Asset Engineer

Closing Date

14 / 02 / 2025

Job Title : Asset Engineer

Location : Falmer (Hybrid Working)

Salary : £55,000

Are you a strategic thinker with a passion for asset planning and optimisation? We are looking for an experienced Asset Engineer to join our team and lead the development of high-level Asset Planning solutions. This is a unique opportunity to shape the future of asset management by minimising risk, driving performance improvements, and ensuring the most cost-effective options are realised across a wide range of assets.

Job Overview

As the Asset Engineer , you will play a key role in delivering a prioritised programme of work that aligns with business objectives, ensuring assets perform at their best, all while managing costs and risk. Reporting to the Programme Planning Manager, you will conduct initial investigations, develop modelling studies, and perform in-depth cost-benefit analyses. Your work will drive forward innovative interventions to ensure optimal asset performance, regulatory compliance, and minimal disruption to plant functioning.

Responsibilities will include :

• Root Cause Analysis & Solution Development (50%) : Conduct or review root cause analysis for asset risks and performance issues. Ensure effective solutions are implemented to resolve these issues quickly and efficiently.
• Cost-Benefit Analysis : Identify and scope high-level intervention options, assessing their cost-effectiveness, and advising on the best value solutions for the business.
• Optimisation & Prioritisation (25%) : Develop cost-beneficial interventions to manage prioritised risks. Work closely with operational and maintenance teams to ensure smooth delivery and tracking of benefits.
• Evidence-Based Recommendations : Recommend interventions based on data, taking into account risk, performance, criticality, and costs, all while supporting the delivery of our AMP investment plans.
• Solution Effectiveness Feedback (25%) : Analyse feedback on intervention effectiveness to continuously inform asset strategy and planning decisions.
• Collaboration & Coordination : Liaise with various teams (strategy, planning, programmes) to ensure that interventions are correctly implemented and benefits are fully realised. Support the development of integrated system plans at asset group, catchment, and functional levels.
• Project Handover & Support : Complete handover documentation for capital delivery interventions and ensure that identified benefits remain viable during the design process.

About You

We're looking for someone with significant post-qualification experience in engineering design, who has honed their skills through extensive work in feasibility, design, and construction. A background in asset management, combined with a solid understanding of project delivery and operations, is key to this role. You’ll bring a proven track record of innovative problem-solving, particularly within regulated industries, where your strong understanding of risk and its implications will set you apart. Your commercial acumen, along with expertise in project costing and budgeting, will ensure the efficient delivery of high-value solutions. Ideally, you’ll also be a Chartered Engineer or hold equivalent qualifications, with membership in relevant professional bodies like the Institute of Asset Management or the Chartered Institute of Water and Environmental Management, further demonstrating your commitment to excellence in the field

Package

This role will be full time Monday to Friday 37 hours a week.

Southern Water operate a hybrid approach to working between our Durrington office and home.

We are offering a salary of up to £55,000 per annum depending on skills and experience as well as other benefits including :

Does this opportunity excite you but you’re not 100% sure if you meet all the requirements for the role? Or are you concerned that ‘normal’ office hours aren’t possible given your personal circumstances? Whilst we can’t accommodate every flexible working request, we’ll try to find a practical solution. So why not engage with us and find out more about this role?

Our customers are at the heart of everything we do, because delivering water for life is our core purpose. To achieve this, we need 24 / 7 support in place to resolve incidents quickly and efficiently. All our employees understand the importance of out-of-hours incident support – because when problems appear, fixing them is our top priority. That’s why our people join together and support when and however needed to make sure our customers get the service they deserve. Joining the Southern Water family means you’ll become part of our incident support team. During your interview, your manager will speak to you about any incident support rotas that apply to your position.

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Please note : If you are an existing Southern Water employee, you will need to confirm within your application that your Manager is aware of your application.

All applicants must be eligible to live and work in the UK. You will need to provide evidence of eligibility (e.g. a passport or long birth certificate and proof of NI) and current proof of address (dated within the last 3 months), will be required as part of the recruitment process. If you do not meet these criteria, your application will not be considered.

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Salary : $55,000