Job summary
Insight Executive Group is thrilled to partner exclusively with North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust (NW Anglia FT) to source candidates for key roles in the Hinchingbrooke Hospital Redevelopment Programme (HHRP). This is a pivotal opportunity to shape the future of healthcare infrastructure.
As the Design and Construction Project Manager - Main Build, you will oversee the end-to-end construction of a state-of-the-art hospital facility, with an estimated value of £800m. You will manage the integration of mechanical and electrical systems, ensure compliance with healthcare standards, and drive sustainable construction aligned with the Trust's Green Plan. Your leadership and strategic vision will be vital in delivering a cutting-edge hospital that will transform patient care.
Who We're Looking For:
We are seeking a highly experienced construction professional with a strong background in managing large-scale capital projects, ideally within the healthcare or public sector. You will need experience in business case development, governance, and working collaboratively with partner organisations. Excellent communication, leadership, and team-building skills are essential.
Main duties of the job
- Construction Management: Lead the design and delivery of the HHRP main build, managing all technical aspects, and ensuring alignment with national healthcare standards and regulatory requirements.
- Programme Leadership: Manage timelines, resources, and milestones for the construction works, ensuring effective communication between clinical, operational, and design teams.
- Environmental Stewardship: Conduct environmental impact assessments, implementing strategies to minimise the hospital's carbon footprint and ensure sustainable design and construction practices.
- Stakeholder Engagement: Build strong working relationships with Trust leadership, architects, contractors, and key external stakeholders to ensure seamless integration and project delivery.
- Financial Management: Oversee the budget for the main build, ensuring cost efficiencies and value for money throughout the procurement and construction processes.
About us
We are dedicated to fostering diversity and inclusivity within our workforce and warmly welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, with a particular emphasis on encouraging those from disabled, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities, as well as candidates from our local area.
As part of our commitment to supporting our employees we offer a range of benefits including:
- Generous annual leave entitlement starting at 27 days and increasing to 29 days after five years of service and 33 days after 10 years of service, in addition to the national Bank Holidays (pro-rata for part time staff);
- Membership of the NHS Pension Scheme:
- Flexible working opportunities;
- Enhanced hourly rates for unsociable hours e.g. night shifts, weekends, bank holidays;
- Opportunities for career development and training to help you progress in your role;
- Wellbeing support and activities to promote a healthy work environment;
- Access to our in-house physiotherapy service;
- On-site canteens offering subsidised meals;
- Subsidised staff parking (currently free);
- Free Stagecoach Bus Travel to and from work within Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
We strive to create a supportive and inclusive workplace where employees feel valued and empowered to excel in their roles. Join us and become part of a team dedicated to making a positive difference in our community.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please review the job description for a detailed overview of the role's responsibilities and required duties.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please review the job description for a detailed overview of the role's responsibilities and required duties.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional knowledge acquired through degree, leadership/management qualification or equivalent experience
Desirable
- Construction qualification
- Membership of relevant professional body or chartered status.
- PRINCE 2 Practitioner Level.
- Post Graduate Qualification
- HM Treasury Better Business case training
Experience
Essential
- Proven track record of delivering to challenging targets
- Experience of business case development for large or complex capital projects and of the work streams including Clinical Strategy, Workforce, IT and Estates
- Experience of governance and business case approval processes.
Desirable
- Experience of leading and managing programmes, with considerable experience managing large capital schemes in the healthcare sector
- Significant experience within the Healthcare sector at senior manager level including responsibility for strategic projects and programmes of change.
- Experience of managing and dealing with large construction and legal contracts
- Experience of negotiating with private companies
- Knowledge of the New Hospital Programme
- Knowledge and applied understanding of the context and challenges of leaders in health and health care settings
Skills
Essential
- Excellent communications skills, written and oral
- Able to work collaboratively with partner organisations and regulatory authorities
- Ability to influence and motivate staff at all levels to deliver challenging targets
- Proven negotiating skills and ability to communicate in challenging situations
- Ability to manage conflict
- Able to lead and gain buy in for changes to existing processes and deal proactively and effectively with change resistance
- Ability to diagnose and take remedial action where programmes are slipping from their targets
Desirable
- Ability to build successful teams
- Ability to understand and present complex data in a simple understandable manner.
- Manage own workload and use initiative to drive the project forwards
- Ability to understand and convey complex messages to a diverse audience at varying levels, including senior management, both within the Trust and in external organisations
- Excellent organisation skills
- Able to work independently and on own initiative
- Develop business plans and strategies for developing commercial opportunities and exploiting opportunities with external partners
- Ability to work on own initiative/self-starter, but integrate within the team
- Ability to work under significant pressure, to short deadlines and manage conflicting priorities whilst continuing to deliver high quality work.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional knowledge acquired through degree, leadership/management qualification or equivalent experience
Desirable
- Construction qualification
- Membership of relevant professional body or chartered status.
- PRINCE 2 Practitioner Level.
- Post Graduate Qualification
- HM Treasury Better Business case training
Experience
Essential
- Proven track record of delivering to challenging targets
- Experience of business case development for large or complex capital projects and of the work streams including Clinical Strategy, Workforce, IT and Estates
- Experience of governance and business case approval processes.
Desirable
- Experience of leading and managing programmes, with considerable experience managing large capital schemes in the healthcare sector
- Significant experience within the Healthcare sector at senior manager level including responsibility for strategic projects and programmes of change.
- Experience of managing and dealing with large construction and legal contracts
- Experience of negotiating with private companies
- Knowledge of the New Hospital Programme
- Knowledge and applied understanding of the context and challenges of leaders in health and health care settings
Skills
Essential
- Excellent communications skills, written and oral
- Able to work collaboratively with partner organisations and regulatory authorities
- Ability to influence and motivate staff at all levels to deliver challenging targets
- Proven negotiating skills and ability to communicate in challenging situations
- Ability to manage conflict
- Able to lead and gain buy in for changes to existing processes and deal proactively and effectively with change resistance
- Ability to diagnose and take remedial action where programmes are slipping from their targets
Desirable
- Ability to build successful teams
- Ability to understand and present complex data in a simple understandable manner.
- Manage own workload and use initiative to drive the project forwards
- Ability to understand and convey complex messages to a diverse audience at varying levels, including senior management, both within the Trust and in external organisations
- Excellent organisation skills
- Able to work independently and on own initiative
- Develop business plans and strategies for developing commercial opportunities and exploiting opportunities with external partners
- Ability to work on own initiative/self-starter, but integrate within the team
- Ability to work under significant pressure, to short deadlines and manage conflicting priorities whilst continuing to deliver high quality work.
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.
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).
Additional information
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.
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).
