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Job summary

Main area
Project Management
Grade
Band 8b
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
275-2403CPM-CW
Employer
Medway NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Medway Foundation Trust
Town
Gillingham
Salary
£58,972 - £68,525 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
28/04/2024 23:59

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Capital Projects Manager

Band 8b

Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People?

Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision of Better, Best, Brilliant is achieved

Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment; our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families. This includes the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust, we are able to give our employees flexibility on where, when and the hours they work.

Our culture and values are what drives Medway NHS Foundation Trust and is the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when you are completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.

Job overview

Capital Projects Manager

Division: Corporate

Care Group: Estates and Facilities Management

Band: 8b 

Salary: £58,972 - £68,525 per annum

We are recruiting for a Capital Projects Manager who shares our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People and has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will competently manage the provision of Building Improvement schemes through construction and engineering contractors and external specialist consultants and surveyors, to meet the requirements of the Trust Estates and Service strategies and the associated Capital and major revenue projects.

Responsible for the design, detailed specification, procurement, planning, implementation, project management, and contract administration of all Capital and major revenue projects, in addition to any compliance and associated remedial works arising from in house and specialist audits.

You will focus on ensuring Cost, Quality, and Time constraints are adhered to, and ensure contractor payments are professionally managed

You may be called upon to deputize for the Associate Director of Capital Projects, when required to do so.

Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.

We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.

To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.

Working for our organisation

Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision of Better, Best, Brilliant is achieved.  Our culture and values are what drives the Trust and is the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.

Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious environment.

Would you like to work flexibly?   In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement which will not mean sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We aim to support you to work flexibly in a way that will suit you and us.  

All of our substantive & fixed term employees can enjoy a range of staff benefits, a gym, an active health and wellbeing programme, an on-site nursery and a cycle to work scheme.

We are taking positive action to ensure that we can attract, recruit and retain the best talent and would welcome more applicants from under – represented groups to support the Trusts commitment to a diverse, inclusive and an employer of choice workforce.

All staff at Medway comply the Trust’s and the Kent and Medway Safeguarding Board’s policies on safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Support the Associate Director of Capital Projects with the delivery of Capital Projects and Capital Backlog maintenance.

Whilst you will report to the Associate Director of Capital Projects, you will be required to have very close links with Associate Director of Estates and the Operational Estates teams to ensure cost effective compliance and maintenance revenue obligations (effective lifecycle costs) are met.

You will be required to exchange complex technical project related information to a wide range of groups including Directors, Senior Managers, suppliers, specialist and non-specialists.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Educated to MA Degree level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in Building construction or Engineering services
  • Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development.

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Health service Capital investment and procurement procedures.
  • A thorough understanding of fire prevention, building construction and services, fire safety legislation, Codes of Practice and Building Regulations.
  • Sound knowledge of building legislation.

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Significant Experience and knowledge of Estates operational management and project management in building construction.
  • In depth knowledge of NHS project management including procurement routes, and business case development.
  • Experience in facilitating formal tendering processes including checking of specifications prior to tender initiation.

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Ability to make sound judgements and decisions involving highly complex facts and conflicting demands.
  • Ability to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult issues working to tight and often changing timescales
  • Excellent organizational skills and prioritizing skills.Ability to manage own work program and to prioritize to deadlines
  • Ability to set priorities for a team to ensure operational objectives are met within deadlines.

Values Based Question

Essential criteria
  • Give an example of a time where you have demonstrated a ‘can do’ attitude (including the situation you were in) and the outcome

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Brian Edwards
Job title
Associate Director of Capital Projects
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01634 825291
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