Asset Engineering Assurance Enablement Manager - United Kingdom

at  National Grid

ABOUT YOU

Are you a natural leader with the ability to motivate and develop others? Do you possess excellent communication skills as well as the ability to influence and drive change? If so, our Asset Engineering Assurance Enablement Manager vacancy may be for you:

ABOUT US

National Grid touches the lives of almost everyone in the UK, with an energy network that stretches across the Atlantic. We’re an international team, and our work underpins the lives of millions of people. Feet forwards, head up, and eyes bright, we’re working hard to create value for people today – and shape the future of energy tomorrow.
In the UK, we don’t generate or sell energy – we join the dots to get energy from A to B. From making a cup of tea in the morning, to keeping the lights on in hospitals, our electricity network puts power in the hands of people. Without it, the world as we know it would grind to a halt.
The world of energy is changing beyond recognition. Working at National Grid, you won’t just be touching the lives of almost everyone in the UK – you’ll be shaping the way we use and consume energy for generations to come.

ABOUT THE ROLE

As an Asset Engineering Assurance Enablement Manager, you will be required to live within the United Kingdom as you will typically work from one of our UK offices such as Warwick, Leeds, London or Bristol for 2 days per week. The remaining 3 days can be worked from home or our other national sites dependent on the needs of the business and we are open to flexible working for this role.
The technical and transformation focussed Asset Engineering Assurance Enablement Manager will drive simplicity, standardisation and digitisation into the work scope and design assurance processes. You’ll work in a matrix style with asset specialists across our design assurance function to maintain appropriate levels of competency across each area and lead on business change to enable customer-focussed delivery of growing volumes of capital work for the asset engineering assurance activities of NGET’s asset base including but not limited to HV substation plant and equipment, overhead lines, cables and light current. You’ll create a new training and development approach for technical engineering career pathways in Asset Management whilst delivering a step change in workload management for AEA in order to more effectively deliver for our customers. The Asset Engineering Assurance Enablement Manager will be responsible for developing and implementing strategies to enable a right-sized engineering assurance workforce to deliver the growing capital plan whilst enabling performance, reliability, and sustainability of our assets through engineering design and assurance activities from planning through to decommissioning. You’ll use strategic vision and leadership capabilities to drive business change and ensure alignment with our asset management strategy.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Lead the development and implementation of business changes required to AEA enabling assurance
• Own relevant risks associated with AEA activities developing strategies to mitigate risks effectively
• Ensure asset focussed assurance teams have technical capability to deliver the network of the future
• Manage and develop a team who can support the engineering specialists in delivering AEA activities
• Establish KPIs/metrics to monitor the performance of AEA enablers and activities
• Implement processes to track and analyse performance data
• Identify opportunities for further business change meeting outcomes of the department efficiently
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders aligning AEA with AO transformation strategies/objectives
• Lead initiatives to drive continuous improvement in wider asset management
• Ensure the enhancement of overall performance and reliability
• Develop and manage budgets related to AEA change activities ensuring cost-effectiveness/standards
• Ensure high quality data management for relevant AEA owned data and products