Infrastructure Asset Lead – Roads NOWOŚĆ

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The Asset Lead – Linear will sit within the asset investment team reporting to the Asset Investment Manager. This role will work closely with the rest of the Connect Plus Team, Connect Plus Services (the O&M Company) and other key project stakeholders, to oversee all asset management activities for highways linear assets (i.e., pavement, geotechnical, drainage, road restraint systems).

From a client-side perspective, this role will own asset management strategies for linear assets in line with DBFO’s handback and performance requirements, provide strategic guidance and support to the business enabling effective and consistent roll out & execution of asset management strategies, and continuously driving the asset management excellence to mature asset management approach.

The role is a unique opportunity to work within the Project Company (SPV) of a major infrastructure project and directly interface with other senior stakeholders, parent company and a range of supply chain across the whole life cycle of highways linear assets.

Accountabilities:

• The Asset Lead Linear will sit within the Asset Investment Team reporting to the Asset Investment Manager. This role will work closely with the rest of the Connect Plus Team, Connect Plus Services (the O&M Company) and other key project stakeholders, to oversee all asset management activities for highways linear assets (i.e., pavement, geotechnical, drainage, road restraint systems).
• Ownership of Asset Management Strategies for highways linear assets covering the whole lifecycle (inspection, maintenance, and renewal)
• Act as a Connect Plus sponsor in gateway meetings for lifecycle renewal projects for highways linear assets to ensure that projects deliver expected benefits within expected budget.
• Work closely with the Engineering Manager and the Commercial & Asset Delivery team to optimise and sign off scope and delivery methodologies and unblock technical issues.
• The Asset Linear Lead will support the Engineering Manager with all technical approvals and alternative proposals (managing departure from standards).
• Drive the innovation, efficiency and carbon reduction throughout the gateway process; Communicate and share best practice in the field of asset management.
• Develop Innovation business cases based on understanding of long-term asset risks and opportunities. Contribute with case studies for the Proactive Management Review.
• Support and influence the development of the Asset Management Forward Plan, ensuring that proposed investment delivers benefits (risk mitigation, condition benefit, etc.) and meet strategic objectives and performance indicators.
• Support the development of the Annual Asset Management Report to capture the benefits achieved, lesson learnt from the delivery and expenditure movement against the budget.
• Understand Asset Management IT systems, in particularly, Asset Investment Planning Toolkits; ability to review and challenge the input, configuration, modelling of Decision Support Tools
• Support the annual review and update of key elements of the integrated asset management system, including processes, strategies, procedures, and key documents such as the asset strategies, condition methodologies and support ISO 55001 certification
• Collaborate with Connect Plus Services relevant teams to understand impacts of strategic changes, changes in standards and third-party schemes on contract and asset performance
• Understand and act as a source of knowledge for contractual and system requirements around asset management obligations.

We are looking a candidate with engineering background or similar, with experience in managing large scale and complex infrastructure assets (ideally, highways linear assets) from a client perspective.

• Chartered Engineer (ICE or equivalent) or relevant accreditation.
• Ability to set, challenge and refine Asset Management Strategies for Highways linear assets in line with handback requirements
• Ability to make decisions and move things forward balancing stakeholder’ requirements
• Good communication and presentation skills
• Proactivity and ability to operate autonomously in a senior team
• Ability to multi-task and deliver multiple projects in parallel
• IT literate; Knowledge of Asset Management IT systems would be a plus