Yolk Recruitment Ltd
Asset Investment & Performance Manager
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Asset Investment & Performance Manager
Hybrid (Cardiff)
Contract (Inside IR3)
Day rate: Competitive
We are seeking an experienced Asset Investment & Performance Manager to lead investment planning and decision-making across a regional asset portfolio.
Working closely with Planning, Engineering, Capital Delivery, Finance, and Operations, you will ensure investment programmes are evidence-based, affordable, deliverable, and aligned with long-term asset management objectives.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the development and prioritisation of asset investment programmes, aligned with regulatory obligations, service targets, business strategy, and customer outcomes.
- Act as asset owner representative, providing leadership through solution development, options appraisal, investment cases, and governance gateways.
- Prioritise asset interventions using asset health, risk, performance, and cost data.
- Sponsor capital schemes and ensure robust investment papers, governance, and programme oversight.
- Oversee asset lifecycle management, balancing performance, risk, resilience, and cost.
- Work with Operations and Engineering to validate investment needs and ensure recommendations reflect operational requirements.
- Collaborate with Planning and Finance to ensure investment decisions are evidence-based, affordable, and aligned with long-term plans.
- Develop and monitor performance measures to improve asset insight, investment quality, and delivery confidence.
- Lead teams in applying asset health, risk, and performance data to investment and mitigation decisions.
- Lead benefits realisation reviews to assess investment outcomes and inform future priorities.
- Identify deteriorating asset performance and develop proportionate investment or mitigation plans to manage risk within agreed tolerances.
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Experience & Skills
- Senior management experience in asset management or infrastructure investment within a regulated environment.
- Proven experience developing, prioritising, and governing capital investment programmes across a regional or asset portfolio.
- Experience applying risk-based and performance-led approaches to investment decision-making.
- Experience engaging senior stakeholders and contributing to regulatory, assurance, and governance processes.
- Strong knowledge of asset lifecycle management, investment planning, and portfolio prioritisation.
- Understanding of regulatory, performance, and risk drivers influencing infrastructure investment.
- Ability to translate asset health, risk, and performance data into clear investment recommendations.
- Strong analytical skills, including options appraisal, cost-benefit analysis, and investment justification.
- Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and influencing skills.
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Qualifications
- Degree or equivalent experience in Engineering, Asset Management, Environmental Science, or a related technical discipline.
- Professional accreditation such as IAM, CIWEM, ICE, or equivalent is desirable.
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