Asset Planner in England

Please note this is a 7-9-month fixed-term opportunity. Join Thames Water’s Asset Health, Risk & Performance team and help shape the future of water infrastructure through advanced risk modelling and data analytics. In this fantastic opportunity, you will undertake detailed data analyses and risk modelling to support the asset management of water, wastewater and bioresources assets.

What you’ll be doing as an Asset Planner:

• Analyse and model the risk of failure utilising probability and consequence data for various scenarios and understand current and future asset risk.
• Develop outline solutions and assess costs and benefits.
• Analyse and collate data from various sources within Thames Water to enhance the development of asset risk models, asset plans, maintenance programmes, monitoring systems, and system plans.
• Develop an understanding of the underlying risk of asset groups and systems by collating, analysing, and interpreting data from a variety of sources across Thames and use this insight to set out the activities needed to balance cost, performance and risk.
• Develop and maintain a consistent and auditable set of Risk Models to underpin strategic risk management, resilience and investment decision making.
• Demonstrate a culture of excellence and asset stewardship through collaboration with other functional teams across Thames Water.
• Develop and produce reports that will be used to communicate risks in stakeholder-friendly formats.
• Provide strategic direction to Asset Planning to embed the foundations of asset risk assessments into the investment plans for regional systems and the Price Reviews, Drainage and Wastewater Management Plans (DWMPs) and Water Resource Management Plans (WRMPs).
• Collaborate and liaise with a wide range of external stakeholders such as Network Rail, London Underground, local authorities and other utilities.
• Adopt best practice frameworks (consistent with ISO 55000 standards) as part of our overarching Asset Management System.

Base location: Hybrid - Clearwater Court - RG1 8DB

Working pattern or hours: 36 Hours, Monday- Friday

Other requirements for the role: Ideally, have a full driving licence and access to your own car as travel across our operational area will be required.

What you should bring to the role:

• A strong background in Asset Management or Engineering (Degree or relevant experience).
• Be a subject matter expert for your asset groups to ensure we have the right balance of long, medium and short-term investment choices.
• Able to interpret complex data and make recommendations using strong communication, influencing, negotiation and analytical skills.
• Have a strong interest in data analytics, statistical modelling and reporting insights.
• Have a robust knowledge of asset management principles and techniques and an understanding of the regulatory landscape in which we operate.
• Experienced user of ArcGIS and other ESRI packages, Microsoft Office, statistical modelling (e.g. R, Python).
• The ability to build a network with different stakeholders.
• Engage and liaise across the business and wider industry to understand and apply best practice and emerging technologies for assessing asset risk.

What’s in it for you?

• Competitive salary up to £47,318.20 per annum, depending on experience.
• 26 days holiday per year, increasing to 30 with the length of service (plus bank holidays).
• Performance-related pay plan directly linked to company performance measures and targets.
• Generous Pension Scheme through AON.
• Access to lots of benefits to help you take care of you and your family’s health and wellbeing, and your finances.

Find out more about our benefits and perks. Disclaimer: due to the high volume of applications we receive, we may close the advert earlier than the advertised date, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.