Principal Asset Management Consultant

Company: Jacobs
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Location: Bristol
Job Description:

Overview

In this role you will advance asset performance for critical infrastructure by integrating asset management, verification, and data assurance with strategic planning. You will work with cross‑functional teams to translate data and field intelligence into actionable strategies across governance, risk, investment, and maintenance. You’ll lead condition assessments, asset verification programs, and lifecycle planning, shaping practical roadmaps and business cases. This is a partnership‑driven opportunity to improve reliability and resilience at scale within transport, utilities, energy, and defence sectors. Join a global firm focused on safe, sustainable outcomes and meaningful client impact.

Pay / Benefits

  • Competitive salary
  • Pension contributions up to 10%
  • Life assurance 4x salary
  • Income protection
  • Professional development
  • Enhanced parental leave

Responsibilities

  • Manage asset management solutions across strategy, governance, planning, risk, performance, analytics, lifecycle management and investment
  • Lead asset verification, inventory, condition assessment and data improvement programmes
  • Translate analysis into strategic and practical solutions with roadmaps and business cases
  • Facilitate senior stakeholder interviews, workshops and reviews for alignment
  • Define project scope, condition grading and quality metrics
  • Develop survey methodologies, digital capture requirements and mobilisation plans
  • Assure quality, consistency and traceability of survey outputs and asset data
  • Ensure improved asset data integrates into systems, governance and processes
  • Develop through-life asset management solutions including criticality, risk, maintenance strategy and investment planning

Key requirements

  • Consultancy, engineering or operational experience in asset-intensive environments
  • Demonstrable knowledge of RAMS principles and practical application
  • Experience with ISO 55001, criticality assessments, FMEA/FMECA, condition-based maintenance and asset performance optimisation
  • Experience helping organisations improve reliability and maintenance effectiveness
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities
  • Collaborative, stakeholder‑oriented approach
  • Ability to thrive in varied, ambiguous environments; proactive in learning
  • Chartered (or working towards)
  • Technical/System Safety: HAZID, risk assessment, SIL understanding
  • Reliability & Availability: FMEA/FMECA, RBD, FTA/ETA, reliability modelling
  • collaborative mindset
  • stakeholder engagement
  • analytical thinking
  • RAMS principles
  • ISO 55001
  • FMEA/FMECA

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Posted: October 16th, 2026