Senior Asset Management Consultant in Birmingham

Amey are a leading provider of full life-cycle engineering, operations, and decarbonisation solutions for transport infrastructure and complex facilities. Working for us, you'll be delivering sustainable infrastructure solutions that enhance life and protect our shared future. Our people are driven by a set of strong values, based on safety, insight, and collaboration.

The Opportunity

Our Consulting business is leading innovation through data and technology, enhancing our clients' business operations and processes. We provide solutions that derive insights, improve decision-making, and define a digital strategy that supports their vision, transforming and enabling them to become leaders in a rapidly changing technology and data landscape. We have a fantastic opportunity for a Senior Asset Management Consultant to join our Asset Management Transformation Team where we focus on improving our client's Infrastructure Asset Management capabilities – bringing the best of Asset Management Innovation to our clients. We utilise knowledge of ISO 55001 best practice, combining it with technology, integrated systems, asset specific understanding and embedding change in our client's organisations.

The role

We possess market-leading Asset Management specialists operating predominantly within regulated industries, particularly Major Infrastructure, Highways, Rail, Aviation, Maritime, and Energy. We focus on delivering excellence in Asset Management, underpinned by class-leading data analytics and technology, helping organisations make informed decisions about managing their infrastructure assets. We embed ourselves with the client to improve their processes, systems, and data, and maintain these relationships after we leave. To support our growth plans for 2025 and beyond we are inviting applications from suitably experienced and qualified Senior Asset Management Consultants who are looking for an opportunity to showcase their skills in a high performing team environment. You will help set the direction of Consulting team, broaden our scope into new markets, establish quality standards and continue to create tailored asset management solutions.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leveraging business intelligence from asset data to strengthen client relationships and unlock the full value of their asset portfolios.
• Applying knowledge in asset management and strategy to drive measurable outcomes for large organisations.
• Designing and presenting asset information systems and processes that provide a lifecycle cost perspective, enabling the effective implementation of Asset Management strategies and plans.
• Driving Asset Management transformation programmes to deliver sustainable benefits for our clients.
• Collaborating with industry experts to conduct in-depth analyses of client challenges, identifying and delivering strategies to optimise asset performance.
• Developing innovative, data-driven solutions to advance asset management systems and models.
• Interpreting complex data to produce organisation-wide reports that support change management, financial KPIs, and risk/opportunity assessments.
• Helping to foster a collaborative, knowledge-sharing culture by mentoring colleagues and disseminating best practices.
• Serving as a visible advocate for Asset Management and Amey, contributing to industry thought leadership and building professional networks.

What you will bring to us:

Technical Expertise

• A degree in a relevant discipline or equivalent professional experience.
• Chartered status in a relevant field (or actively working towards it), with membership in a professional body such as (but not limited to) those focused on Asset Management, Engineering, Operations, or Consultancy.
• Knowledge of ISO 55001, the IAM anatomy and its practical application, along with familiarity of similar industry standards and guidelines.
• Previous industry experience in major infrastructure and operations sectors, such as rail, ports, property, aviation, highways, or energy.
• Experience in diagnosing Asset Management challenges through evidence-based approaches and clearly communicating findings to stakeholders.
• Experience in planning, managing, and implementing Asset Management change projects.
• Experience in developing innovative solutions in areas such as strategy, risk management, competence management, organisational change, whole life cost modelling, operational resilience and digital data capture.
• Knowledge of Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) systems and their application in driving efficiency and performance, preferred systems include HxGN EAM, IBM Maximo, IFS Cloud or similar.

Project Controls

• Demonstrated experience in balancing financial and technical requirements to ensure successful project management outcomes.
• Experience in leading and managing small to medium teams to deliver projects effectively and efficiently.
• Skilled in building strong client relationships and providing customer-focused solutions that address key client needs and deliver maximum value.
• Qualification with APM / PRINCE2 / AgilePM desirable (or working towards).

Business Development

• Strong communication and negotiation skills, enabling you to build rapport with diverse clients.
• Bid writing capabilities and previous experience in tenders is desirable.
• Adaptable and flexible, with the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• A network within your industry, with the aim of developing this further.

What we can offer you:

At Amey, we recognise that our biggest asset is our people. That's why when you join us, we offer flexibility, career development, a choice of benefits and support that help you through all life's ups and downs. It's the reason why Investors in People put us among the top 1% of employers.

• Career Development – Our dedicated progression framework identifies your career pathway and progress within the organisation, and with dedicated mentoring and support on hand to ensure you hit your career milestones. We're huge advocates for professional development and offer a recognition bonus for those achieving professional qualifications.
• Work-life Balance – Work-life balance and flexibility are key for our success. We empower our people to make choices that are right for them, with hybrid, part-time and flexible work patterns. And with a network of offices across the UK, we're open to discussing working options that suit you.
• Wellbeing – Health cash plan, 24 GP, support and assistance programmes, wellbeing ambassadors and Wellbeing Wednesday, dental vouchers.
• EDI – At Amey we celebrate our people and all that they are. This is reflected in our Affinity Group networks, providing a community of support and connection, a safe space to share experiences, learn from one another and generate ideas – Women @ Amey, NeuroDiversity, Armed Forces, Multicultural Network, Pride, Diversability and Parents & Carers.
• Social Value – You'll get 2 Community Involvement Days each year to volunteer for a charity of your choice and further opportunities to support fundraising initiatives.

Plus, a range of other great perks and benefits including:

• Pension – Generous Pension scheme which we will contribute to.
• Holidays - Minimum 24 days holiday + Bank Holidays.
• Choices - Our flexible benefits scheme is tailored by you, including buying additional annual leave, cycle2work scheme, charity giving and gym membership.
• Save with Amey - Our online voucher portal gives you access to thousands of discounts from leading retailers to help you save on shopping, days out, or nights in.

Your Career at Amey Consulting

At Amey Consulting, we value collective expertise, but also the spark one person can bring. As one of us, you can really be yourself, because your individuality is an asset. You'll be stretched, but always supported. We'll recognise your hard work and look after your well-being too. You'll be empowered to play your part and achieve, encouraged to fulfil your own ambition as well as the shared one.

Application Guidance

Amey is committed to Inclusion and Diversity. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates, regardless of their race, gender, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation, or age. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. Please contact our recruitment team to discuss any access needs, reasonable adjustments or additional application support that may be required at any point during the recruitment process.