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Job overview

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking to recruit an experienced client facing Senior Project Managers (construction) to work within the award winning Capital and Planning Section of the Estates Department.  The role will provide lead PM services to deliver capital construction and major refurbishment projects within the Trusts acute building stock to the highest standard.  The successful candidate must be able to demonstrate a track record of client-side delivery covering all RIBA stages on major schemes. The Estates Department has an exciting and ambitious Estates Strategy and this senior role is pivotal to its successful delivery.

Extensive knowledge and experience of the development of capital schemes from inception to in-use is required with the ability to manage construction professionals and Trust stakeholders engaged in the design & construction process. Knowledge and experience of the NEC3/4 suite of contracts and the green book 5 case business model is required.  Candidates should demonstrate experience in commercial awareness and understanding of procurement routes to market including good governance arrangements.

This role is subject to a spot salary of £64,000.

• Interview date: 7th June 2024
• 37 hours 30 minutes /week
• You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.

Main duties of the job

• The ability to effectively manage construction contractors and design professionals to ensure projects are delivered within the parameters of time, cost and quality is a fundamental requirement. The successful candidate must have the skills, drive and determination to deliver the provision of world class clinical services to achieve the Trusts vision and standard of care.
• Educated to Master’s level (or equivalent experience) and Chartered membership of a recognised professional body, you will demonstrate a proven track record of scheme delivery within or without the NHS.  The successful candidates will form part of a multi-disciplinary Capital Team, reporting into the Assistant Director of Estates (Strategy, Planning & Capital Development) for overall programme delivery.  Direct line management of Project Managers and Clerk of Works within the Capital Structure forms part of this role.

Working for our organisation

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, we have around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion.

We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.

We’re also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

Our staff oversee around 2 million patients ‘contacts’ each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.