Asset Health & Condition Monitoring Manager

About us

At National Grid, we keep people connected and society moving. But it’s so much more than that. National Grid supplies us with the environment to make it happen. As we generate momentum in the energy transition for all, we don’t plan on leaving any of our customers in the dark. So, join us as a Asset Health & Condition Monitoring Manager  within our Asset Management team and find your superpower. 

Job Purpose

National Grid Electricity Transmission relies on asset health data to make critical investment, risk and operational decisions. As our network continues to grow, so does the importance of having trusted, consistent and high-quality asset information.

We're establishing a new Asset Health & Condition Monitoring team to create a single, coordinated approach to how asset condition data is captured, processed, governed and used across the business.

As Asset Health & Condition Monitoring Manager, you'll lead this new capability, bringing together data, process and engineering expertise to improve confidence in the information that underpins our asset health assessments, investment decisions and regulatory submissions.

This is a unique opportunity to shape our understanding of asset priorities, the business wide processes that provide the information and how this is managed and utilised across one of the UK's most critical infrastructure networks.

What you'll do

• Lead a specialist team responsible for asset health, condition monitoring and asset insights.


• Develop and deliver National Grid's long-term condition monitoring and asset health strategy.


• Define the standards, processes and governance that support the collection and management of asset health information.


• Improve the quality, availability and integrity of asset health information used to inform business-critical decisions.


• Act as the intelligent customer for asset data requirements, working closely with Digital and Data teams to enhance systems, reporting and data capture processes.


• Ensure asset health data provides a trusted basis for investment planning, asset risk assessments and regulatory submissions.


• Oversee the ongoing development and governance of the asset health index and associated performance measures.


• Assess and prioritise opportunities for new condition monitoring technologies, data sources and analytical approaches.


• Work closely with Asset Strategy, Risk Modelling, Engineering and Operations teams to ensure our understanding of asset health supports effective decision making.


• Drive continuous improvement across asset information, data governance and condition monitoring processes.

About you

We're looking for an experienced leader who can combine asset management expertise with a strong understanding of data, governance and business decision-making.

You'll bring:

• Significant experience within asset-intensive industries such as utilities, infrastructure, transportation, energy, manufacturing or related sectors.


• Experience managing asset information, asset health, asset performance, condition monitoring, asset analytics or asset data programmes.


• A strong understanding of how asset data supports risk management, investment planning and operational decision-making.


• Experience in driving change and transformation in data and systems


• Experience improving data quality, governance frameworks, processes or business procedures.


• The ability to translate business requirements into practical system and data solutions.


• Experience working closely with digital, data, engineering and operational teams.


• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills.


• Experience leading and developing technical or multidisciplinary teams.


• A degree in a STEM, engineering or related discipline, or equivalent experience.

It would be beneficial if you also have:

• Experience with Enterprise Asset Management systems such as Maximo.


• Knowledge of asset health indexing, asset risk methodologies or Network Asset Risk Metric (NARM).


• Experience in data governance, data quality management or asset information management.


• Chartered status or relevant professional accreditation.

What you'll get

A competitive salary between £70,000 – £90,000 – dependent on capability

As well as your base salary, you will receive a bonus of up to 30% of your salary for stretch performance and a competitive contributory pension scheme where we will double match your contribution to a maximum company contribution of 12%. You will also have access to a number of flexible benefits such as a share incentive plan, salary sacrifice car and technology schemes, support via employee assistance lines and matched charity giving to name a few.

More Information

The closing date for this vacancy is 16th October. However, we encourage candidates to submit their applications as early as possible and not to wait until the published closing date. National Grid’s recruitment periods can and may vary. We reserve the right to remove this advert or close it to further applications at any point during the recruitment process.

DE & I statement:

At National Grid, we work towards the highest standards in everything we do, including how we support, value, and develop our people. Our aim is to encourage and support employees to thrive and be the best they can be. We celebrate the difference people can bring into our organisation and welcome and encourage applicants with diverse experiences and backgrounds, offering flexible and tailored support, at home and in the office.

Our goal is to drive, develop, and operate our business in a way that results in a more inclusive culture. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, the innovation from diverse teams & perspectives, and business need. We are committed to building a workforce that can represent the communities we serve and have a working environment in which each individual feels valued, respected, fairly treated, and able to reach their full potential.

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