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Job summary

Main area
Capital Projects
Grade
Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
164-7855940
Employer
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
City Hospital
Town
Nottingham
Salary
£39,959 - £48,117 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
21/06/2026 23:59

Employer heading

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust logo

Assistant Capital Projects Manager / Projects Mangager

Band 6

Job overview

As an Assistant Capital Project Manager within the Capital Team—part of the Estates & Facilities Management Directorate—you will support Senior Project Managers in delivering new-build and refurbishment projects valued up to £30 million.

The Postholder will take direct responsibility for managing and delivering minor capital construction projects up to £250,000.  

Assess project requirements

Agree on appropriate solutions

Determine costs

Appoint contractors

Oversee project delivery under the guidance of a Senior Project Manager

Main duties of the job

This includes but is not limited to: 

Provide, receive and communicate complex technical information to non-specialists and clinical stakeholders (both verbally and via paper/electronic transmission) in a manner that allows them to easily understand and interpret proposals.

2.    Ability to negotiate and agree on works proposals and aspects of Projects such as Requests for Instruction (RFI), Confirmation of Verbal Instruction (CVI) Variation Orders (VO), Extension of Time (EOT) claims etc and deal with these across a wide range of contractor and client stakeholder representatives.

3.    Effectively manage all trust-approved contractors in respect to delivering all aspects of contract works on site.

4.    Ability to analyse complex facts and often competing imperatives, then negotiate, influence and agree on project proposals with clinicians and other user representatives, appraising options and using judgement to guide the process towards the optimum solution.

      Lead and direct small multi-disciplinary project teams, external professional design consultants and contractors, ensuring that the planning and organisation of complex project works will not adversely impact ongoing clinical activities

6.    Make sound judgements based on current H&S legislation and practice when carrying out works within the healthcare environment.

Working for our organisation

With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the job description and person specification attached to the advert for the full details.

Person specification

Training & Qualification

Essential criteria
  • Post Graduate level in a Construction or Engineering and equivalent experience
Desirable criteria
  • The post holder should have knowledge and understanding of healthcare, standards such as Hospital Building Notes (HBN’s) and Hospital Technical Memoranda (HTM’s).
  • Have knowledge and a good level of understanding of construction procurement contracts.
  • Have a good working knowledge of health and safety practice relating to the construction industry.

Experience

Essential criteria
  • The post holder will have experience of working within the construction industry, including management of small construction works from concept to operational commissioning.
  • Knowledge of testing, commissioning and certification of engineering services in large buildings.
Desirable criteria
  • Experience in delivering/managing construction and building engineering services projects within an acute healthcare setting.
  • Experience gained in working within a large and diverse organisation
  • Working knowledge of large building environments containing a complexity of building services.

Communication

Essential criteria
  • Receive, process and present complex technical information in relation to small works schemes.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Trust IDApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyAge positiveDisability confident leaderArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Care Leaver CovenantNHS Rainbow badgeCareLeaver Covenantadded for NUH

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Bernard Hadland
Job title
Director - Capital Projects
Email address
[email protected]
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