Vice President, Group Asset Management & Engineering

About us

At National Grid, we are at the heart of shaping a secure, affordable, and clean energy future. We are investing around £70bn over five years in our networks in the UK and the US, with a range of ground-breaking projects to expand our networks.

With revenue of almost £20bn and almost 30k employees, we operate in the UK across our Electricity Transmission, Electricity Distribution, and Strategic Infrastructure businesses, and in the US across our New York and New England businesses.

We are now recruiting a VP - Group Asset Management & Engineering to operate at group-level and in a global capacity. This will be an excellent opportunity to establish this company-wide role from the outset, via a combination of existing strong practices and new thinking and ideas to bring into the organisation.

Job purpose

This is a newly-created role that will operate across the Group globally as our Chief Engineer, accountable for setting and assuring a coherent, group‑wide approach to asset stewardship, engineering standards, and lifecycle management across the organisation.

The role will define what ‘good’ looks like across asset management and engineering across our business units, and ensure alignment to statutory and regulatory obligations across our service areas. The person in post will provide independent leadership, assurance, and professional authority across our business units, without directly owning or operating assets.

The role will play a critical role in protecting long-term system integrity, safety, reliability, and value, with responsibility for developing and driving group-wide standards.

Key accountabilities

Group Asset Management Framework

• Own and maintain the Group Asset Management Policy, framework, and lifecycle model, aligned to international best practice (e.g. ISO 55000)
• Lead maturity assessment and continuous improvement of asset management capability, reporting progress to the Executive Committee
  
  

Group Engineering Authority & Standards

• Act as the group engineering authority, defining minimum engineering requirements and ‘acceptable engineering’ across the organisation
• Own the Group Engineering Standards framework, including approval, governance, derogations, and departures

Independent Assurance & Governance

• Provide independent second‑line assurance on asset management and engineering compliance across Business Units
• Chair or sponsor group‑level Asset Management and Engineering governance forums and steering committees

System Strategy & Investment Enablement

• Enable Business Units to make robust, risk‑based, whole‑life investment decisions through clear standards, data expectations, and decision frameworks
• Act as a critical partner to Strategy, Finance, Regulation, and Operations on major investment cases and regulatory submissions

Engineering Capability, Culture & Talent

• Set clear expectations for engineering professionalism, competence, and leadership across the Group
• Build a strong, connected engineering and asset management community across geographies and Business Units

External Leadership & Influence

• Represent the organisation externally on asset management and engineering matters with regulators, industry bodies, and peers
• Horizon‑scan emerging risks, technologies, and standards to future‑proof the asset base

Candidate profile

• Senior executive leadership experience in asset‑intensive infrastructure
• Deep expertise in asset management and/or engineering governance at group level
• Proven ability to lead through influence in complex organisations
• Strong regulatory, statutory, and safety leadership credibility
• Chartered Engineer or equivalent professional accreditation would be preferred

More Information

The role will close for applications on Monday 13th April at 23:59 BST.