Role: PFI Manager (Healthcare SPV)Location: DurhamContract: Permanent (4 days on site)Salary: 50k-70k plus packageOverviewWe are working with a well-established SPV on a complex healthcare project in Durham. The contract is approaching expiry, with significant activity underway as the asset progresses through the handback phase.The PFI Manager will sit within a consultancy team supporting the SPV and the client, providing operational, technical, and commercial oversight. The appointed PFI Manager will act as the senior on-site lead for the SPV, driving operational performance, handback readiness, and maintaining strong, positive relationships with Trust stakeholders, funders, and service providers.This is a challenging and high-profile role for an experienced PFI professional with handback exposure, strong healthcare knowledge, and the ability to manage complex stakeholder environments.Key ResponsibilitiesAct as the senior on-site PFI Manager representing the SPV, supporting the client through a complex healthcare PFI contractLead handback preparation and execution, ensuring contractual, technical, and commercial obligations are metBuild and maintain positive relationships with Trust stakeholders, funders, and FM partners, fostering collaboration and trustOversee operational performance across hard and soft FM services, ensuring compliance with healthcare regulations and PFI standardsProvide governance, reporting, and assurance to senior client stakeholders and the SPVSupport commercial oversight, including financial performance, risk management, and value protectionCoordinate multiple concurrent workstreams related to asset condition, lifecycle planning, and contract complianceEnsure robust documentation, audit trails, and readiness for formal handback processesContribute to a collaborative, high-performing site culture alongside the on-site teamEssential ExperienceProven experience in healthcare PFI environments, preferably acute hospital assetsHands-on PFI handback experience is essentialStrong knowledge of asset management, lifecycle delivery, and compliance within live healthcare environmentsExperience managing operational performance across soft and hard FM servicesDemonstrable ability to build and maintain positive, long-term stakeholder relationshipsCommercially aware, able to support financial oversight and risk managementComfortable operating at a senior management level within a consultancy-client support modelPersonal AttributesCredible, confident, and resilient PFI professionalStrong stakeholder management and relationship-building skillsDetail-focused, structured, and highly organisedCalm, authoritative, and solution-focused in high-pressure situationsHands-on, pragmatic, and outcomes-drivenJBRP1_UKTJ