# Associate Director – Asset Management, Electricity Networks

**Company**: WSP
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Consulting

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## Description

We are seeking an Associate Director – Asset Management, Electricity Networks to join our growing Asset Management & Advisory team within Energy.

You will work with network owners, operators, and other energy-sector clients to improve the performance, reliability, resilience, and long-term value of their assets. The role combines technical understanding of electricity networks with asset management, data, and digital capability, helping clients make better decisions across the asset lifecycle.

**Key Responsibilities:**

- Lead and deliver asset management and advisory assignments for transmission and distribution clients.

- Provide advice across asset strategy, asset health, risk and criticality, lifecycle planning, maintenance, and investment prioritisation.

- Help clients use asset information, condition, and performance data to improve investment and maintenance decisions.

- Support the development of digital and data-led asset management solutions, including analytics, visualisation, and emerging technologies such as AI.

- Identify opportunities to develop new services and solutions addressing challenges such as ageing assets, resilience, asset intelligence, and network optimisation.

- Build strong client relationships and support business development, proposals, and work-winning activities.

- Provide technical leadership and assurance while supporting and mentoring junior members of the team.

- Collaborate across WSP's wider Energy, T&D, Power Systems, and Digital capabilities.

**Requirements:**

- Degree or equivalent experience in Electrical Engineering, Power Systems, Asset Management, or a related discipline.

- Strong experience within electricity transmission and/or distribution, gained within a network owner/operator, consultancy, or similar organisation.

- Good technical understanding of electricity networks and associated assets.

- Practical asset management experience, particularly in areas such as asset strategy, lifecycle planning, asset health, risk, maintenance, or investment planning.

- An understanding of asset data and digital technologies and how they can improve asset management decision-making.

- Experience leading projects and working directly with clients.

- Strong communication and commercial skills, with the ability to contribute to proposals and business development.

- A collaborative and entrepreneurial mindset, with an interest in developing new services and solutions.

**Desirable Experience and Skills:**

- Knowledge of ISO 55000/55001, asset health indices, risk-based investment planning, reliability and maintenance optimisation, SCADA, asset information systems, or analytics would be advantageous.

- Experience delivering RIIO/Ofgem-funded asset management or network investment initiatives.

- Recognised industry profile through involvement with organisations such as IAM, CIGRE, or CIRED working groups.

## Skills

### Required
- Electrical Engineering
- Power Systems
- Asset Management
- Data Analysis
- Digital Technologies
- Project Management
- Client Relationship Building
- Business Development
- Technical Leadership

### Nice to have
- ISO 55000/55001
- Asset Health Indices
- Risk-Based Investment Planning
- Reliability and Maintenance Optimisation
- SCADA
- Asset Information Systems
- Analytics
- RIIO/Ofgem-Funded Initiatives
- IAM
- CIGRE
- CIRED

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