Planning Manager

Our client is seeking a Planning Manager - Surveying to join its technical management division in Warrington, Cheshire. This role is pivotal in ensuring the accuracy of lifecycle planning and contractual compliance across a diverse portfolio. The Role As the Planning Manager, you’ll: Validate condition survey data: Review, challenge, and validate structured asset datasets, condition grades, and replacement assumptions across a diverse portfolio of assets. Review survey outputs: Interrogate survey conclusions to identify gaps, anomalies, or quality concerns, ensuring all data is consistent, version-controlled, and fully auditable. Engage with FM providers: Work closely with external providers, surveyors, and subcontractors to enhance the quality of submissions and actively educate stakeholders on survey standards and contract expectations. Support lifecycle strategy: Ensure all lifecycle assumptions are reasonable and evidence-based, applying sharp commercial judgement when reviewing survey recommendations and assessing fair wear and tear liabilities. Monitor survey timelines: Support the wider planning team in coordinating condition surveys across multiple projects, helping develop CSIGs / Survey Scope of Services documentation, and proactively addressing any program delays. You To be successful in the role of Planning Manager, you’ll bring: A background in Building Surveying or related fields: Technical experience within Building Surveying, Asset Management, Technical Estates Management, Lifecycle Planning, or Hard FM (suitable for professionals with 3–5+ years of experience). Strong commercial awareness: The confidence to challenge technical information produced by other experienced professionals, negotiate with stakeholders, and interpret long-term asset liabilities. Excellent communication skills: Exceptional stakeholder management, facilitation, and relationship-building skills, with the ability to act as a trusted technical authority. Ability to interpret datasets: Proven capability working with structured asset data, asset registers, condition data, and lifecycle assumptions with a "super nerd" attention to detail. Familiarity with PFI/PPP contracts: An understanding of PPP/PFI contracts, infrastructure contracts, or long-term asset management obligations. An MRICS qualification and sector experience in Healthcare, Education, or Custodial estates are highly desirable. What's in it for you? Our client is a key player in the infrastructure sector, managing a significant national asset portfolio. They are committed to delivering long-term value and stability through rigorous management practices, fostering a professional, high-trust environment that prioritises technical governance and deep stakeholder collaboration. This role offers a competitive £61,000 basic salary alongside a £6,500 car allowance. You’ll have the chance to move into a commercially focused lifecycle planning role rather than traditional surveying, working a hybrid 37.5-hour week out of the Warrington office on a hybrid basis (typically 3 days office, 2 days remote). Apply Now! To apply for the position of Planning Manager - Surveying, click ‘Apply Now’ and send your CV. Interviews are taking place now, so don’t miss your chance to be part of this impactful role