Location
Hatfield

Hours
Full Time

Salary
£54,000 - £65,000 per year, dependant on skills and experience

About the Role
At Affinity Water, we're looking for an experienced Asset Health Technical Specialist to play a pivotal role in how we understand asset condition, quantify risk, and make evidence-based investment decisions that deliver long-term value for customers. This is a unique opportunity to influence asset strategy, resilience, and investment planning as we prepare for PR29 and beyond, working across Strategy, Operations, Capital Delivery, Digital, Data and Regulatory teams. As the technical authority for asset health and risk, you will lead the development of methodologies, standards and governance frameworks that support robust asset management and investment planning. You'll connect asset condition data, deterioration modelling, criticality assessments and risk insights to help drive smarter decision-making across the business.

Key responsibilities include leading the development and continuous improvement of asset health, deterioration, criticality and risk methodologies; establishing standards for assessing, monitoring and reporting asset health across asset classes; embedding asset health and risk frameworks into investment planning and decision-making processes; translating asset condition and risk evidence into practical intervention and investment strategies; improving the integration of asset health data within asset management and decision-support systems; and providing technical leadership on emerging regulatory requirements relating to asset health and investment planning.

Why Join Affinity Water?
This role offers the opportunity to directly influence how investment decisions are made across the business, helping to improve resilience, customer service and long-term affordability. You'll work with a wide range of stakeholders, lead critical technical developments, and play a key part in shaping the future of asset management at Affinity Water.

Benefits
Learning and development opportunities, including mentoring and a range of formal courses and open learning resources.
Entry into the company annual bonus scheme.
Annual leave from 26-30 days rising with length of service, with the option to purchase up to 5 extra days.
A ‘Celebration Day’ in addition to public holidays to celebrate a religious festival or other important occasion.
A generous 'double match pension scheme' that doubles your contributions (company contribution capped at 12%).
Family benefits including enhanced Maternity, Adoption, Paternity, Shared Parental Leave, Fertility Support Leave and up to 5 full or 10 half days of paid Carers Leave.
Menopause and Reasonable Adjustment policies to support everyone performing at their best.
Access to a Wellbeing Centre supporting physical and mental health.
Discounts at retail outlets and on dental and medical insurance through salary sacrifice.
Up to 4 Affinity days a year to volunteer in the community.
Life Assurance.
Disability Confident employer committed to inclusive recruitment and support.

Experience
- Experience in asset management, asset health or risk management within the water sector or another regulated utility environment.
- Expertise in developing asset health, deterioration, criticality or risk assessment methodologies.
- Knowledge of asset information systems, inspection data and work management systems.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to interpret complex data and provide clear recommendations.
- Strong communication and influencing skills to engage both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

About You
You combine technical expertise with strong stakeholder engagement skills and a passion for improving asset performance. You are motivated to lead technical developments and influence investment planning to deliver long-term value.

Qualifications
- A degree in Engineering, Asset Management or a related discipline.
- Desirable: IAM Certificate or Diploma and knowledge of ISO55001.
- Desirable: Experience using GIS, Qlik, Maximo or similar enterprise asset management systems.
- Desirable: Knowledge of investment optimisation, risk frameworks or decision analysis methodologies.