Job Description:

Location: Warrington
Contract Type: Contract / Long-Term Opportunity

We are seeking an experienced Head of Asset Management - Performance & Risk to lead enterprise asset performance and risk management, ensuring assets deliver maximum value while balancing cost, performance, risk, resilience and sustainability throughout their lifecycle.

This is a senior leadership role acting as the organisational authority for risk-based asset management decision-making, with significant influence over investment, planning and strategic priorities.

• Define enterprise asset performance frameworks, measures and KPIs.
• Establish asset health, criticality and condition assessment methodologies.
• Monitor asset performance trends, vulnerabilities and emerging risks.
• Lead the enterprise asset risk framework and risk taxonomy.
• Develop risk assessment methodologies and risk appetite criteria.
• Escalate significant or systemic asset risks to Executive governance.
• Provide executive-level insight into performance, risk and investment requirements.
• Support risk-informed asset planning and capital investment decisions.
• Contribute to regulatory and strategic business planning submissions.
• Establish scalable performance and risk frameworks for wider Group adoption.
• Challenge asset plans where performance or risk criteria are not met.

Essential:

• Experience applying risk-based asset management principles and risk modelling.
• Proven experience developing and implementing asset performance frameworks.
• Experience in strategic asset planning and capital investment.
• Degree in Engineering, Asset Management, Finance, Risk Management or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant experience.

Desirable:

• Experience with regulatory business planning.
• Experience leading enterprise risk management initiatives.
• Experience with scenario planning and resilience modelling.
• Chartered professional registration.
• IAM Diploma or equivalent asset management qualification.