Operational Technology Asset Management Consultant – Transport

Overview

In this role you will help asset-intensive clients improve OT performance and asset reliability by applying asset-management and OT expertise. You’ll work within PA’s Asset Management practice to strengthen governance, lifecycle planning, and decision-making for critical infrastructure. You’ll diagnose asset health, drive risk-based maintenance, and support transformation initiatives using data and digital tools. The opportunity combines engineering, analytics, and advisory work to deliver measurable improvements across cost, risk and service performance.

Pay / Benefits

• Private healthcare
• 25 days annual leave (+ 0.5 day Christmas Eve)
• Generous pension scheme
• Annual performance-based bonus
• PA share ownership
• Tax-efficient benefits (cycle to work, give as you earn)

Responsibilities

• Diagnose OT assets performance and maintenance to improve reliability and availability
• Identify opportunities to enhance OT system performance and resilience
• Strengthen maintenance, inspection, and renewal through risk-based, proactive practices
• Apply ISO 55001-aligned asset-management principles to define roles, strategies and lifecycle controls
• Develop asset-management system elements such as governance, standards and continuous improvement
• Shape lifecycle approaches (plan–design–deliver–operate–renew) for consistent performance
• Analyze performance data and root causes to inform investment cases and improvement plans
• Support delivery roadmaps, business cases, and change artefacts
• Contribute to operating-model improvements and governance enhancements
• Assist clients with digital tools, telemetry, monitoring platforms and analytics to aid decision-making
• Hybrid working with client-site presence as required

Key requirements

• Experience in operational technology environments (e.g., SCADA-linked assets, control rooms)
• Background in engineering, maintenance, operations, reliability engineering, systems engineering or infrastructure management
• Experience in asset-management roles covering strategies, lifecycle planning or investment planning
• Experience working with operational or performance data
• Strong analytical and structured problem-solving skills
• Ability to translate operational issues into business implications (performance, cost, risk, safety)
• Clear communication and stakeholder engagement abilities
• Curiosity to develop expertise in asset management and OT

• Clear communication
• Stakeholder engagement
• Curiosity
• Exposure to OT environments (SCADA, PLCs, telemetry)
• Asset-management knowledge (ISO 55001, lifecycle asset management)
• Performance data analysis and fault/incident interpretation

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