water operates sustainably, meets its regulatory obligations, and implements effective long-term asset management strategies that align with broader organizational goals.
Interested in the role?
We reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications, so if you are interested in the position please do send your application over today to ensure consideration.
Every Body Welcome
We value diversity and are committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you require any reasonable adjustments to facilitate your participation in the recruitment process, please do not hesitate to let us know. We are dedicated to ensuring that all candidates have an equal opportunity to showcase their skills and experience.
We succeed together
Our customers are at the heart of everything we do, because delivering water for life is our core purpose. To achieve this, we need 24/7 support in place to resolve incidents quickly and efficiently. All our employees understand the importance of out-of-hours incident support – because when problems appear, fixing them is our top priority. That’s why our people join together and support when and however needed to make sure our customers get the service they deserve. Joining the Southern Water family means you’ll become part of our incident support team. During your interview, your manager will speak to you about any incident support rotas that apply to your position.
Benefits:
* Company and performance-related bonus
* Generous pension with up to 11% company contribution
* Life assurance payment equal to four times your annual salary
* Health benefits through a Cash Plan
* Two paid community volunteering days a year
* 25 days annual holiday
* Occupational health service
* Perkbox benefits offering discounts and savings on several products and experiences
* Study support may be available for job-related qualifications
* We offer competitive maternity leave and flexible return to work options
Need flexibility in your work?
Does this opportunity excite you but you’re not 100% sure if you meet all the requirements for the role? Or are you concerned that ‘normal’ office hours aren’t possible given your personal circumstances? Whilst we can’t accommodate every flexible working request, we’ll try to find a practical solution. So why not engage with us and find out more about this role? #LI-Hybrid
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