Asset Strategy & Planning Manager

Job Introduction

We are looking for three Asset Strategy & Planning Managers to join our Asset Management team at National Grid Electricity Distribution (NGED).

As an Asset Strategy & Planning Manager, you will play an important part in the delivery of asset management strategies for NGED, which will maximise whole life value from the extensive asset base operated now and into the future.

You will develop and maintain elements of the asset management system for specific network areas or asset classes. You will also provide support to the wider team and business in asset management best practice as well as delivering asset class management plans, option and scenario analysis and champion the alignment to asset strategies and asset management objectives across the organisation.

Reporting into the Senior Asset Strategy & Planning Manager you will contribute to the development of the wider asset management capability within NGED including the application of asset management processes and governance.

As part of our hybrid working approach this role offers a mix of office and home working.

We are flexible on base location and the role can be based from one of our offices/depots within the NGED licence areas of West Midlands, East Midlands, South West or Wales.

Main responsibilities

• Development of strategic elements of the asset management system, including asset management objectives and strategy.
• Development and regularly updating of asset management plans for each asset class, including fixed point and linear network assets.
• Translating asset management system elements into costed and deliverable investment programmes and operational requirements that maximise outcomes while minimising cost and risk. These plans will be tactical, annual and multi-year depending on business needs.
• Applying our asset management decision making frameworks. Providing guidance and support for decision making capabilities against the organisations value framework.
• Contributing to best practice by taking ownership of specific elements of the business unit Asset Management Improvement Plan.
• Developing business and investment cases that contribute to the business planning cycle, regulatory business planning and continuous improvement approaches.
• Contributing to annual regulatory reporting and providing assurance to regulatory submissions.
• Liaison with the asset management community within the National Grid Group.

Ideal candidate

You’ll be educated to bachelor’s degree level or with equivalent professional experience gained in an asset intensive industry or regulated/ regulatory environment. Chartered (or demonstrably working towards) status in Asset Management, Engineering, or a comparable profession is desirable.

You’ll have good knowledge and understanding of regulated infrastructure businesses, developing technical strategies in an engineering or technical environment, and experience of working within and delivering frameworks and processes. Project management skills are also needed, together with analytical skills which you will be able to apply to complex multidisciplinary projects and programmes.

Ideally you will have experience in asset management, particularly asset strategy and/or asset planning or similar function/field and experience of regulatory business planning, price review and/or regulatory reporting within a utility or infrastructure business. It would also be beneficial to have a technical understanding of electricity network assets, operations and engineering.

National Grid Electricity Distribution is committed to safeguarding the interests of the Company, colleagues and customers.  This role is subject to a satisfactory Barring Service, (DBS) check, depending on the role different levels of screening and vetting are required. Some roles require a triannual check.