Data Engineer- Asset Management in Reading

Asset Data Engineer / Asset Performance Analyst - Permanent - Reading (2 days/week in office) Mobile Telecoms Infrastructure - Physical Assets.

The Infrastructure / Asset Performance Analyst plays a critical role in improving the reliability, efficiency, and value of infrastructure assets. Sitting at the intersection of data, operations, and asset management, this role provides the evidence base that underpins performance improvement, risk management, regulatory assurance, and investment decisions.

You’ll translate complex operational and asset data into clear, trusted insight that helps leaders understand how the infrastructure is performing today—and where to intervene to improve outcomes tomorrow. Infrastructure performance is only as good as the insight behind it. This role ensures decisions are grounded in trusted data, robust analysis, and clear accountability. By providing clarity on performance, risk, and value, the Infrastructure Performance Analyst enables smarter maintenance, targeted investment, and sustained service excellence—today and in the long term.

You’ll own the performance insight that drives smarter asset and operational decisions.

• Performance Measurement & Insight

• Define, track, and continuously refine KPIs and KRIs covering asset health, reliability, availability, safety, cost, and service performance.
• Conduct trend, variance, and root-cause analysis, quantifying impacts on cost, risk, and customer/service outcomes.
• Benchmark performance against internal targets and external peer or industry standards where available.

• Data Management & Analytics

• Source, cleanse, and integrate data from asset systems (EAM/CMMS), telemetry/SCADA, IoT, and finance/operations platforms.
• Develop repeatable analytical pipelines, including ETL processes, data quality checks, and reconciliations.
• Maintain data dictionaries, metric definitions, and lineage to ensure consistency and trust in reporting.
• Apply statistical and analytical techniques (forecasting, reliability modelling, segmentation) to identify performance drivers and emerging risks.

• Asset & Reliability Engineering Support

• Partner with Asset Management and Operations teams to assess maintenance strategies, failure modes, and lifecycle cost impacts.

• Performance Governance & Assurance

• Support the performance framework, including definitions, targets, thresholds, tolerances, and escalation mechanisms.
• Prepare performance packs for monthly and quarterly reviews, audit committees, and regulatory or shareholder submissions.
• Identify opportunities to automate reporting, improve data quality, and standardise performance metrics.
• Document methodologies, manage version control, and embed best practice across the performance function.

Proven experience in performance analysis within infrastructure, operations, or asset-intensive environments. Strong data skills: Excel, SQL, and at least one BI/analytics tool (Power BI preferred). Solid grounding in statistics, time-series analysis, and building clear, reliable dashboards and reports. Understanding of asset management principles, including maintenance strategies, reliability, and lifecycle costs. Ability to translate analysis into practical recommendations for operational and senior stakeholders. Exposure to telemetry/SCADA or IoT data. Familiarity with ISO 55000 and performance governance frameworks. Background in regulated sectors (telecoms, energy, water, transport).