European Asset Data Controller at NEP Group, Inc. in Crawley, Sussex

Job description

• The European Asset Data Controller will establish and maintain a single source of truth for asset data across CT Europe.
• You will lead asset data governance, data quality, standardisation, asset compliance auditing and reporting across European business units.
• The role is central to improving asset visibility, utilisation reporting and investment decision-making, while supporting the future implementation of a single EasyJob environment.
• You will work closely with local asset, technical, operational, finance and data teams to introduce common standards, resolve data-quality issues and embed consistent ways of working across Europe.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain common governance standards for European asset data.
• Create a reliable, consistent and auditable single source of truth for asset records.
• Improve the accuracy of asset location, availability, utilisation and performance reporting.
• Lead the harmonisation, cleansing and standardisation of asset data across business units.
• Embed clear compliance reporting, audit routines and corrective action processes.
• Support central asset management and better-informed equipment investment decisions.
• Prepare asset data, documentation and working practices for a single EasyJob environment.
• Build capability through clear SOPs, user guidance, training and ongoing support.
• Own and maintain European standards for asset naming, product codes, data dictionaries, asset hierarchies, packaging, locations and mandatory fields.
• Act as the approval authority for asset data standards and coordinate changes with relevant European stakeholders.
• Manage asset-data harmonisation programmes and identify duplicate, obsolete, incomplete or inconsistent records.
• Coordinate data-cleansing activity with local teams and monitor completion against agreed standards.
• Support data migration, consolidation and system-alignment initiatives, including preparation for a single EasyJob environment.
• Develop and maintain data-quality compliance reporting across European business units.
• Conduct regular audits covering asset naming, product mapping, mandatory fields, SOP compliance and dashboard reliability.
• Agree and track corrective action plans with local teams where gaps or exceptions are identified.
• Develop an asset-location accuracy framework, supported by exception reporting and reconciliation processes.
• Coordinate inventory audits and cycle-counting processes, and support RFID and barcode initiatives where applicable.
• Support the development and validation of utilisation, availability, ROI, asset-performance, data-quality and compliance reporting.
• Ensure asset data used for operational and investment decisions is accurate, consistent and appropriately controlled.
• Create and maintain EasyJob data-entry standards, SOPs and user guides.
• Deliver onboarding, refresher and role-based training for asset managers and operational teams.
• Act as the subject-matter expert for asset data governance and provide practical support to users across Europe.
• Maintain European certification repositories and ensure required PAT, LOLER and other compliance records are centrally available.
• Support cross-border equipment movements through accurate, accessible asset and certification documentation.

Requirements

• Three to five years of experience in master data management, inventory control, ERP administration or a comparable data-governance role.
• Strong data analysis and reporting skills, with advanced Excel and Ideally Microsoft BI capability.
• Experience managing large-scale datasets, data-quality controls and compliance reporting.
• Excellent attention to detail, process discipline and ability to maintain accurate records.
• Experience coordinating improvement activity across multiple teams, locations or business units.
• Clear communication skills, with the ability to translate data standards into practical guidance for operational users.
• Able to work collaboratively across technical, operational, finance and systems teams.
• EasyJob or equivalent rental ERP experience is desirable.
• Power BI, asset-management, RFID or inventory-tracking experience is desirable.
• Experience in events, production, logistics or technical services would be advantageous.

Skills

Required

• Advanced Excel
• Microsoft BI capability (ideally)
• Excellent attention to detail
• Process discipline
• Ability to maintain accurate records
• Clear communication skills

Preferred

• Power BI
• Asset-management experience
• RFID or inventory-tracking experience