Title: Senior Associate (Strategic Asset Manager) Discipline: Building Surveying Location: Leeds (With Hybrid Working) Why RLB? We value your skills, talents and unique perspectives – we think they are priceless. Bring them to RLB and you’ll be empowered to shape our future and your career in new and meaningful ways.

We’ll give you opportunities to work on some of the most ambitious and exciting projects currently being designed and developed in the built environment sector. You’ll continue to learn and advance as everyone who works for us is provided with a tailored training programme. Our mentoring and reverse mentoring schemes will enable you to share your expertise while gaining fresh insights.

What makes RLB unique is our inclusive culture. As an independent, employee-owned business, teamwork and collaboration lies at the heart of everything we do. Hybrid and flexible working arrangements and family-friendly policies are just some of the ways we invest in employee wellbeing.

Join us and you will thrive personally as well as professionally. Role Overview Our Strategic Asset Advisory team supports RLB’s key national clients across large, diverse property portfolios. Operating within a hybrid national delivery model, the team collaborates closely with colleagues across our UK office network to deliver high‑quality, client‑focused professional services.

We work across multiple sectors, including Commercial, Residential, Education, Sports, Justice, Defence, Retail and PFI, providing strategic asset advisory, technical advisory, lifecycle planning, and project delivery expertise. We pride ourselves on delivering insight‑driven, value‑for‑money solutions and building long‑term relationships with our clients. The Strategic Asset Manager will lead the development, optimisation, and delivery of client asset management strategies across complex and varied estates.

Combining technical asset knowledge with commercial and strategic insight, the role supports our client’s decision making that not only ensures compliance, it enhances performance, improves lifecycle value, and drives organisational outcomes. You will work with multi‑disciplinary teams including building surveyors, project managers, cost consultants, fire consultants and digital specialists to develop long‑term investment plans, asset frameworks, data collection and strategies, as well as capital programmes aligned with client needs. This is an excellent opportunity to join a growing, national consultancy team and shape the future direction of asset portfolios across major UK clients.

Responsibilities

Develop and deliver asset management strategies, policies, roadmaps, and frameworks in line with ISO 55000 principles and other industry standards. Undertake asset condition surveys, lifecycle assessments, risk profiling, and criticality reviews.

Requirements

Prepare strategic investment plans, prioritisation models, and long-term capital programmes. , HM Treasury Green Book), and cost–benefit analyses. Provide strategic advice to optimise asset performance, resilience, sustainability, and operational efficiency.

Support clients in transitioning to proactive, data‑driven asset management approaches. Project & Programme Delivery Lead asset management workstreams across large national programmes and multi‑site portfolios. Manage multiple projects across “live” operational environments, ensuring minimal disruption.

Prepare and manage key stage reports from feasibility through to delivery and post‑handover. Support procurement, commercial compliance, and contractual documentation. Take ownership of deliverables, ensuring on‑time, cost‑effective, and high‑quality outputs.

Work closely with multi‑disciplinary teams, coordinating input from design, H&S, commercial, and digital specialists.