Lifecycle and Project Works Manager

Serco: University Hospital South Bucks, HP11 2TT

Permanent, Full Time (Mon-Fri / 0800-1600)
£60,000 – £65,000 per annum plus excellent benefits

Ready to impact a better future?
As a Lifecycle & Project Works Manager in our Health team, you’ll lead complex Hard FM projects that help maintain safe, compliant and future‑ready hospital environments. Your work will shape infrastructure that supports patient care, strengthens community services and enables continued improvement across our healthcare estate.

You’ll manage programmes of work from design to delivery, ensuring they meet high standards of safety, quality and compliance. Your expertise will be pivotal in creating well‑run, efficient and sustainable hospital spaces that our colleagues and patients can rely on.

What you’ll do as a Lifecycle & Project Works Manager
You’ll be entrusted to:

• Manage multiple programmes and projects to meet agreed objectives, budgets and timescales
• Develop service user briefs, feasibility reports, business cases and project initiation documents
• Produce detailed project plans, specifications, schedules of work and tender documentation
• Lead and coordinate architects, engineers, consultants and internal specialists across all project stages
• Ensure all works comply with CDM2015 legislation, RIBA Plan of Work and Serco governance processes
• Oversee contractor compliance including RAMS, qualifications and permit-to-work requirements
• Manage stakeholder relationships with clinical teams, non‑clinical teams and third‑party partners
• Coordinate commissioning, post‑contract works and handover activities for successful delivery
• Prepare monthly reports on progress, spend and programme performance
• Consider sustainability, energy efficiency and environmental impacts across all projects
• Support audits, governance, compliance reviews and continuous improvement initiatives

Does this sound like you?
You’ll be a great fit for this role if you have…

• A relevant degree or equivalent experience, plus project management qualifications
• Strong experience delivering Hard FM, Capital or Lifecycle projects in complex environments
• Knowledge of CDM2015, RIBA stages and statutory healthcare compliance requirements
• Confident communication skills and the ability to influence diverse stakeholders
• Strong budgeting, reporting and programme management capability
• Experience with PFI environments and the ability to work collaboratively with partners
• Excellent Microsoft applications skills and familiarity with CAFM systems

Vetting and checks
A Standard DBS check will be carried out for this position. This includes spent and unspent convictions, cautions, reprimands, and warnings as permitted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act. An Occupational Health Questionnaire will also be completed so we can ensure you have the necessary support to perform your duties.

Discover all you need to keep growing
We’re one of the top 1% of international employers, so you can have confidence you’ll be part of a highly supportive culture with leaders you can count on to help you achieve your goals. From mentoring and training to our focus on internal progression, we’re proud to offer clear development opportunities – and the support and tools to help you seize them.

What we offer

• 25 days plus bank holidays (and the option to buy up to five additional leave days each year)
• Up to 6% contributory pension scheme
• Over 1,100 internal courses available, funding for qualifications and apprenticeships (including L3 Team Leader and L5 Operations Manager apprenticeships), mentoring opportunities, and a focus on internal progression
• Employee Assistance Programme, Bupa Anytime HealthLine, wellbeing app, 30% off at Serco-managed leisure centres, and 24/7 access to a virtual GP service
• Discounts across around 1,000 retailers, from food and clothing to days out, entertainment and travel
• Paid volunteering day, tax‑free charitable giving through Payroll Giving Scheme, donate your pennies from your monthly pay to the Serco People Fund Charity
• Our networks support inclusion and connection by providing spaces for collaboration, learning and belonging. They represent and empower all our colleagues including LGBTQIA+ employees, women, parents and carers, people with disabilities, veterans, and people from all cultural backgrounds.

Let’s impact a better future, together. Apply today.

About Serco
At Serco, not only is the nature of the work we do important, everyone has an important role to play, from caring for vulnerable people to managing complex public services.  We are a team of 50,000 people responsible for delivering essential public services around the world in areas including defence, transport, justice, immigration, healthcare and citizen services. We are innovators, committed to redesigning and improving public services for the benefit of everyone.

By joining Serco you will have unlimited access to our Global Employee Networks – SercoInspire (Gender), SercoEmbrace (Multicultural), SercoUnlimited (Disability) and In@Serco (LGBT & Networks). Serco Employee Networks, led by colleagues who are passionate about diversity, inclusion and belonging. 

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At Serco, we see people first and foremost for their performance and potential. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive organisation that supports the needs of all. As such we will make reasonable adjustments at interview through to employment for our candidates and strongly encourage applications from a diverse candidate pool. We are open to discussions around flexibility and flexible working. We operate a hybrid work structure in many of our business areas. We are proudly Disability Confident Leader employers and holder of the Gold Inclusive Employer Standard. Disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the job will be given the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities at an interview.  For help with your application please contact 0345 010 4000.
 

At Serco we support fair access to employment for those with unspent criminal convictions through the ‘Ban the Box’ pledge (some may be exempt due to the nature of the role and the security clearance required). Please contact our recruitment team directly on 0345 010 4000 to discuss.