33507 - Asset Performance Officer

This is an exciting opportunity to join an Asset Performance team in the UK's biggest environmental organisation.

We manage flood risk assets across the Thames area to ensure they protect our communities from the risk of flooding. As professional Asset Managers, you will be part of a team managing the whole lifecycle of our flood risk management assets, i.e. planning, delivery, maintenance, decommissioning.

Your enthusiasm and positive attitude will help you find solutions that deliver our priorities. You will help manage our asset data to ensure it is of the best quality and can be relied on to inform our future investment programme. This will include site work to understand our asset base and to collect, analyse and interpret information to ensure we manage it well. You will be trained to undertake inspections of our assets.

We are seeking applicants with a passion for asset management or engineering and a drive to protect our communities at risk of flooding. You will have asset or data management experience, preferably in the water environment.

The role duties will include (but not exclusive to):

Guiding, advising and supporting team members and others, to ensure that decisions are made on sound technical grounds, are in line with required legislation / best practise, and minimise risks associated with our assets. Works proactively with others to identify and resolve issues.
Producing work orders for our internal field teams
Carrying out Public Safety Assessments
You will be an excellent team player and make decisions based on data and evidence. Great verbal and written communication skills are essential as you will be liaising with customers, colleagues and members of the public. You will be completing site work, this will include walking long distances as part of asset inspections, sometimes in adverse weather.

The team

You will be part of a team who focus on the inspection, maintenance and repair of Environment Agency owned flood risk assets across the Loddon and Wey catchments and a major flood alleviation scheme. The team skills include technical asset advisors, civil engineering, data and maintenance officers and asset inspectors. The team working pattern is a mixture of office based, site visits with opportunities for home working.

This role requires excellent organisation and prioritisation skills to ensure our assets are maintained to the required standards using our Asset Information Management System and other IT systems. You will be proficient with the Microsoft Office suite of programs.

You may be a recent graduate or have experience with an organisation in the environmental/water sector. Experience with one of the following would be advantageous:-

data management
engineering
asset management
You will be able to learn, adapt, communicate and use initiative to solve problems. You will be able to communicate with a wide audience and explain technical / regulatory issues to non-technical colleagues and partners. You will have autonomy to work within established processes and procedures but refer to others and are subject to supervision.

Please note you must hold a valid Full UK manual driving licence.