Job Description:

Asset Manager
Edenbridge, Kent | £40,000 - £55,000 + Benefits
Astute's Renewables team is partnering with a rapidly growing renewable energy asset owner and O&M provider to recruit an Asset Manager for its expanding operations team in Edenbridge.
The Asset Manager role comes with a salary of £40,000 - £55,000, genuine career progression opportunities, and the chance to play a key role in shaping the future of a growing asset management function within the UK renewables sector.
If you're an Asset Manager, Renewable Energy Operations professional, or O&M specialist looking to join a business where you can influence processes, make a tangible impact on asset performance, and develop alongside a growing team, then submit your CV to apply today.
Responsibilities and duties of the Asset Manager role
Reporting to the Head of O&M, you will:

• Manage the operational performance of a portfolio of renewable energy assets, ensuring contractual performance guarantees and client expectations are met.
• Monitor asset availability, performance ratios and operational KPIs, identifying underperformance and coordinating corrective actions.
• Act as a key point of contact for customers and asset owners, providing updates on site performance, faults, outages and remedial activities.
• Coordinate fault response activities and ensure service level agreements are achieved across the portfolio.
• Work closely with engineers, coordinators and subcontractors to maximise asset uptime and operational performance.
• Raise and manage purchase orders, quotations, spare part requirements and other asset-related commercial activities.
• Analyse operational data and performance trends to identify opportunities for improvement.
• Produce performance reports and updates for internal stakeholders, clients and investors.
• Utilise and contribute to the development of the company's bespoke asset management and O&M systems.
• Support the continued growth and development of the Asset Management function as the portfolio expands.
• Participate in future on-call or weekend support arrangements as operational requirements develop.

Professional qualifications
We are looking for someone with the following:

• A minimum of 3 years' experience in Asset Management, Technical Asset Management, O&M Operations, Operations Support or a similar role within the renewable energy sector.
• Experience managing utility-scale renewable energy assets, ideally within solar PV or battery storage environments.
• Strong understanding of asset performance metrics, availability guarantees and operational reporting.
• Experience dealing directly with customers, asset owners and technical stakeholders.
• Ability to coordinate engineers and service providers in a fast-paced operational environment.
• Experience using asset management, monitoring or CMMS platforms.
• Good commercial awareness with an understanding of service delivery and contractual obligations.
• A relevant technical or engineering background would be advantageous.
• Full UK Driving Licence.

Personal skills
The Asset Manager role would suit someone who is:

• Commercially minded and customer focused.
• Comfortable communicating with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Highly organised and capable of managing multiple priorities.
• Proactive and solutions-driven when responding to operational issues.
• Able to work effectively in a growing business where responsibilities may evolve over time.
• Confident working closely with engineers and operational teams.
• Ambitious and motivated by the opportunity to help build and shape a growing department.

Salary and benefits of the Asset Manager role

• £40,000 - £55,000 depending on experience.
• Clear progression opportunities within a growing renewables business.
• Potential additional payments for future on-call responsibilities.
• Opportunity to work on a growing portfolio of UK renewable energy assets.
• Significant influence over processes, systems and the future direction of the Asset Management team.
• Flexible working arrangements available following onboarding and subject to operational requirements.

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