Capital Planning & Strategy Manager

We have an exciting opportunity at AGS Airport for a Capital Planning & Strategic Manager to join our Capital team.
The role will be based at Glasgow Airport.

• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Participation in our annual bonus plan
• 25 days annual holiday plus 8 public holidays
• Generous pension contributions
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Private Healthcare
• Flexible Benefit Platform
• Life Assurance Cover
• Free on-site car parking
• Agile/Flexible working, where appropriate for the role

• The role supports the development and implementation of an integrated Asset Management Strategy across AGS airports, aligning Strategic Development Plans, Business Plan objectives, and delivery plans to optimise capital investment and return.
• It is responsible for developing and maintaining the medium- to long-term investment portfolio, using asset condition, risk, commercial performance, and external drivers to inform decision-making. The role provides analysis and scenario planning to support executive decisions, balancing affordability, service levels, and commercial outcomes to optimise the capital portfolio.
• The role leads the development of robust 3-year rolling investment plans, ensuring alignment with strategic growth and asset lifecycle requirements, and acts as a key interface across the business to support high-quality, evidence-based business cases.
• It also provides management of external quantity surveying resources, working collaboratively with Capital Delivery and Portfolio teams to ensure cost certainty, commercial compliance, and value for money across the full capital programme lifecycle.

• Develop and maintain 0–5 year rolling capital investment plans, ensuring alignment with AGS strategy, asset lifecycle requirements, and business priorities.
• Deliver robust 3-year investment plans with defined scope, cost certainty, and risk profiles to support business planning and budgeting.

• Apply and manage capital prioritisation frameworks and criteria, ensuring consistent, value-driven investment decisions.
• Support transparent, auditable governance processes, embedding whole-life costing and value-for-money principles.

• Develop scenario plans and investment options to support decision-making under uncertainty and changing conditions.
• Assess portfolio impacts of regulatory, environmental, and sustainability drivers, supporting effective risk management and plan resilience.

• Act as a key interface across Asset, Growth, Sustainability, and delivery teams, ensuring alignment of capital plans and priorities.
• Engage, influence, and challenge stakeholders to drive innovative, whole-life value solutions.
• Manage dependencies and conflicting requirements to enable effective and timely decisions.

• Lead options development, cost planning, and business case support, including feasibility and concept design.
• Develop and apply cost intelligence, benchmarking, and analysis to improve cost certainty and support investment decisions.

• Support commercial and financial management, ensuring robust budget development, cost assurance, and contract compliance.
• Work with delivery teams to optimise the capital programme, including identification of enabling works and efficiencies.

• Support the development of team capability, standards, and best practice in investment planning and cost management.
• Promote continuous improvement, innovation, and sustainability integration across capital planning activities.

• Degree qualified (or equivalent) in engineering, construction, or a business-related discipline, with membership of a recognised professional body (e.g. RICS) desirable.
• Experience in quantity surveying and commercial management on projects typically >£5m, alongside experience in capital investment planning, portfolio management, or medium- to long-term planning.
• Strong knowledge of the NEC suite of contracts, including…