Senior Asset Management Consultant

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Arup's purpose, shared values, and collaborative approach have set us apart for over 75 years, guiding how we shape a better world.

The Opportunity

We have an exciting opportunity to join our Asset Management team in London as a Senior Consultant, to deliver advisory services across a variety of sectors (including transport, utilities, energy), in the UK and further afield. Our clients are continuously seeking more innovative and cost-effective approaches to deliver their daily services and ensure long-term economic, environmental, and social sustainability. Within this role, you will work on exciting projects with high-profile and major asset infrastructure owners/operators alongside our industry-leading colleagues. You will be applying the principles of asset management and leverage your skills, sector experience, and your technical expertise to help clients overcome their challenges and support our business development.

Having a background with infrastructure assets, asset management/operations, or a related engineering discipline, you will be looking to establish yourself as an advisory consultant applying your technical skills, experience, and knowledge to support clients best manage their physical assets. You will have experience or awareness in several of the following aspects of whole-life asset management activities:

• Asset management strategy and policy & strategic investment planning.
• Asset management capability development & organisational structure & governance.
• Programme and Project Management.
• Maintenance optimisation.
• Business performance & operations including business case development and feasibility studies.
• Procurement and supply chain.
• Transformational Change, whole-life costing and risk and resilience.

Is this role right for you?

Your day-to-day responsibilities will include:

• Service delivery - leading delivery of commissions working with/within multi-disciplinary and consultancy teams, typically comprising a mix of other competences and sized according to the scale of the commission.
• Project management - responsible for commissions' financial success, outcomes, and compliance, including resource forecasting and invoicing.
• Build client relationships and support business development - including building internal and external networks, developing opportunities with clients, managing, and preparing commercial bids/tenders.
• People management and development - professional development of others in the team, including line management duties.

We are looking for candidates with:

• A background working in or advising an infrastructure asset management organisation, including awareness of asset management principles in several of the above-mentioned whole-asset life management areas.
• Familiarity with handling commercial bids/tenders and business cases.
• Experience leading others and supporting in their personal development.
• Undergraduate Degree or equivalent experience in Engineering, Science, Maths, Economics, Asset Management, Infrastructure Finance, Business Administration, and/or Development Finance.
• Relevant chartership, professional qualification, and membership of a professional body, or equivalent work experience.

What We Offer you

At Arup, we care about each member's success, so we can grow together. Guided by our values, we provide an attractive total reward package that recognises the contribution of each of our members to our shared success. As well as competitive, fair, and equitable pay, we offer a career in which all of our members can belong, grow, and thrive - through benefits that support health and wellbeing, a wide range of learning opportunities, and many possibilities to have an impact through the work they do.

We are owned in trust on behalf of our members, giving us the freedom, with personal responsibility, to set our own direction and choose work that aligns with our purpose and adds to Arup's legacy. Our members collaborate on ambitious projects to deliver remarkable outcomes for our clients and communities. Profit Share is a key part of our reward, enabling members to share in the results of our collective efforts.

We also provide Private medical insurance, Life assurance, Accident insurance, and Income protection cover. In addition, you'll have access to flexible benefits to help you look after all aspects of your wellbeing and give you the freedom and flexibility to find the best solutions for you, your family, and your individual needs.

Different People, Shared Values

Arup is an equal opportunity employer that actively promotes and nurtures a diverse and inclusive workforce. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, regardless of age (within legal limits), gender identity or expression, marital status, disability, neurotype or mental health, race or ethnicity, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you're pregnant or on family leave. We are an open environment that embraces diverse experiences, perspectives, and ideas - this drives our excellence.

We are committed to making our recruitment process and workplaces accessible to all candidates. Please contact Rachel Connolly at to let us know if you need any assistance or reasonable adjustments throughout your application or interview process, and/or to perform the essential functions of the role. We will do everything we can to support you.