Technical Advisor - Asset and Inventory Management & 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 position links business unit program teams, growth and capture organizations, technology partners and enterprise technical leaders, and is remote with about 5% travel.

Key responsibilities

• Identify inventory and asset management gaps and improvement opportunities with program managers and operational stakeholders, and develop strategies, roadmaps and solution concepts
• 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 and resourcing needs
• Support growth and capture teams by incorporating asset and inventory management and digital solutions into proposals, and lead captures, solution reviews, demonstrations, white papers and executive briefings
• Translate complex technical concepts into clear value propositions for customers, executives, operators and non-technical audiences
• Coordinate with internal technical teams, software developers and commercial partners, and integrate asset and inventory capabilities with maintenance, logistics, supply chain, condition monitoring and reporting systems
• Contribute to prototypes, demonstrations, pilots and transition plans, and review 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
• Experience defining requirements, shaping solutions 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 and with commercial technology partners
• Able to obtain and maintain the security clearance required for assigned programs

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
• Experience supporting defense, government or other complex regulated environments, and in technical captures, proposals, demonstrations and pilots
• Familiarity with model-based systems engineering, digital engineering environments, digital twins, analytics or mission modeling and simulation