Title: Director – Asset Management & Optimization KBR Consultancy is seeking a commercially minded consulting leader to establish and grow its Asset Management & Optimization practice. This role will help energy and industrial clients maximize asset value across the lifecycle by improving reliability, availability, production, operating efficiency, capital allocation, and lifecycle economics. The Director will lead practice strategy, business development, client engagement, and consulting delivery, leveraging KBR’s engineering, technology, and project execution capabilities to deliver measurable client outcomes. The successful candidate will combine strong technical and operational understanding with proven consulting, relationship-building, and commercial leadership skills. The successful candidate will be based in Houston, TX, reporting to KBR Consulting’s Sr. Regional Director. Functional job responsibilities will include but are not limited to: Practice Development & Growth Develop and execute the practice growth strategy, including target markets, service offerings, strategic partnerships, and revenue pipeline. Build differentiated, value-based consulting solutions that address client operational and commercial priorities. Business Development & Client Engagement Develop senior client relationships across energy companies, industrial operators, financial institutions, and other relevant stakeholders. Lead opportunity development, proposals, commercial negotiations, and account growth. Translate technical challenges into quantified business value and compelling client propositions. Consulting Services & Technical Leadership Lead multidisciplinary engagements across the following service areas: Asset Strategy & Economics: Asset management strategy, maturity assessments, lifecycle economics, capital prioritization, and portfolio decisions. Integrity, Reliability & RAM: Asset integrity, risk-based inspection, reliability engineering, reliability/availability/maintainability (RAM) analysis, and remaining-life assessments. Operations & Production Optimization: Debottlenecking, production optimization, loss elimination, operational excellence, and energy efficiency. Maintenance & Turnaround Excellence: Maintenance strategy, work management, shutdowns, turnarounds, outages, and critical-spares optimization. Digital Asset Performance: Asset performance management (APM), predictive maintenance, digital twins, asset data, AI-enabled analytics, and digital work management. Lifecycle Extension & Transition: Life extension, obsolescence management, late-life asset strategy, repurposing, and decommissioning optimization. Commercial & Team Leadership Ensure engagements deliver measurable improvements in safety, uptime, throughput, operating cost, capital efficiency, and asset value: Manage engagement scope, staffing, budgets, quality, and profitability. Build and develop a high-performing team of consultants and technical specialists. Collaborate across KBR’s engineering, technology, and project delivery capabilities to deliver integrated client solutions. Required Education, Experience, & Skills: Typically 15+ years of relevant experience in asset management, reliability, operations, engineering, maintenance, or energy and industrial consulting. Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related technical discipline; MBA or other relevant business qualification preferred. Demonstrated success in consulting business development, opportunity development, proposal leadership, and client relationship management. Experience leading complex, multidisciplinary engagements and translating technical findings into commercial recommendations. Strong understanding of asset lifecycle management, operating performance, reliability, maintenance, and lifecycle economics. Demonstrated ability to develop service offerings, grow client accounts, and deliver profitable consulting engagements. Strong executive communication, commercial judgment, and stakeholder management skills. Experience in energy, oil and gas, power, refining & chemicals, LNG, infrastructure, or other asset-intensive industries is preferred: Relevant asset operations experience is preferred Client relationships in Americas region Experience with digital asset performance and analytics is an advantage. KBR Benefits KBR offers a selection of competitive lifestyle benefits which could include 401K plan with company match, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, AD&D, flexible spending account, disability, paid time off, or flexible work schedule. We support career advancement through professional training and development. Click here to learn more: KBR Benefits Belong, Connect and Grow at KBR At KBR, we are passionate about our people and our Zero Harm culture. These inform all that we do and are at the heart of our commitment to, and ongoing journey toward being a People First company. That commitment is central to our team of team’s philosophy and fosters an environment where everyone can Belong, Connect and Grow. We Deliver – Together. KBR is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, union status and/or beliefs, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. KBR — Delivering Solutions, Changing the World. KBR brings together the best and brightest to deliver science, technology and engineering solutions that help governments and companies around the world accomplish their most critical missions and objectives. In everything we do, we are guided by our ONE KBR Values: We Value Our People – We create diverse, inclusive environments in which each person can feel safe, respected and valued, and where everyone has opportunities to grow and reach their full potential. 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Not only are we committed to operating safely, sustainably and equitably, but we are also committed to using our capabilities and expertise to help our customers accomplish their sustainability goals. Worldwide, KBR employs a diverse workforce approximately 29,000 people strong, with customers in more than 80 countries and operations in 40 countries. At KBR, We Deliver. Fraud Alert Fraud has infiltrated the job placement market via the internet, email and direct phone contact. Attempts have included unauthorized use of KBR’s name and logo to solicit potential job seekers or to extend false job offers. Bad actors may mix in fake job advertisements with legitimate postings. These ads can include contact instructions and require job seekers to send sensitive personal information or money to pay for visa applications, processing fees, etc., in exchange for consideration for a high-paying position. KBR will never ask for any sort of advance payment as part of the recruiting/hiring process. 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