Asset manager - NESC001

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Purpose of the role

The Asset Manager is responsible for ensuring that the Operating Company’s asset data is accurate, robust, analysed and used appropriately to inform asset management and maintenance decisions within the Unit. Responsible for managing the Operating Company inspection team and analysing data and providing reports to ensuring that asset data is used to inform business decisions.

This role would suit a candidate with an appreciation of ISO55001 and has or is working towards an appropriate ISO55001 or Asset Management qualification. Has good data analytical and presentation capabilities, including knowledge of databases.

About The Role

• Analysing data and providing reports to ensuring that asset data is used to inform business decisions
• Prioritising and ranking schemes based on asset data and the Director’s guidance documents
• Ensuring that asset data is accurately used in Value for Money assessments of all schemes
• Developing draft programmes and ensuring the schemes are progressed into appropriate programmes of work
• Championing and driving embedment of Asset Management principles throughout the Contract and ensuring teams have the necessary competencies and skills to deliver Asset Management
• Responsible for managing the Inspection teams and ensuring that the Inspection teams carry out robust, repeatable inspections, collecting accurate asset information, including asset register, defects and condition data
• Responsible for ensuring the asset data is in compliance with the asset manuals, including the Trunk Road Information Manual (TRIM) and other guidance documents
• Analysing the asset data to identify trends
• Actively identifying data gaps and issues and proactively ensuring data is updated to maintain and improve accuracy
• Analysing the asset data to identify and prioritise potential schemes identifying opportunities to combine schemes into hybrid schemes.
• Responsible for ensuring the continual provision of systems to support the contracts’ asset management performance
• To develop the application and monitoring the effectiveness of the Asset Management Plan and for implementing the processes that identify continual improvement opportunities
• Lead, review and challenge budgets and forecasts to ensure consistent, challenging but deliverable approach adopted.
• To manage a team in continually improving the asset management capability of the commission
• Provide the necessary data and interpret management information to monitor performance.
• Ensure and improve the delivery of service excellence across the account through maximising efficiency and effectiveness, actively sharing best practice and seeking opportunities for profit improvement.
• Ensure that business imperatives are clearly communicated and understood throughout the defined contract area and to others, as appropriate
  

What we are looking for

Role Requirements

• Able to work under own initiative and drive performance improvements through a systematic approach
• Good interpersonal skills and able to communicate with people at all levels
• Have good personal and management skills
• Be able to lead strategic initiatives to enhance performance
• Can help to achieve successful culture change in a complex business with effective use of project management skills to ensure managed delivery.
• Demonstrates ability to implement and meet targets
• Has proven ability to manage, develop and motivate teams
• Demonstrates well-developed communication, relationship management and influencing skills
• Delivered against a business plan/objectives - including holding responsibility for the management of resources
  

Role Qualifications

• Chartered Engineer (CEng) in an appropriate engineering discipline and a Member of an Engineering Institution.
• Must have demonstrable appropriate experience within their role working on a trunk road maintenance Contract or having successfully fulfilled a role of a similar nature.
• Good IT skills (Word, Excel, Email)
• Experienced in data collection, performance monitoring, performance improvement
• techniques, process improvement and continual improvement activities
• Ideally experience relative to the construction or highways industry
  

About Amey

We’re all originals here and our individuality is an asset. We have unique backgrounds and personalities, which means we all bring different ideas to the table. But we do have one thing in common: we all take personal pride in our public service. With every drop of water and spark of electricity we supply, with every bolt we tighten and with every guiding golden nugget of advice, we better manage the services that we all use and rely on every day, ensuring every household in Britain benefits from our work.

Amey is one of the top five support services suppliers in the UK. We employ 14,000 people, have a turnover of £2.1bn and a strong forward order-book. Every household in Britain benefits from the work we do. We maintain the UK’s road and rail infrastructure, keep schools safe and clean, manage the UK’s defence estate, safely escort prisoners and keep prisons and courts secure. We also collect and process waste, as well as deliver utilities services. All of this is underpinned by our leading consulting capabilities which uses engineering design and data analytics to better manage the services we all use and rely on

As one of us, you can really be you because your individuality is an asset. You’re surrounded by a team of people who want you to grow and embrace new challenges. People who care about your job satisfaction as well as your wellbeing. There’ll be experiences as original as you are, in a career that can feel like many rolled into one. You’ll be stretched but always supported. Whether it’s working on the biggest bridge in the country, learning to get to grips with the latest technology, or just working with a great group of people every day, you’ll find what gets you out of bed in the morning at Amey.

We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates, regardless of their race, gender, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation, or age. Please contact our recruitment team at Gemma.Denson@amey.co.uk to discuss any access needs and reasonable adjustments that may be required at any point during the recruitment process.

About The Account

Do you want to work on managing and maintaining the essential trunk roads in the North East of Scotland, providing safe and reliable passage for all road users?



Here at Amey we have been awarded the contract to manage and maintain the Trunk Road Network in the North East of Scotland on behalf of Transport Scotland. We will work closely with Transport Scotland to deliver improved levels of service to the trunk road network, aiming to ensure consistent, predictable and reliable journeys for road users. The contract will deliver maintenance, road safety, bridges and structures and discrete improvement schemes whilst taking into account the Scottish Government’s climate change and sustainability targets.