Asset Support Engineer

Location: South East London

Asset Management Engineer Hydrocarbon Processing Facility Hampshire | Up to £60,000 | 15% Bonus  Outstanding Benefits We are seeking an Asset Management Engineer to play a key role in improving equipment reliability, maintenance effectiveness and long-term asset performance across a major COMAH-regulated hydrocarbon processing facility. Working closely with Engineering, Maintenance and Operations teams, you will help shape maintenance strategy, optimise maintenance programmes and support informed engineering decision-making across a diverse range of critical plant assets.

This is an excellent opportunity for an engineer with strong maintenance, reliability or asset management experience who enjoys combining technical knowledge with data-driven decision making to improve plant performance and reliability.

Key Responsibilities Use asset management systems and equipment data to improve asset reliability, availability and maintenance effectiveness. Support the development and implementation of maintenance and asset management strategies. Review maintenance programmes and identify opportunities to improve equipment performance and reliability. Analyse maintenance and asset data and provide practical recommendations to engineering and management teams. Develop KPI reporting and asset performance metrics.

Support annual and long-term maintenance budgeting activities. Assist with maintenance planning, work order development and schedule optimisation. Interpret engineering drawings, maintenance manuals and technical documentation. Work closely with Engineering, Maintenance and Operations personnel to drive continuous improvement initiatives. Support ongoing development and optimisation of asset management systems and processes. Help identify opportunities to improve maintenance efficiency, asset utilisation and lifecycle performance.

Requirements Engineering or technical qualification (Mechanical, Electrical, Maintenance, Reliability, Process or similar). Experience working with industrial plant equipment and maintenance activities. Experience using CMMS/EAM systems as part of maintenance, reliability or asset management activities. Strong understanding of asset management, maintenance and reliability principles. Ability to interpret technical and maintenance data and recommend practical improvements. Strong communication, stakeholder management and problem-solving skills.

Comfortable discussing equipment performance and maintenance requirements with engineers, technicians and operational personnel.

Experience with equipment such as:
Pumps Compressors Pressure vessels Pipework systems Heat exchangers Distillation columns Turbines Rotating and static plant equipment would be highly beneficial. Desirable Maintenance Planning experience. Reliability Engineering experience. Asset Integrity experience. Experience supporting maintenance optimisation initiatives.

Experience with Power BI, VBA, Python, HxGN, Octave or similar reporting and analysis tools. This role could suit Reliability Engineers. Maintenance Engineers. Asset Engineers. Mechanical Engineers with maintenance experience. Asset Integrity Engineers. Maintenance Planners. Senior Technicians looking to move into Asset Management. Package Salary up to £60,000 DOE. Potential 15% STIP Bonus. 10% Company Pension Contribution. Private Medical Insurance. Group Life Assurance (8x salary).

Group Income Protection. £600 annual gym allowance. 25 days holiday. This is an opportunity to join a well-established industrial operation where you'll have genuine influence over maintenance strategy, equipment reliability and long-term asset performance, while working alongside experienced engineering, maintenance and operations teams.