Project Delivery Manager - Minor Works

Job overview

Are you an experienced Project Delivery Manager looking for an opportunity to help lead a varied and rewarding portfolio of healthcare construction projects

The Capital, Estates and Facilities Directorate at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (CUH) is seeking to recruit a talented and motivated Project Delivery Manager - Minor Works to join our Capital Planning and Development Team.

Working alongside a dedicated team of senior leaders, project managers, building and engineering managers, clerks of works and support staff, you will lead the Minor Works team in delivering a diverse portfolio of construction and infrastructure projects that directly support clinical services and enhance patient care across the organisation.

Reporting to the Head of Capital Projects, you will provide day-to-day leadership and management of the Minor Works delivery team, overseeing projects from inception through to successful completion. You will be responsible for ensuring projects are delivered safely, efficiently, on time and within budget, while maintaining the highest standards of quality, governance and compliance.

Main duties of the job

This role combines leadership, people management, technical expertise and hands-on project delivery. Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills are essential, as you will work closely with clinicians, senior managers, consultants and contractors to successfully deliver projects that improve healthcare facilities and support clinical excellence.

You will have excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, and a proven ability to lead and develop teams within a fast-paced environment. You will be a motivated leader with the ability to inspire colleagues, drive performance with your team and deliver successful project outcomes

This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in delivering CUH's investment programme while helping to shape and improve healthcare facilities for patients, visitors and staff.

If you are interested, we would like to hear from you. Please apply or contact Katherine Fitzwilliams for an informal discussion about the role.

Working for our organisation

Our Trust

Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke's Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 13,000 staff and over 1100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people - patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing 'outstanding' care to our patients and rated 'Good' overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here. CUH's values - Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent - are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population.

CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people's age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Honours degree level or equivalent in building, engineering or related speciality works (e.g. building services design and installation, building surveying, quantity surveying, construction management)
• MRICS status in building or quantity surveying or evidence of specific job related CPD in specialised construction
• Post graduate certificate in management

Desirable criteria

• Record of continuous development over a broad range of issues such as legislation, health and safety, management policies, sustainability, contract/project management
• Technical Mechanical design qualification
• Post Graduate Diploma in Management or equivalent

Experience

Essential criteria

• Substantial post qualification experience of working in a building related industry, including working in a supervisory position
• Significant experience of NHS capital and/or construction project management lifecycle delivery in a large complex acute hospital/organisation
• Management and procurement of external teams and contractors
• Successfully managing a number of both inhouse and out-sourced functions/Teams within an estates or facilities function
• Significant experience of managing projects through full project lifecycle
• Significant experience of feasibility studies and appraisal of investment
• Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, involving clinicians. Experience of chairing clinical stakeholder meeting to aid design development and execution
• Track record of ability to deliver projects against targets and within set timescales
• Budgetary and financial management experience
• Experience of managing and supporting a team of professional staff for delivery

Desirable criteria

• Experience of developing and implementing management plans for compliance with statutory instruments and specific industry standards
• NHS Experience

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Detailed knowledge of H&S, Building and CDM legislation and requirements
• Detailed knowledge of current Department of Health guidance and all other applicable standards
• Detailed knowledge of other relevant current legislation/guidance and associated statutory requirements
• Knowledge and experience of specifying and appointing specialist advisors
• Detailed knowledge of on-site construction methods and procedures
• An understanding of the capital planning, tendering and commissioning process adhered to in the NHS and industry standards and guidance

Desirable criteria

• Knowledge of NHS/DoH/CQC standards and requirements
• Knowledge of managing an aged estate

Skills

Essential criteria

• Excellent people/staff management skills.
• Excellent communication skills
• Interpretation and explanation of highly specialised technical drawings
• The ability to influence senior managers and clinicians in relation to patient environment based on sound technical construction and legislative knowledge and expertise
• Ability to work under pressure and achieve delivery against challenging deadlines
• Ability to prioritise work, meet tight deadlines and work independently
• Positive and effective team leader, able to motivate and manage staff
• Highly developed analytical skills enabling interpretation and communication of multi stranded projects: design, financial and contractual information
• Excellent CAD skills and construction knowledge enabling the production of full technical building, mechanical and electrical drawings for given projects
• Good leadership skills
• High level of computer literacy required: Word, Excel, Office, Fast/AutoCAD, MS Project
• Capable of working and leading in a demand driven service and organisation
• Able to promote and cultivate a customer focused service delivery

Desirable criteria

• Polished presentation skills

Additional Requirements

Essential criteria

• The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of safe, kind, excellent.

Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Documents to download

• Applicant Information Pack (PDF, 200.7KB)
• Information for Applicants - Completing your Application (PDF, 222.9KB)