Senior / Lead Asset Verification Engineer

Job Description:

Title: Senior / Lead Asset Verification Engineer – Plant Asset Verification (Kemsley, UK)

Day Rate: £220-£250/day (contract)

Contract Duration: 6 months (full-time, on-site, with some office-based data/SAP work)

Location: Kemsley, ME10

Role overview

Senior/lead engineer responsible for leading a team of surveyors on a 6-month full-plant physical asset verification and SAP reconciliation project. You will act as technical lead on asset classification, hierarchy, and data quality, and be a key interface between site operations and the project manager.

Key responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day technical delivery of the asset verification team (junior & mid-level engineers).
• Define and refine survey methods, naming conventions, classification rules and tagging standards.
• Handle complex assets and systems: parent/child hierarchies, packages, skids, and control panels.
• Conduct higher-level condition assessments and highlight critical or safety-related issues for escalation.
• Review and validate survey data for completeness, consistency, and alignment with SAP / CAFM structures.
• Support SAP / data team with mapping of functional locations, equipment numbers, and class/characteristics.
• Troubleshoot discrepancies (asset found but not in SAP, SAP record not found on site, mismatched capacities/locations) and propose remediation actions.
• Coach and mentor junior staff on safe working, survey best practice, and data quality expectations.
• Contribute to weekly progress reporting (asset counts, issues, risks) and client technical sessions.
• Ensure adherence to site H&S rules, permits, and method statements; contribute to risk assessments.

Required skills & experience

• HNC/HND or degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Instrumentation, or related engineering discipline.
• 5+ years' experience in industrial plants (paper, FMCG, process, utilities, or heavy industry) in maintenance, projects, reliability, or asset management roles.
• Demonstrable experience delivering asset surveys, asset tagging projects, or condition assessments at scale.
• Good working knowledge of SAP PM / EAM or similar asset management systems (functional locations, equipment, classes, characteristics).
• Strong data quality mindset and experience reviewing/approving survey outputs.
• Ability to lead small teams, allocate work, and monitor productivity.

Nice to have

• Experience in paper manufacturing, pulp & paper, or similar continuous process industries.
• Experience in FM/consultancy or external asset survey providers.
• Understanding of asset management best practice (e.g. ISO 55000 principles).