Head of Asset Management Strategy in Plymouth

Location: Devonport, Plymouth, Helensburgh, Bristol

Onsite or Hybrid: Hybrid

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

At Babcock, we're working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as the Head of Asset Management Strategy, based at either the Babcock Technology Centre in Bristol, Devonport Royal Dockyard in Plymouth, or HM Naval Base Clyde near Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute.

The role:

• Lead and influence asset management strategy at enterprise level within one of the UK's leading engineering and defence organisations.
• Drive the development of long-term asset management frameworks, policies, standards and operating models that support critical defence and infrastructure capabilities.
• Provide strategic leadership for enterprise asset management across the business.
• Establish and continuously improve the Asset Management System, define best practice standards, and drive organisational capability.

This role offers the chance to shape the future direction of asset management while developing industry-leading expertise within a business that delivers vital services supporting national security and public infrastructure.

Key responsibilities:

• Leading the development and implementation of enterprise and sector asset management strategies.
• Establishing and continuously improving asset management systems, policies, standards and governance frameworks.
• Driving operating model development, organisational capability growth and asset management maturity programmes.
• Supporting portfolio optimisation through investment modelling, strategic planning and risk-based decision making.
• Representing the business with executive stakeholders, industry forums, regulatory bodies and professional institutions.

This role is full time and provides hybrid working arrangements with 2 – 3 days onsite at one of Babcock’s key locations. The successful candidate will be expected to travel regularly to other sites to support collaboration, stakeholder engagement, and project delivery across the business.

Essential experience:

• Extensive leadership experience within asset-intensive organisations.
• Significant experience developing and implementing ISO 55001 Asset Management Systems.
• Experience designing and implementing enterprise operating models.
• Proven track record delivering strategic transformation and organisational change initiatives.
• Experience engaging, influencing and advising Executive and Board-level stakeholders.

Qualifications:

• Degree-qualified in Engineering, Asset Management, Infrastructure Management, Business Management or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience.
• Demonstrable expertise in strategic asset management and enterprise governance.
• Institute of Asset Management certification or membership.
• Professional engineering registration or equivalent professional accreditation.
• Experience leading ISO 55001 certification programmes.
• Experience within regulated infrastructure, engineering, defence, utilities, transport or energy sectors.

Security Clearance:

The successful candidate must be a sole UK National who is able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

What we offer:

• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance.
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations.
• Employee share scheme.
• Employee shopping savings portal.
• Payment of Professional Fees.
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave.
• Holiday Trading allows UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave.
• ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year for volunteering work.
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.

Babcock is a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 26,000 people working together to make a difference. Here, you’ll be part of something bigger. Together, we’re building a future that lasts — not just through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance.

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email careers@babcockinternational.com. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.