Asset Manager

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Job Description

The Asset Manager acts on behalf of senior engineering leadership to ensure effective asset assurance and support Heathrow's overall strategy. The role focuses on the proactive integration of new assets throughout the project lifecycle, ensuring alignment with Heathrow standards and the capital investment programme. Responsibilities include maintaining visibility of maintenance delivery, asset condition, and availability, while collaborating with the asset performance team to maximise utilisation and enhance customer experience. The Asset Manager is also accountable for the integrity, performance, and condition of assets within their remit, and for supporting maintenance strategies that minimise operational disruption and costs.

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Responsibilities

• Lead a dedicated asset management team across a defined asset portfolio, ensuring full lifecycle compliance and alignment with Heathrow's engineering and capital strategies.
• Drive stakeholder and customer engagement to effectively manage and communicate changes to the asset base throughout all project and lifecycle phases.
• Develop and maintain a robust Lifecycle Asset Model, delivering optimal asset replacement, refurbishment, and investment plans aligned with business needs.
• Own the planning and budgeting process, securing approval for capital and operational expenditure and ensuring cost-effective delivery of the asset strategy.
• Lead risk management efforts by identifying and mitigating risks related to asset performance, integrity, and condition to acceptable business levels.
• Foster a high-performance culture, working collaboratively with engineering teams and stakeholders to embed continuous improvement and support the engineering change programme.
• Ensure effective delivery of asset management processes, reporting to business standards and supporting performance, maintenance, and design improvements across functions.

Qualifications

• Engineering based Qualification to degree level or relevant equivalent experience.
• Broad based experience and knowledge working in an industrial Maintenance/Asset Management/FM environment - Preferably with specific Airport Asset/System knowledge.
• Self-starter who can settle in fast and hit the ground running.
• Excellent leadership and stakeholder management experience.
• Flexible and capable across all aspects of asset management (Integrity, Performance, Condition) and across the full asset lifecycle.
• Preferably with a ready established network across E&B and the wider HAL Operations team.
• Proven track record of working with challenging stakeholders and customers (Internal and Airlines and Control Authorities)
• Ability to manage a large workload efficiently and effectively and have excellent prioritisation and Judgment skills.
• Process driven and compliant but also will challenge the status quo and ask WHY ?
• Drive value every day from self and others - balance accurate, safe, and compliant with focus and pace when required - Challenge and remove waste wherever identified.
• Understand and make balanced decisions based on Cost/Risk/Performance.

About Us

There's something so special about working at the world's most iconic airport. Its sights. Its sounds. Its constant air of excitement. Heathrow is an amazing backdrop to a career filled with unique opportunities.

Every day, you'll discover a world full of fresh possibilities and end the day buzzing with stories to tell, as you encounter people from all cultures, nationalities and experiences. A world full of pride for what we do and no end of exciting career prospects to explore.

It brings out the best in all of us. And inspires everyone to deliver on our ambitious plans. Together, we're working to welcome millions more passengers while ensuring aviation can continue to be a force for good by leading global efforts in sustainability.

Join us on that journey and we'll help you achieve your ambitions too. Supporting you to learn, encouraging you to be yourself, backing you to achieve more than you might ever have imagined. Because there's no place like Heathrow.

Our rewards

We offer competitive salaries and excellent benefits that will support you now and in the future. As well as performance-based annual bonuses and our longer-term Share in Success Bonus plans, we also offer generous annual leave allowances and market-leading pensions. With family friendly policies, access to private health insurance and a wide range of wellbeing tools, we'll support you to be at your best inside and outside work. And of course, we'll provide varied learning and development opportunities too. Here you'll find everything you need for a fulfilling career journey that can take you in exciting directions.

Working Location

Our Hybrid working approach offers the opportunity for colleagues in some roles to work from home for an average of two days a week, providing the flexibility to work in an agile way whilst ensuring we deliver for the operational needs of Heathrow. Working arrangements vary from team to team and will be confirmed during the recruitment process. You'll need to be based in the UK and within a commutable distance to Heathrow.

Sustainable Travel to work

Heathrow's Sustainable Travel Guide sets out easy and sustainable travel options that everyone can access.

Equal Opportunities

As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all. We believe that diverse talent makes us stronger - not least because we welcome passengers from all corners of the globe, every single day. Heathrow is an accessible place to work. With five diversity networks, we champion inclusivity and celebrate individuality.

About the Team

Be part of this city within a city. Every year, millions of people travel through Heathrow. Joining our Engineering team means being at the heart of a complex operation whose size, scale and reputation for innovation are unique. We make sure the airport is always running smoothly and keep passengers and planes moving.

Our team touches all aspects of airport life - from water to energy, rail to roads, baggage systems to runways. The scope and variety of what we do is vast, spanning mechanical, electrical, water, civil, rail and environmental disciplines. Together we are responsible for the performance of 500,000 assets worth £14bn. It means there are always a wide range of interesting development, construction and maintenance projects to get involved with. And a lot of ways to develop your skills, career and reputation.

You'll be part of a close-knit, driven team, taking on work that you can take real pride in and feel passionate about. It's an exciting place to be, where every day, you'll discover a world of fresh possibilities and you'll be mentored by world-class experts every step of the way.