Critical Assets Lead

You will work closely with the water and wastewater asset planning, sponsorship and operational planning teams to ensure that plans for critical assets are grounded in the operational realities and reflect the current business priorities.

This is a 10-12 month fixed-term opportunity to join the Asset Health & Performance Team, where you will define and promote short-, medium-, and long-term asset management plans for our critical assets. The plans will be based on a comprehensive bottom-up risk analysis of critical asset cohorts and determining investment priorities using risk thresholds to prioritise the asset base.

• Development of critical asset health investment cases for PR29 and the Drainage and Wastewater Management Plan (DWMP).
• Prepare risk reports in accordance with the company’s safety-critical asset risk management procedures and improve the management and reporting of critical assets.
• Review of delivery and benefit of asset management programmes against the intention of the plan.
• Build effective relationships with all levels of the business , including senior stakeholders.
• Management responsibilities for a team of professionals and ensuring appropriate SME support from the team to help develop the asset health insights dashboard for critical assets.
• Work across the business to develop an improved understanding of asset health and align with the Asset Health framework. Embed learning to drive continual improvement in our long-term Critical Asset Management Plans.

Working at Thames Water

• Best practice Asset Management, e.g., IAM qualifications / prior experience
• Degree level or equivalent professional body qualification
• Have exceptional listening, communication, and interpersonal skills to support teams in working towards a high-functioning delivery culture.
• Possess the ability to structure and frame strategic issues, identify key analytics and drive to an outcome.
• Documentation of our critical asset management processes.
• Have the ability to interpret complex data and make recommendations by using your strong communication, influencing, negotiation, and analytical skills
• Have commercial awareness and use judgment based on the analysis of information.
• Utilise your excellent organisation and planning skills.

Thames Water is a unique, rewarding, and diverse place to work, where every day you can make a difference, yet no day is the same. As part of our family, you’ll enjoy fast-tracked career opportunities, flexible working arrangements and excellent benefits.

When a crisis happens, we all rally around to support our customers. As part of Team Thames, you’ll have the opportunity to sign up to support our customers on the frontline as an ambassador. Full training will be given for what is undoubtedly an incredibly rewarding experience. It’s also a great opportunity to learn more about our business and meet colleagues.

• Performance-related pay plan directly linked to both company and individual performance measures and targets
• Access to lots of benefits to help you take care of you and your family’s health and wellbeing, and your finances – from annual health MOTs and access to physiotherapy and counselling, to Cycle to Work schemes, shopping vouchers and life assurance.
• Private Medical Health Care
• Ongoing support to the PR24 Asset Health Improvement gated allowance.
• Comprehensive risk appraisals of asset cohorts to provide inputs and insights.
• 26 days holiday per year, increasing to 30 with the length of service (plus bank holidays)
• Competitive salary from £ 62,215 to £64,704 per annum depending on experience.
• Generous Pension Scheme through AON