Lifecycle Manager – Healthcare Infrastructure (PFI/PPP)
Newcastle | Hybrid Working (3 days on site / 2 days remote)
Full Time | Permanent
Competitive Salary + Excellent Benefits
About the Opportunity
An established infrastructure asset management business is seeking an experienced Lifecycle Manager to support the long-term performance and value optimisation of a major operational healthcare asset in Newcastle.
This role sits within a specialist asset services team responsible for managing operational PPP/PFI infrastructure investments. The successful candidate will play a critical role in overseeing lifecycle planning, technical governance, financial alignment, and stakeholder engagement to ensure long-term asset performance and contractual compliance.
This is an excellent opportunity for someone with a strong technical and commercial background in operational PFI projects, facilities management, or infrastructure asset management.
Key Responsibilities
- Review and challenge lifecycle plans submitted by FM providers to ensure they are realistic, deliverable, and aligned with long-term concession requirements.
- Provide technical oversight and guidance on lifecycle applications, assessing value for money, contractual compliance, and operational effectiveness.
- Monitor lifecycle delivery across planned and reactive workstreams.
- Support financial reporting activities including lifecycle budgeting, forecasting, spend tracking, and reporting.
- Produce lifecycle reports and analysis for project boards and stakeholders.
- Carry out lifecycle modelling and cost analysis to support investment decisions and replacement strategies.
- Identify opportunities to improve portfolio performance and generate efficiencies.
- Support procurement and delivery initiatives to maximise value.
- Ensure health & safety obligations and CDM requirements are embedded into lifecycle planning and delivery.
- Assess and calculate lifecycle variations and support wider project board requirements.
- Contribute to continuous improvement and best practice across the business.
About You
You will bring a combination of technical expertise, commercial awareness, and stakeholder management capability.
Essential experience includes:
- Degree qualified (or equivalent practical experience) within construction, building services, engineering, facilities management, or a related discipline.
- Strong experience managing PFI/PPP projects in operational phase.
- Solid understanding of lifecycle management principles and asset replacement planning.
- Knowledge of CDM regulations and Health & Safety requirements.
- Exposure to project finance concepts within infrastructure environments.
- Experience engaging with investors, lenders, and outsourced service providers.
- Strong analytical and risk management capability.
Personal Attributes
- Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
- Commercially minded with strong decision-making ability.
- Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
- Self-motivated with the ability to work independently and collaboratively.
- Highly organised with strong prioritisation skills.
What’s on Offer
- Competitive salary package
- Hybrid working model
- Private medical insurance
- Pension scheme
- Life assurance
- Additional benefits package
If you’re looking to apply your lifecycle and PFI expertise within a collaborative, investment-focused environment supporting critical healthcare infrastructure, we’d welcome a conversation.
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