Lifecycle Manager

Lifecycle Manager – Healthcare Infrastructure (PFI/PPP)

Newcastle | Hybrid Working (3 days on site / 2 days remote)

Full Time | Permanent

Competitive Salary + Excellent Benefits

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.

• 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 work streams.
• 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.

You will bring a combination of technical expertise, commercial awareness, and stakeholder management capability.

• 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
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• Solid understanding of lifecycle management principles and asset replacement planning
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• Knowledge of CDM regulations and Health & Safety requirements
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• Exposure to project finance concepts within infrastructure environments.
• Experience engaging with investors, lenders, and outsourced service providers.
• Strong analytical and risk management capability.

• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
• Commercially minded with strong decision-making ability.
• Self-motivated with the ability to work independently and collaboratively.
• Highly organised with strong prioritisation skills.

• Competitive salary package
• Private medical insurance
• 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.