Principal Technical Consultant – Asset Integrity & Asset Management in Leatherhead

KBR Consulting seeks a senior technical leader to drive asset integrity, life extension and asset management consulting across the full asset lifecycle in operating/brownfield environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as a technical authority on asset integrity management and structural/mechanical life extension for facilities, infrastructure and equipment in operating/brownfield environments.
• Lead or provide senior technical oversight for a range of services including:
• Structured asset life extension evaluations, including HSE and business risk-based approaches.
• Debottlenecking studies, identifying constraints and recommending solutions.
• Mechanical integrity and inspection program assessments / gap closure, including management systems and multi-year continuous improvement.
• Integrity Operating Window (IOW) / Damage mechanism reviews, Corrosion Control Document (CCD) program development or validation and equipment reliability reviews.
• Risk-Based Inspection (RBI) program implementations.
• Fitness-for-Service (FFS) evaluations (Per API 579) and pressure equipment damage assessment, including FEA where appropriate.
• Fire damage assessments to determine inspection and repair requirements.
• Equipment asset care strategies and life-cycle analysis, and operator care/on-stream monitoring programs.
• Development and review of high-quality technical deliverables – reports, presentations, models and decision-support materials.
• Act as a trusted technical advisor to clients, translating complex engineering topics into clear, decision-ready business insights across the four core asset management pillars.
• Provide senior consulting input to improve reliability and reduce business risk, including criticality analysis, RAM analysis, FMEA, and root-cause failure analysis.
• Lead or contribute to brownfield optimisation and turnaround/outage support, developing risk registers, scope optimisation, TAR strategy, and post-TAR lessons learned.
• Support business development by preparing proposals, technical inputs to bids, client meetings and technical workshops.
• Mentor and guide less-experienced engineers and consultants, develop internal methodologies, tools and best practices, and collaborate across global teams.

Qualifications and Experience

• Depth of experience in asset integrity management, structured asset life extension evaluation, mechanical integrity program assessments, IOW/CCD programme development, FFS/FEA evaluations and equipment asset care strategies.
• Experience in risk-management, root-cause failure analysis, PSM programme support, HSSE programme assessments, reliability programmes, RAM analysis, FMEA, electrical infrastructure preventive maintenance and asset life extension.
• Experience in process optimisation, risk registers, CAPEX/maintenance optimisation, turnaround scope reviews, debottlenecking, PSV studies and catalyst life evaluation.
• Proven ability to work independently, manage multiple assignments, deliver high-quality outputs to tight schedules, and support technical due diligence or lender’s engineer roles.
• Strong self-starter with excellent communication skills, cultural awareness, commercial awareness and continuous improvement mindset.
• Willingness to travel up to ~30%.
• Based in the Leatherhead office.

Essential Skills

• Self-starter and motivated to succeed.
• Excellent communication skills – concise reports and presentations from board level to technicians.
• Strong cultural awareness and confidence to work at all client organisational levels.
• Commercial awareness – ability to identify opportunities, shape scope and deliver value-driven outcomes.
• Continuous improvement mindset – identify gaps and develop work processes, tools and methodologies.
• Desire to expand role and adapt to client needs.
• Ability to prepare proposals, execution plans and budgets.

Key Competencies

• Collaboration and knowledge sharing across multi-disciplinary teams.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Positive, flexible and diplomatic attitude.
• Fluent in English; additional languages are a plus.