Company Description

Work with Us. Change the World.

At AECOM, we’re delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world’s most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations.

There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of nearly 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world.

The Water Business prides itself on developing innovative techniques to improve the delivery, efficiency, and sustainable outcomes of our projects. We provide a broad range of clients with an end-to-end portfolio of water services, spanning clean water, wastewater, drainage, flood risk management, asset management, and digital solutions across all sectors. As an accredited member of the Institute of Asset Management (IAM), we are recognised for our excellence in asset lifecycle planning and strategic delivery, giving clients confidence in our capability to deliver long-term, sustainable value. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a Water team of over 700 professionals across the UK & Ireland.

We’re one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us.

Job Description

Start here. Grow here.

Our Water team is seeking a dynamic and strategic Head of Asset Management to lead and grow our established Asset Management services across the UK and Ireland.

As clients increasingly adopt asset management frameworks and analytical approaches (including optimisation, resilience, and systems thinking) to guide the design, operation, and maintenance of water infrastructure, AECOM is committed to being at the forefront of this evolution. By engaging early in our clients' delivery chain, we provide value-driven, whole-life services through our multidisciplinary teams.

This is a pivotal leadership role within our UK & Ireland Water business, responsible for driving growth in service capability, client relationships, team development, and commercial performance. You’ll be a key strategic figure, shaping the future of asset management for the water sector and contributing to our global community of asset management practitioners.

Here’s what you’ll do:

Develop and lead Asset Management strategy across key service areas, leveraging expertise in condition assessment, rehabilitation, system dynamics, optimisation, data analytics, urban drainage, and water quality.

Build and maintain trusted client relationships, serving as a senior point of contact for asset management services.

Grow a robust pipeline of asset management work, enabling the development of team capability and capacity in line with business demand.

Drive strong commercial outcomes, with a focus on delivering higher-than-average margins and increasing year-on-year revenue.

Personally deliver strategic advisory services and provide oversight to project teams as Project Director.

Champion innovation and digital solutions, including forming partnerships with software providers and niche consultancies.

Foster a connected and collaborative asset management team across multiple locations and disciplines, supporting both client delivery and professional development.

Leverage synergies with AECOM’s wider services, enabling integration of engineering, environmental, and commercial expertise into client programmes.

Position AECOM as a thought leader, enhancing our brand visibility and reputation within the asset management and advisory space.

Enjoy the Perks.

At AECOM, you'll enjoy a range of core and personalised benefits designed to support your future and well-being, customised to fit your lifestyle. Take advantage of career development opportunities, our flexible hybrid working model to ensure a work-life balance that suits your lifestyle, technical practice networks, AECOM University, and volunteering days.

If you're passionate about innovation and turning bold ideas into reality, AECOM welcomes you. Join our team, where we don't just construct infrastructure but also uplift communities and enhance lives. Why not give our AECOM Water page on LinkedIn a follow to stay updated on the impactful projects we're working on and see firsthand the difference we're making in the industry!

Qualifications

Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?

Here’s what we’re looking for:

You are an established professional in the regulation, strategic, or tactical asset management space, with a strong profile in the UK and / or Ireland water utility sector. You bring a collaborative mindset and a passion for delivering innovative, sustainable solutions that meet client and societal needs.

A recognised track record in strategic or tactical asset management within consulting and/or client organisations.
Demonstrated experience in business development and/or technical excellence.
A strong appetite for shaping and growing a business area, with the support of a committed leadership team.
Proven leadership and collaboration skills, with the ability to unite multidisciplinary teams toward common goals.
A history of successful bidding and development of long-term, trusted client relationships.

We celebrate diversity, including neurodiversity, and believe it enriches our team. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and abilities. If you are an applicant with a disability that requires reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, please contact us at [email protected]. At AECOM, we value everyone's unique contributions and perspectives.

If you meet some of the requirements above or have transferable skills you believe would benefit us, we would be delighted to hear from you!

Additional Information

Interested in the role or curious about life at AECOM? Follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube to explore our AECOM voices, employee stories, latest projects, and much more!

For further information about the role, reach out to the recruiter on LinkedIn – Jay Hewitt.

About AECOM

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to applicants who have a disability or long-term condition, who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role. Please let us know using this email address [email protected] if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Head of Asset Management, Water

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