Asset Lifecycle Planning & Integration Director

About Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.

Jacobs is a key delivery partner for one of Saudi Arabia’s flagship giga-projects, a central pillar of Vision 2030. This landmark development, located approximately 45 km southwest of Riyadh, is designed as the Kingdom’s future capital of entertainment, sports, and culture. It aims to diversify the economy and enhance quality of life through world-class attractions, residential communities, and natural landscapes, while generating significant employment and enabling long-term, sustainable growth.

Role Overview: Asset Lifecycle Planning & Integration Director

The Asset Lifecycle Planning & Integration Director will lead the development and implementation of city-wide asset lifecycle planning frameworks, policies, renewal strategies, and intervention rules. This full-time position is based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and requires over 10 years of experience. The role ensures consistent lifecycle decision-making across all asset portfolios, balancing cost, risk, performance, service outcomes, and whole-life value, aligned with ISO 55001 standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the development and implementation of city-wide asset lifecycle planning frameworks, policies, renewal strategies, and governance aligned with ISO 55001 standards.
• Establish lifecycle planning principles that balance asset performance, risk, cost, service levels, safety, resilience, and whole-life value.
• Develop and manage renewal pipelines, utilizing condition, risk, criticality, performance, maintenance, and cost data to prioritize investment decisions.
• Define intervention thresholds, maintenance policies, renewal criteria, and asset-specific lifecycle requirements across portfolios.
• Partner with SAP EAMS and AM platform teams to enable lifecycle forecasting, risk analysis, condition monitoring, reporting, and data-driven decision-making.
• Integrate lifecycle planning across asset portfolios, ensuring consistent standards while addressing asset-class-specific operational needs.
• Oversee lifecycle costing, total cost of ownership analysis, renewal forecasts, budget inputs, and long-term capital and operational planning.
• Collaborate with City Operations, O&M teams, asset leads, governance teams, and handover stakeholders to embed lifecycle requirements into operational readiness and asset management plans.
• Provide a city-wide view of asset risk, performance, backlog, renewal priorities, and lifecycle pressures to support strategic planning and investment decisions.
• Drive continuous improvement of lifecycle policies, prioritization methodologies, planning standards, and decision-support tools through performance monitoring, lessons learned, and industry best practices.

Required Experience and Qualifications

• A minimum of 15 years of relevant experience in asset lifecycle planning and integration.
• Demonstrated expertise in developing and implementing asset lifecycle planning frameworks and policies.
• Proficiency in aligning strategies with ISO 55001 standards.
• Experience in integrating asset condition, criticality, service levels, maintenance requirements, and operational feedback into lifecycle plans.
• Ability to partner with SAP EAMS and AM systems teams to provide insights into asset performance, risk, condition, and renewal planning.

Work Environment

This is a full-time, onsite position based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Employees are expected to attend a Jacobs Workplace on a full-time basis, as required by the nature of the role.

Application Process

Jacobs is committed to an inclusive recruitment process. If you require further support or reasonable adjustments with regards to the recruitment process, please contact the team via Careers Support.