About this role
Salary: £? - ? per year
Requirements
- Demonstrable experience implementing, managing or improving a business-critical CAFM, CMMS, EAM, maintenance, inventory or asset-management system
- Ability to translate user and operational needs into structured requirements, workflows, data standards and prioritised system improvements
- Practical experience with system configuration, data migration, testing, training and adoption
- Sound understanding of maintenance planning, calibration, equipment governance, fault management or asset lifecycle processes
- Ability to use dashboards, reports and data exports to identify issues and drive measurable improvement
- Commercial awareness, independence, constructive challenge and the ability to develop a platform into a credible operational capability
- Experience with SharePoint-controlled documentation, product ownership, Agile delivery, service management, supplier governance, compliance, health and safety or ISO-related processes would be advantageous
- Exposure to scientific, technical, laboratory or field-based environments would be valuable
Responsibilities
- Lead the continued implementation, governance and operational management of our Science Asset Management System, acting as product owner and service lead during its transition into live delivery
- Coordinate system configuration, asset-data migration, testing, training and organisation-wide adoption across scientific, laboratory, field, estates, digital, finance and procurement teams
- Establish practical processes for asset lifecycle management, planned preventative maintenance, calibration, fault reporting, risk assessment and disposal
- Improve data quality, reporting and audit readiness
- Manage the operational relationship with our external system provider, including service performance, change requests, roadmap priorities and contract governance
- Establish control quickly, align stakeholders and leave clear documentation and a trusted service to support operational and capital-investment decisions
Technologies
- CAFM
- CMMS
- EAM
- Support
- Product Owner
- SharePoint
More
We are a major international meteorological research organisation working across environmental science, technology and data. Our scientists and technical specialists combine observational data, digital infrastructure and scientific equipment to deepen understanding of the natural environment and inform real-world decisions. We are investing in a new Asset Management System to create a single, trusted source of information and transform how we manage scientific assets. This is a six-month contract paying £440 per day inside IR35, with a 50/50 hybrid working arrangement in Reading, Berkshire. The role offers the opportunity to take ownership of a significant asset-management transformation and leave a lasting operational legacy.
last updated 44 week of 2026