Planned Asset Manager in Bradford

Water Utility Company based in the Yorkshire region of England.

We offer a competitive salary, a company car allowance scheme (£7,200 allowance), an annual incentive related bonus (up to 20% of annual salary), private health care (self and partner, if applicable), an attractive pension scheme (up to 12% company contribution), life assurance cover of 4 times pensionable salary, and 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays plus two extra wellness days. A great benefits package includes options such as health cash plan scheme, critical illness insurance, dental insurance, life assurance flex and partner cover, retail savings scheme, online GP service, cycle to work scheme, gym membership discounts, and many more!

Location: Bradford, hybrid working (1-2 office days/week), leadership-level visibility, and impact on essential regional services. Office moving to Leeds (LS10) from Summer 2026. Work type: Permanent. 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday.

About Yorkshire Water: Our purpose is simple: to create a better life for people and the planet. We supply water and wastewater services to over 5 million customers and manage a vast asset base across Yorkshire. We are transforming how we build, operate, manage and plan our assets, investing in capability, digital innovation, and long-term resilience. This role sits at the heart of that transformation.

The Opportunity: We are looking for a Strategic Asset Manager to play a leading role in our Strategic Asset Management function. This is a high-impact leadership role, responsible for helping to shape how asset management is governed, improved and embedded across the organisation. Working across Water, Wastewater and corporate functions, the role will help ensure that Yorkshire Water has a clear and effective approach to asset management that supports organisational objectives, enables robust decision-making and drives continual improvement. The role will work closely with senior leaders and functional teams across Operations, Engineering, Asset Delivery, PMO, Finance, Environment and Strategy. This role is ideal for someone who combines strategic thinking with practical leadership, and who can bring clarity, influence and challenge across a complex, asset-intensive business and regulatory interfaces.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Shape and lead the organisation's asset management governance framework, defining and maintaining clear ownership, accountability and oversight for key asset management activities.
• Own and continually evolve the Strategic Asset Management Plan (SAMP), ensuring it remains aligned with organisational objectives, regulatory expectations and recognised good practice, including ISO 55000.
• Provide strategic oversight and constructive challenge across water and wastewater asset management, promoting consistency, system integrity and shared standards.
• Strengthen asset management capability and maturity across the business, identifying and coordinating improvement activity that enhances governance, process clarity and organisational readiness over time.
• Champion insight led and risk-based decision making, driving the effective use of asset data, analytics, modelling and digital tools to improve visibility of risk, performance and trade-offs.
• Lead and contribute to high quality regulatory submissions and external reporting, ensuring asset management content is coherent, evidence based and aligned with the wider organisational narrative.

Significant experience in asset management within a utility, regulated industry or infrastructure organisation is required. Experience of shaping strategic asset management frameworks, governance arrangements, long-term planning and improvement activity is essential. Strong understanding of asset lifecycle management, risk-based decision-making and the use of information to support strategic recommendations is necessary. Experience in the water sector or another highly regulated asset-intensive environment is preferred. Experience of developing and embedding strategic planning artefacts such as a Strategic Asset Management Plan, policy framework or organisational improvement roadmap is beneficial. Experience with asset modelling, reliability engineering, or long-term strategic planning is also advantageous.

Opportunity to shape the future of strategic asset management at Yorkshire Water. A high-impact role with exposure to senior leaders, strategic governance and regulatory activity. The chance to influence how Yorkshire Water governs, improves and applies asset management across the organisation. Professional development and support for further accreditation. Competitive salary and benefits. Hybrid and flexible working arrangements.

If you’ve got experience as a Strategic Asset Manager and want to help us deliver great service for our customers whilst looking after the environment, then be sure to apply today to find out what a career with Yorkshire Water can offer you.

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