Senior Capital Project Manager (Building or MEP)
Job Description
Job summary
Are you an experienced capital project manager looking for an exciting and challenging new role? At Leighton Hospital, we are working on building a modern healthcare campus - a once in a generation opportunity to transform health care in mid Cheshire for the future. The new £multimillion hospital will be a state of the art digitally enabled building providing the best care possible in a modern patient friendly environment.
We are seeking a Senior Capital Project Manager to deputise for the Building and MEP leads as required, responsibilities will include support of the HF Construction Director, Building Lead and MEP Lead in the effective and efficient management of the total resources of the HF team. For full details of this fantastic opportunity please refer to the job description and person spec.
The friendly and collaborative Healthier Futures Programme Management team are based in their own offices on site at Leighton Hospital, Crewe. The Trust supports flexible working and is located in a great area - in a beautiful countryside setting with excellent rail and road links to Chester, Manchester and Liverpool.
This role provides an amazing opportunity to be involved in a major civil engineering project which aims to transform the welfare of the people of Cheshire well into the future.
Applications are welcome from both public and private sectors.
Main duties of the job
To deputise for the Building Lead or MEP Lead as the situation requires. To support the HF Construction Director, Building Lead and MEP Lead in the effective and efficient management of the total resources of the HF team. To provide support in leadership responsibility for the New Hospital Programme Construction Team ensuring the most effective planning, development and management of all services provided.
To assist the HF Construction Team on this major project and associated enabling or supporting projects, taking lead responsibility for defined workstreams or packages as directed.
To comment upon building and engineering designs in accordance with NHS Health Technical Memorandum (HTMs) and Health Building Notes (HBNs), British Standards and all current legislation.
To take technical lead for defined workstreams or packages related to the management of the HF Programme works and providing accurate up-to-date advice as required.
To provide a safe environment for patients, staff and visitors.
To develop and maintain close and effective working relationships with the internal and external stakeholders to achieve an effective and integrated design and construction solution.
To commission and project manage defined workstreams or packages, act as lead and manage staff/consultants as required.
Budgetary responsibility within approved scheme limits.
About us
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides a full range of local hospital and community services for people across East Cheshire (population 399K) and West Cheshire and Chester boroughs (population 357K).
The Trust provides high quality planned and unplanned/emergency care, cardiac and critical care as well as child health, maternity services, and intermediate care across our sites at Leighton Hospital in Crewe, Victoria Infirmary in Northwich, and Elmhurst Intermediate Care Centre in Winsford.
The Trust provides 500 beds and employs over 5,100 members of staff.
An extensive range of community services is provided across 26 medical centres and schools by our community arm, Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership, in collaboration with Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS FT and the South Cheshire and Vale Royal GP Alliance.
We have played, and continue to play, a proactive role in the development of Integrated Care plans across Cheshire & Merseyside and our local Cheshire East and Cheshire West Place-based systems. We believe, and it is the cornerstone of our five-year Trust Strategy, there is the opportunity to progress innovative, responsive and effective care in the best setting for the patient, be it in the hospital or out in the community.
At Mid Cheshire, our mission is to inspire hope and provide unparalleled care for the people and communities of Cheshire, helping them to enjoy life to the fullest.
Job responsibilities
To manage and fulfil the full range of duties in the implementation of building and engineering works as part of the Trusts New Hospital Programme.
Please refer to the job description and person specification.
Person Specification
Education & Qualifications
Essential
- Degree or equivalent experience in general or project/programme management roles
- Evidence of continuous professional development
Desirable
- Master's qualification or post graduate study in a relevant subject
- Formal project management or change management qualification
- Other formal qualifications relating to leadership, programme or project management.
- Membership of an appropriate professional body (RICS, IStructE, ICE, IEE, IMechE, RIBA, etc)
Knowledge & Previous Experience
Essential
- Previous knowledge and or experience of managing large complex construction projects and/or programmes
- Experience of managing project budgets
- Knowledge of RIBA Stages of work, NHS Health Technical Memorandum (HTMs) and Health Building Notes (HBNs), British Standards
- Experience of leading teams of professional (NHS and contract/external) staff within a performance/contract management culture
Desirable
- Knowledge of NHS business case processes including HM Treasury 5 case model and HM Treasury The Green Book- Central Government Guidance on Appraisal and Evaluation
- Experience in preparing business cases.
Skills
Essential
- Ability to analyse and balance complex service, commercial and political decisions and draw appropriate conclusions
- Ability to influence and create change where significant barriers to acceptance exist
- Ability to plan and organise resources to ensure strategic objectives and deadlines are met
- The post holder will be expected to work autonomously and have the ability to navigate complex processes within tight timeframes
Desirable
- Evidence of effective working relationships both inside and outside the organisation.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Employer details
Employer name
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Mid Cheshire Hospitals Foundation Trust - Leighton Hospital
Middlewich Road
Crewe
CW1 4QJ
