Lead Consultant, Asset Management

TYLin is a globally recognized, full-service infrastructure consulting firm committed to providing innovative, cost-effective, constructible designs for the global infrastructure market. With over 3,000 employees throughout the Americas, Asia, and Europe, the firm provides support on projects of varying size and complexity. Together, we enhance conventional designs with smarter, more resilient systems. We provide people with better mobility. We steward precious resources by finding more sustainable solutions.

Job Summary

The Lead Consultant, Water Asset Management will play a critical role in developing and growing this new service area. This role focuses on helping our client teams leverage data and systems to optimize asset performance, manage risks to ensure operational resilience, and move from reactive to proactive maintenance through change management. The ideal candidate will bring a strategic mindset, technical expertise, and strong leadership skills to drive innovation and efficiency in asset management practices. The Lead Consultant will report to the Advisory Practice Leader.

Responsibilities & Qualifications

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Leadership

• Be a recognized leader within the water industry, maintaining strong relationships with existing and targeted clients to enable a deep understanding of their needs. Promote a client focused culture through this leadership.
• Develop the Asset Management service area focused on growth in the Water Sector (with a special emphasis in California and the Southwest).
• Research and identify asset management growth opportunities and develop, implement, monitor, and update marketing/business development plans with short- and long-range goals to achieve the target sales, as well as to diversify the portfolio with new clients and services.
• Represent the Advisory Practice at trade associations, civic, and client meetings, as required.
• Leverage technical capabilities, talent, and geographic reach to:
  • Enhance client delivery
  • Retain and attract the best talent
  • Optimize performance
  • Drive profitable growth
• Identify and expand opportunities with existing TYLin clients, focusing on working with TYLin CAMs and identifying other opportunities within the geography and with specific technical specialties.
• Lead client listening efforts to understand client needs, obtain feedback, and refine business objectives.
• Serve as Project Principal or Project Manager on major pursuits.
• Prepare/approve Quality Assurance Plans for projects.
• Flexibility to work on a multitude of diverse projects, a positive attitude, willingness to mentor junior staff, and commitment to workplace health and safety are imperative.

Business Development/Marketing

• Build, maintain, and facilitate trusting relationships with key contacts in leadership across client organizations and support TYLin's Client Account Managers (CAMs) and team members in bringing Advisory Practice capabilities and services to client contacts.
• Capitalize on own expertise and existing professional network to maintain and establish new key account relationships and ensure they are managed for growth under TYLin's CAM program.
• Collaborate across areas within the Water Sector to promote cross-selling of Advisory Practice solutions.
• Develop, implement, monitor, and update marketing/business development plans with short and long-range goals.
• Develop and implement solution-oriented sales approaches detailed to customer market and requirements.
• Engage with Sector Leader, Area Manager, and Client Experience Leader in making go/no-go decisions on project pursuits.
• Identify competitors' strategies and pricing trends and then provide direction on winning and next steps.
• Manage pursuits, including teaming, proposal writing, and preparation of formal interview presentations.

Project Delivery

• Travel to project locations including driving and overnight stays.
• Develop and implement data-driven strategies for asset performance optimization.
• Oversee the integration and utilization of asset management systems (e.g., CMMS, GIS).
• Analyze trends and generate actionable insights to inform decision-making.
• Conduct risk assessments to identify vulnerabilities in asset operations.
• Develop and implement risk mitigation strategies to ensure service reliability.
• Prepare contingency plans for critical asset failures or emergencies.
• Coordinate with stakeholders, including operations, maintenance, and finance teams.
• Responsible for assuring quality work products are consistently delivered to all clients.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Requires Bachelor's Degree in relevant field.
• The ideal candidate will have approximately 15 years of increasingly responsible experience
• Proficiency in asset management tools and technologies (e.g., CMMS, GIS).
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to build relationships and influence at all levels of the organization.
• High levels of integrity, always doing the right thing in an ethical, fair, and sustainable way.
• Demonstrated experience of collaboration in a diverse and inclusive team, working together toward technical excellence.
• Experience with smart water metering and utility infrastructure is a plus.
• Knowledge of economic modeling and financial analysis is a plus.
• Familiarity with vendor analysis and selection processes is a plus.

Additional Information

T.Y. Lin International is committed to pay equity. As part of that commitment, we have provided the base compensation range of $128,000 - $230,400 annually for this position and local market. We recognize that each candidate brings a unique set of skills, experience, education and competencies to the table that will be reflected in our offer. TYLin is proud to offer exciting career development opportunities.

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TYLin offers a comprehensive total rewards package. Our benefits may include extensive medical, disability and life insurance coverage, continuing education benefits, paid time off, employee assistance program and a retirement savings plan with company matching contributions.

We encourage all candidates to explore our total rewards offering.

TYLinis an equal opportunity employer, and we prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type as protected by federal, provincial, state or local laws. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. The company and its employees are required to comply with all local health authority, legal or lawful client requirements.