Asset Renewal Lead

Key Accountabilities

• Lead the national asset-recycling programme, moving vacant units efficiently from customer handback to a safe, compliant and letting-ready condition.
• Maintain oversight of the live pipeline and agree priorities with Asset Management, including fast-track units, arch examinations and other time-critical works.
• Own the end-to-end process for simple works, including initial assessment, site visits, scope agreement, budget approval, contractor instruction, delivery, snagging, completion and handover.
• Lead, support and coordinate the Asset Renewal Managers, allocating work clearly, monitoring delivery and providing practical guidance and cover where required.
• Review and challenge scopes to ensure works are proportionate, commercially justified and aligned with the agreed reletting standard, avoiding unnecessary or abortive expenditure.
• Control project budgets, contingencies, purchase orders, commitments and variations, ensuring approvals are obtained and financial information remains accurate and current.
• Manage contractor and consultant performance, ensuring works are properly instructed, delivered to the required quality and programme, and supported by complete certification, warranties and project records.
• Identify and resolve delivery blockers, including access, utilities, surveys, asbestos information, scope changes, contractor performance and operational dependencies, escalating where necessary.
• Produce accurate programme reporting covering pipeline and completions, turnaround times whilst maintaining robust governance, electronic project records and ensuring compliance requirements are embedded throughout delivery.
• Forecast completion and letting-ready dates, cost, yield on cost, quality, risks and exceptions.
• Work closely with Asset Management, Estate Management and Lettings to agree priorities, standards and customer-related requirements, and to ensure proposed works support reletting and income generation.
• Review performance and completed projects to identify lessons, improve  processes, and drive consistent standards, better value and faster turnaround across the programme.

Skills, Knowledge and Experience

• Programme Management or PMO-related experience, preferably in a property, construction or real estate background.
• Practical experience of procuring and delivering refurbishment or reletting works through contractors and consultants; a relevant property, construction or project-management qualification is desirable.
• Strong understanding of project controls, contractor management, health and safety, CDM, change control, financial control, value engineering and quality assurance.
• A track record of delivering works across a large number of live sites, balancing urgency with appropriate technical, commercial and compliance controls.
• Strong Excel and reporting capability, with confidence using project and property systems to maintain accurate pipeline, cost and performance information.
• Ability to lead and coordinate colleagues while remaining personally involved in complex scopes, approvals, escalations and delivery decisions.
• Sound commercial judgement, including the ability to challenge scope and cost, assess value for money and make proportionate repair-versus-replace decisions.
• Clear and confident communication with Asset Management, Lettings, contractors, consultants and senior stakeholders, with the ability to resolve issues quickly and constructively.
• High attention to detail, with disciplined management of budgets, approvals, programme dates, certifications, warranties and handover records.
• Excellent organisation and prioritisation skills, with the resilience to manage competing demands in a fast-moving, delivery-focused environment.
• Degree-level education, a relevant professional qualification, or equivalent practical experience in property or construction delivery.

• Commercially minded — spots value where others see a line item to write off, and builds the case to release it.
• Structured — brings programme discipline to a portfolio-wide initiative, not just individual transactions.
• Proactive — anticipates stakeholder needs and proposes solutions rather than waiting to be asked.
• Resilient — thrives on their own initiative within a pressured, fast-moving environment.
• Collaborative — works effectively across Finance, Capital Projects, Building Surveying and Consultant teams.
• Relentless about improvement — challenges the status quo and constantly pursues better outcomes.
• Approachable — engaging and confidence-inspiring, the kind of person who strengthens a team just by being part of it.

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