The Asset and Project Delivery (A&PD) directorate at
Connect Plus Services (CPS) is undergoing an exciting transformation to achieve
excellence in operating and maintaining the M25 network.
The Head of Asset Management is a new senior leadership role
within A&PD and CPS; they will work collectively with the new Heads of
Delivery and Portfolio Management to ensure we achieve our business objectives.
As an inspiring leader, they will be a visible and
motivational role model to their team, peers and the wider CPS Business. They will be a champion of our values
and reinforce in everything they do, to contribute positively to achieving our mission
of creating a positive legacy and experience for all our M25 customers.
Role
Description
Role Title: Head
of Asset Management
Reports to: Asset
and Project Delivery Director
Direct Reports: Professional Heads of Asset
Key Interfaces: Head
of Portfolio Management, Head of Delivery, Service Delivery, Chief Engineer,
Connect Plus Programme and Technical Director
Representing the A&PD SLT, the
role holder will lead relationships with the following CPS Business Partners:
Chief Engineer and Communications. The role holder will engage with the other
Business Partners as required (Commercial, Finance, Quality & Performance,
Information Technology, Health & Safety and Human Resources) and also
support the other members of the A&PD SLT where they are main lead for
A&PDs relationships with these Partners.
Role Purpose:
The Head of AM has an overall responsibility to provide enterprise
asset management leadership and ensure the technical and performance integrity
of M25 assets within the affordability envelope.
Key Responsibilities
- Responsible for the development of the Asset
Management Policy, Strategy and Plans ensuring alignment with Connect Plus, CPS
organisational objectives, CPS enterprise risk framework and other enterprise
level policies.
- Maximise financial return to CP and CPS business
whilst meeting or exceeding contractual obligations for performance, standards
and handback.
- Own and develop relationships with CP, HE and key
supply chain partners to maximise mutual value and alignment to CP and CPS
objectives via the Connect Plus Community Vision.
- Accountable for strategic asset lifecycle
management of the entire asset portfolio including:
The ownership and execution of Asset Investment
Planning (AIP) processes based on robust decision making to deliver short,
medium and long term financial plans, to select and sponsor capital projects
which can be handed over to the Portfolio Management Office (PMO) for project
execution;
The ownership and execution of Asset Performance
Management (APM) over the asset lifecycle including the specification of
operations, maintenance and logistics (spares, tools, etc) activities for
execution by the various operations teams;
Analytics, data Optimisation and trend analysis
including lifecycle cycle costing throughout the asset lifecycle;
Interpreting & presenting client and asset
data to inform asset management decisions across the lifecycle.
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Working closely with the Chief Engineer to specify
the requirements for the Asset Management System as a part of a wider
integrated management system.
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Manages Stakeholder Requirements, and external
& internal issues which impact on the Asset Management System and
obligations.
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Demonstrates visible leadership on asset
management in the organisation and across the Highways industry to explain and
promote asset management delivery.
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Manages and ensures the CP/CPS ISO 55001
continued accreditation including; leadership of external audit assessment on
behalf of CPS; CPS ownership of the
Strategic Asset Management Plan (SAMP) aligned to asset management objectives
Identifies and implements the Asset Management
Plans required for the delivery of Asset Management Objectives, collaborating
across Directorates.
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Responsible for governance and due diligence of changes
to the asset as a consequence of contract change or third parties works
including assessment of commercial impacts of works in relation to contract
compliance and seeking assurance from Chief Engineer
Responsible for the adoption of asset specific
technical standards to maintain the technical and performance integrity of the
asset.
Key activities
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Define the CPS Asset Management System; which
assets, processes, activities and enablers fall within its scope.
Identifying the internal and external
stakeholders relevant to the Asset Management Policy and Strategic Asset
Management Plan (SAMP), and managing their input to the development, delivery
and review of related plans.
Establishing a cross-directorate Asset
Management Steering Group to support the review and delivery of strategic asset
management objectives and short and long term plans across the organisation;
- Establishing and maintaining the processes,
roles and responsibilities for maintaining the Asset Management Policy and
Strategy.
- Identifying and maintaining the decision and
risk criteria to be used when making asset management decisions. This activity
should include liaising with the CPS finance and management accounting teams to
ensure that general organisation wide parameters required for planning and
valuing work and assets are standardised
- Operating our assets in a way that yields the
greatest value for the business, aligning performance requirements, criticality
and condition with interventions to create reliable performance in keeping with
business expectations.
- Identifying and implementing the approach for
delivering Asset Life Cycle Strategies and maintaining the processes,
priorities and timetables.
- Planning and ensures delivery of effective
communication about asset management.
- Establishing and leading an approach for asset
management competency requirements in CPS.
- Identifying and ensuring effective delivery of
asset management training in line with the set competence requirements and
outcomes of learning needs analyses.
- Regularly reviewing and actioning opportunities
for improvement of the Asset Management System.
- Representing CP and CPS at Highways England
Asset Management groups and Safety, Engineering and Standard forums.
Role Requirements
·
Robust experience of enterprise asset
management, asset deterioration and optimisation models
· A proven ability to communicate and influence internal
and external stakeholders to deliver business success
· Experience in implementing Lean and building a right
first time culture
· Proven ability in strategic planning at a
portfolio-level.
· A proven track record of designing and
establishing new teams, processes and systems and, once established, effectively
organising and leading a team to achieve its budget, objectives and targets.
· A proven track record of delivering value based
continuous improvement.
Requirements and Qualifications:
·
Honours Degree or equivalent experience preferably
in Engineering related subject
A proven track record in applying enterprise
asset management principles to improve business performance and address client
challenges
Asset Management Qualifications (or nearing
completion) through the Institute of Asset Management or similar
Membership of an appropriate professional body,
preferred but not essential
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