Salary £46,142 - £51,356 per annum | Permanent, Full Time 37 hours per week | Preston
Do you want your professional judgement to shape real, visible outcomes? This role offers the opportunity to influence how school buildings are maintained, invested in and ultimately handed back to the public sector — ensuring they remain safe, compliant and fit for purpose throughout the life of the contract.
What you’ll be doing
- Leading on asset condition management across PFI contracts, ensuring buildings, infrastructure and equipment meet contractual and statutory requirements
- Monitoring lifecycle investment, maintenance quality and asset performance, challenging underinvestment or deferred maintenance
- Carrying out and overseeing condition surveys, audits and technical inspections across a large and complex portfolio
- Providing expert technical advice to senior stakeholders on risks, compliance, lifecycle planning and handback readiness
- Working with SPVs, FM providers and internal teams to manage issues, disputes, variations and commercial decisions where technical input is required
What we’re looking for
- A chartered or professionally qualified building or property professional (e.g. MRICS or equivalent)
- Significant experience advising on building condition, asset management or capital programmes within complex or public‑sector environments
- Strong knowledge of statutory compliance, lifecycle planning and condition management
- The confidence to influence, challenge and hold contractors to account using sound technical judgement
- A collaborative, analytical approach and a clear commitment to professional standards and continuous development
If you’re looking for work where your decisions shape outcomes, protect public investment and leave a lasting legacy on the built environment, this could be the role for you.
Closing Date: 22 May 2026 Interview Date: 01-03 June 2026
For an informal discussion regarding the role please contact Chelsea.Muir@lancashire.gov.uk
Why join us?
By joining Lancashire County Council, you can shape the career path that is right for you, with opportunities to gain personal and professional qualifications, coaching, and mentoring. Lancashire County Council truly is the place where you can have the career you've always wanted.
In return for your passion and expertise, we offer a generous benefits package, which includes:
- A competitive salary and Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contributions.
- A great holiday entitlement of 26 days annual leave, which increases with length of service. You will also be entitled to 8 Bank Holidays, 2 additional statutory Bank Holidays, and have the option to buy additional leave each year.
- Our staff discount scheme in partnership with Vivup, allowing you to access discounts with a range of UK retailers, saving on everything from weekly food shops to white goods and cars.
- Access to fantastic development and career opportunities.
Please ensure you upload a supporting statement demonstrating how you meet the criteria for the role.
We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications.
You will be required to provide a car for use in connection with the duties of this post and must be insured for business use. In certain circumstances consideration may be given to applicants who, as a consequence of a disability, are unable to drive
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