Infrastructure asset management professional

Communication and influencing techniques and strategies, both written and oral.

Decision making principles and techniques used in Infrastructure asset management.

Learning and development strategies, including personal and professional development.

Change management models and the link to organisational culture.

How culture and organisation structure impact the delivery of required performance.

Asset management standards such as ISO55000, British Standard Institute (BSI), Publicly Available Specification (PAS) 55.

Stakeholder mapping and engagement approaches.

Asset life cycle activities such as acquire/create, operate, maintain, and renew/dispose.

Sustainability development goals and impact on asset investments.

Principles of maintenance and reliability engineering.

Portfolio management models and approaches.

Procurement and supply chain strategies and delivery management.

The use of horizon scanning techniques in the infrastructure asset management environment.

Performance monitoring of asset life cycle activities.

Techniques to critically analyse asset management non-conformities such as causes and effects; Failure Mode Event/Effects Critically Analysis (FMEA/FMECA), and Root cause analysis.

The application of contingency plans in the infrastructure asset management environment.

Risk management and its application to infrastructure asset management: risk assessment, quantification, mitigation, and impact.

The application of system engineering and infrastructure models, tools, and frameworks e.g., Defra 4R’s approach to resilience.

The importance of prioritisation and multi criteria optimisation techniques and tools (prescriptive analytics).

The application of decision-making frameworks.

Application of uncertainty analysis on outcomes and outputs.

Understanding of balance sheets, profit and loss, and the difference between companies.

Asset and project costing and valuation techniques; cost estimation (maintenance, operation, renewal, disposal), depreciation, whole life costing, and social, environmental, safety and reputational cost.

The requirements for an integrated infrastructure asset and investment management enterprise-wide approach and the high-level user case.

Information technology systems and processes such as asset registers, work management systems, word processing, spreadsheets, email, presentation.

Critical data analysis and interpretation techniques; and data presentation techniques (charts, diagrams, and tables).

Range of asset and investment management tools.

The sources and types of funding for infrastructure asset management activities.

Problem solving techniques and their application.

Regulatory, legislative and policy/standards requirements such as data protection, cyber security, Environmental emissions limits, Pressure Systems Safety Regulations (PSSR), Construction, Design and Management Regulations (CDM), and Control of Major Accident Hazards (COMAH).

Principles of policy and strategic development in Infrastructure asset management.

The different stages of projects including the principles of planning, scheduling, and sequencing.

The ways of managing, influencing, and controlling outcomes through the application of project management techniques.

Different, inclusive leadership styles and models, how to develop diverse teams and support people using coaching and mentoring.

Commissioning and facilitating research and development activities.

Apply a consistent approach to asset risk management, risk assessed inspection, and maintenance programmes.

Use quantitative methods in the research, critical analysis and interpretation of complex data.

Adapt communication technique when communicating with others.

Specify and influence data and information requirements.

Use decision making principles and techniques in the infrastructure asset management environment.

Optimise and prioritise projects and programmes in a portfolio of work in the infrastructure asset management environment.

Lead and manage the optimum delivery of life cycle activities and resources.

Apply systems engineering models, tools, and frameworks within the infrastructure asset management environment.

Develop and evaluate options within a decision-making framework.

Monitor and report on the performance of asset and infrastructure asset management.

Procure, build, and manage relationships with the supply chain.

Lead, commission, and facilitate research and development activities, innovation, change and organisational development.

Apply leadership skills.

Develop and promote proposals and business cases.

Identify and manage stakeholder needs and expectations.

Identify learning requirements and improvement opportunities for self and others.

Lead and encourage collaboration across the asset management life cycle stages.

Implement and create infrastructure asset management strategies and plans.

Challenge and provide feedback: colleagues and stakeholders.

Use horizon scanning techniques in the asset management environment.

Manage team resources to deliver the infrastructure asset management resource strategy.

Create long term investment plans aligned with organisational objectives.

Create, implement, and monitor Infrastructure asset management policy and strategic plans.

Manage the balance between quality, costs, and time.

Apply contingency planning in Infrastructure asset management plans.

Demonstrate fiscal rigour in Infrastructure asset management plans.

Use project management and planning techniques. Monitor progress towards project goals and identify corrective actions.

Takes accountability and ownership of their tasks and workload.

Role models collaborative and inclusive working across organisational and cultural boundaries, driving diversity.

Seeks continuous professional development opportunities for self and wider team.

Acts in a professional manner with integrity and confidentiality.

Champions infrastructure asset management and influences its development.

Committed to compliance with legislation, asset management standards and company policies.