Asset Management Advisor

The Water Consultancy Division is the centre of excellence within Mott MacDonald for responding to water and wastewater challenges, providing support to colleagues across our global business, and offering fantastic opportunities to get involved in diverse and technically challenging work.Â
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Climate change, aging assets, and population growth place increasing pressure on our water and wastewater assets. Our highly successful water consultancy business is servicing ever-increasing demands from water sector clients to help deliver ambitious capital programmes. The work we do is at the forefront of ensuring safe water supplies for future generations and protecting our environment.Â

With sustainability, social impacts, digitalisation, and carbon reduction in mind, our diverse and multi-disciplinary teams work together to provide a variety of services throughout the full project life-cycle, from advisory services and feasibility studies, through outline and detailed design, to construction support and site supervision.Â, Are you motivated to support the water sector become more efficient and effective in delivering their services while protecting the environment?

Are you passionate about sustainability and eager to support the water sector to become Net Zero and resilient to climate change?Â
Do you enjoy working within multidisciplinary teams and learning on the job? Are you seeking the opportunity to deliver projects that make a difference? Then we want to hear from you!

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The Asset Management and Infrastructure Planning team is one of five sub-sectors within our Water Consultancy Division, which employs around 600 people across the UK. We work in the water sector and with other infrastructure providers both in the UK and internationally in the following areas:

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• Water resource investment planning


• Wastewater and bioresources investment planning


• Strategic asset management and business planning


• Technical assurance of operational performance and business cases


• Carbon and net zero appraisal and strategic planning


• Integrated systems managementÂ


• Data analytics and decision support tools


• Contract’s appraisal (NEC, PPP), Supporting or leading the delivery of asset management advisory projects


• Writing business cases for clients


• Supporting asset management capability assessments and identifying areas for improvement


• Drafting proposals


• Data analysis to support project delivery


• Writing client reports


• Project and budget management


• Mentoring junior members of the team, Health cash plan to support you with every day health costs and treatments.


• Access to Peppy, providing free support from menopause experts for all UK colleagues.


• A variety of wellbeing support is available through our comprehensive wellbeing program, including access for you and your family.


• Ability to flex your salary to opt into a wide range of health benefits, many of which can be extended to your family too.


Financial wellbeing

• We match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%.


• Life assurance equal up to 4 x your basic salary, with an option to increase the level of cover to 6 x your salary.


• Our income protection scheme provides a financial benefit, as well as absence and return to work support due to long-term illness or injury.


• Flexible benefits, including increased life assurance cover, critical illness insurance, payroll saving and will writing.


• As an independently owned business we share the financial success of the business with all our colleagues in various ways including annual bonus schemes.
  
  A fundamental part of this is respecting each person’s differences and striving to meet their needs.Â, We are looking for motivated professionals, with at least 5 years of asset management experience preferably in the water sector, to join our team based in the UK. The ideal candidate will have a desire for a long-term career in asset management, becoming a Member of the Institute of Asset Management and managing their own projects., Asset planning or asset strategy such as the preparation of business plans


• Risk assessment and management


• Investment appraisal or cost benefit analysisÂ


• Investment planning or investment programme optimisation


• Resilience assessment and planning


• Developing decision support tools


• Performance monitoring/reporting


• Some experience/knowledge of ISO 55000 or another ISO standard, Degree qualified


• Industry experience in asset management ideally in a water company or consultancy


• Critical thinking


• Proficient writing skillsÂ


• Analytical skillsÂ


• Proficiency in relevant software toolsÂ


• Attention to detail


• Some project management, client liaison and consulting skills


• Willingness to undertake assignments throughout the UK, as well as short international visits, Certificate or Diploma in Asset Management from the Institute of Asset Management


• Assurance/audit experience including experience of ISO auditing.


• Commercial awareness and bid preparation.


• Chartership with a relevant professional institution such as CIWEM
  
  Mott MacDonald


We’re a global engineering, management, and development consultancy.Â
Our purpose is to improve society by considering social outcomes in everything we do, relentlessly focusing on excellence and digital innovation, transforming our clients’ businesses, our communities and employee opportunities.Â, Ready for your next challenge? We're a company that actively fuels the creativity of our people.  We create the right foundations to bring brain and soul together and we understand that careers take many forms.  We've had enormous success in the AMP8 frameworks, and we know that variety is key to job satisfaction. We use our success to help our people learn through new challenges.  So take the next step in your career, with a company focused on supporting the development of our people through defined technical career pathways and supporting creativity with global and local mentors.  You have the skills, now use them at Mott MacDonald, a company that values a different perspective. If water's the new gold - shift your career and help address our planet's needs.


• A minimum of 33-35 days holiday each year, inclusive of public holidays and dependent on level, with the ability to buy or sell leave through our flexible benefits programme.


• Holiday entitlement increased to a minimum of 35 days after 5 years’ service.


• Variety of employee saving schemes and discounts from high-street retailers.


 Enhanced family and carers leave

• Enhanced family leave policies, including 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave, and two weeks paid paternity/partner leave.


• Our shared parental leave matches maternity leave meaning we pay up to 24 weeks at full pay.


• Up to five additional days leave are provided for those with significant caring responsibilities, two of which are paid.


 Learning and development

• Primary annual professional institution subscription.


• A broad range of opportunities to enhance both technical and soft skills through mentoring, formal training, and self-development options.


Networks, communities, and social outcomes

• Join a wide range of groups including our Advanced Employee Networks which support our LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability, and parents/carers communities.


• Make a difference within our communities through our social outcomes.