Technical Advisor - Asset and Inventory Management and Digital Solutions

About the role

KBR is seeking a Technical Advisor to advance asset and inventory management and digital solution strategy across existing programs, recompetes and new pursuits. The advisor connects mission and operational needs with practical technology, data, software and integration approaches, and provides hands-on technical leadership from problem definition through implementation. The role acts as a primary technical link between business unit program teams, growth and capture organizations, technology partners and enterprise technical leaders.

Key responsibilities

• Work with program managers and operational stakeholders to identify inventory and asset management gaps, improvement opportunities and technology-enabled efficiencies.
• Develop asset and inventory management strategies, roadmaps, solution concepts and implementation approaches.
• Advise on the selection, configuration, integration and adoption of asset and inventory management software and related digital capabilities.
• Bridge operational requirements with enterprise IT, data, integration, cybersecurity and system architecture considerations, and track initiative outcomes, milestones, risks, dependencies and resourcing needs.
• Partner with growth and capture teams to embed differentiated solutions in proposals, engage customers and stakeholders, and provide technical leadership for captures, solution reviews, demonstrations, white papers and executive briefings.
• Coordinate with internal technical teams, software developers and commercial technology partners, and support integration with enterprise, maintenance, logistics, supply chain, condition-monitoring and reporting systems.
• Contribute to prototypes, demonstrations, pilots and transition plans, and review independent R&D concepts for feasibility, desirability, scalability and strategic impact.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, asset and inventory management or a related technical discipline.
• Significant professional experience in asset and inventory management strategy, asset lifecycle management, maintenance or reliability, logistics, infrastructure or a closely related mission-support domain.
• Demonstrated experience at the intersection of asset and inventory management operations and enterprise IT or software systems, and experience defining requirements and supporting implementation or integration of complex digital capabilities.
• Proven ability to lead technical problem definition and solution development across multidisciplinary stakeholder groups.
• Excellent written, verbal and presentation skills, and ability to work across organizational boundaries with commercial technology partners.

Preferred qualifications

• Advanced degree or recognized professional qualification in asset and inventory management, engineering, information systems, data, operations research or a related discipline.
• Experience with intelligent or enterprise asset and inventory management platforms and their integration with data, workflows, analytics and decision support.
• Knowledge of asset and inventory management information strategy, system architecture, data governance, interoperability and digital transformation.
• Experience in mission-support domains such as logistics, supply chain, facility and equipment management, maintenance, readiness or base operations support, and in defense, government or other complex regulated environments.
• Experience in technical captures, proposals, demonstrations, pilots or customer solution-shaping activities.

The position is remote with access to KBR sites, about 5% travel, and standard hours with flexibility to support customer, capture and program priorities.