Deputy Director of Estates and Capital

Pacomarine Limited; Huntingdon; On-site; GBP 91,000 - 106,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare trust in Huntingdon seeks a senior engineering leader to oversee infrastructure and capital projects. The role includes managing engineering services across Trust sites, ensuring compliance and safety, and providing strategic oversight for capital projects. Candidates should have a Master's degree or equivalent, relevant chartered status, and significant experience in engineering management within complex environments. This is a full-time permanent position with a competitive salary and essential for ensuring quality in patient safety and infrastructure management.

Qualifications

• Substantial senior management experience delivering an engineering service in a large, complex environment.
• Experience managing large complex engineering systems, including revenue and capital budgets.
• Managing complex capital programmes and project management of schemes.

Responsibilities

• Provide professional engineering expertise across all Trust sites.
• Lead the Capital Projects function overseeing planning and delivery of system-capital projects.
• Manage performance of external engineering contracts.

Skills

Computer literate

Strong negotiation skills

Leadership and influencing skills

Education

Educated to Masters level or equivalent experience

Corporate/full membership of I Mech E, IEE, CIBSE or IHEEM

Chartered status in Construction/Property/Engineering

Job description

Job Summary

The Trust has a diverse Estates portfolio, ranging from the RAAC in Hinchingbrooke Hospital, which is part of the New Hospital Programme (NHP), to the PFI asset at Peterborough City Hospital and retained estate on the Peterborough Site and Stamford and Rutland Hospital. The division is working more collaboratively across these portfolios by developing a simple vision of focusing all our services around the patient while maintaining high financial accountability. Assurance and compliance are the underpinning governance philosophies of all our services, and this role will support the Director of Estates and Facilities in providing that assurance to our community and Board.

This is an exciting time to join us as we shape the next generation of services, supporting the design and compliance of assets for the NHP through operational estate and capital project leadership. The post holder will oversee engineering and infrastructure activities, including fire safety, across all Trust sites, prioritise patient safety, quality and experience, and lead capital projects and backlog programmes in line with senior leadership expectations.

Details

Posted: 28 November 2025

• Pay scheme: Agenda for change
• Band: 8d
• Salary: £91,342 to £105,337 per annum
• Contract: Permanent
• Working pattern: Full-time
• Reference number: 176-C-7568568
• Job locations: Hinchingbrooke Hospital, Hinchingbrooke Park, Huntingdon, PE29 6NT

Job Responsibilities

• Provide professional engineering expertise for sites to estates staff, directors, senior management and external agencies.
• Lead the Capital Projects function, overseeing planning and delivery of system‑capital projects with partners.
• Deputise for the Director of Estates and Facilities as required.
• Manage performance of external engineering contracts, building an effective responsive supply chain of innovative suppliers.
• Direct technical and estates management through directly employed staff and partner/contractor organisations, ensuring projects and maintenance comply with Health and Safety, NWAFT standards and processes.
• Collaborate with finance colleagues to support the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Infrastructure Strategy.
• Provide structure and process for effective interface with all project activities, ensuring proper communication, safety arrangements and operating procedures.
• Lead and direct major incidents affecting engineering or infrastructure, taking control if necessary.
• Produce regular reports to provide organisational and executive assurance around compliance and safety.

Person Specification

• Qualifications
  • Educated to Masters level or equivalent experience
  • Corporate/full membership of I Mech E, IEE, CIBSE or IHEEM
  • Chartered status with significant experience in a Construction/Property/Engineering discipline (e.g., CIOB, RICS, ARB, I Mech)
  • Better Business Cases Foundation
• Desirable Qualifications
  • Better Business Cases Practitioner
  • Formal H&S qualification (e.g., IOSH or NEBOSH)
• Knowledge
  • Analyse complex problems and develop practical solutions
  • Understand design and contractual processes and building procurement methods
  • Highly developed leadership and influencing skills
  • Write complex reports, business cases and policies
• Experience
  • Substantial senior management experience delivering an engineering service in a large, complex environment
  • Experience delivering change and performance with management teams
  • Managing large complex engineering systems, including revenue and capital budgets
  • Managing complex capital programmes, project and programme management of schemes
  • Budget/financial management experience
  • Substantial staff management experience (direct staff and external contractors)
  • Desirable: previous NHS experience
• Skills
  • Computer literate
  • Maximise the use of available department resources to achieve objectives
  • Strong negotiation skills

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and requires a Disclosure and Barring Service check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled Worker sponsorship 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 must present a criminal record certificate for each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18) are also subject to this requirement.

Employer details

North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust

Hinchingbrooke Hospital

Hinchingbrooke Park

Huntingdon

PE29 6NT

Website: https://www.nwangliaft.nhs.uk/