Project Delivery Manager - Minor Works

Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; Cambridge; Presencial; GBP 58.000 - 65.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

On-site leisure facilities

Staff bus travel and parking subsidies

Park and Ride access

Descripción de la vacante

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Project Delivery Manager - Minor Works to lead a diverse portfolio of healthcare construction projects. You will oversee delivery from inception to close, ensuring safety, quality and value while coordinating with clinicians, managers and contractors.

The role focuses on driving effective team leadership, governance and timely delivery within the Trust's capital programme.

Formación

• Honours degree level or equivalent in building, engineering or related speciality works (e.g. building services design and installation, building surveying, quantity surveying, construction management)
• MRICS status in building or quantity surveying or evidence of specific job related CPD in specialised construction
• Record of continuous development over a broad range of issues such as legislation, health and safety, management policies, sustainability, contract/project management
• Post Graduate Diploma in Management or equivalent

Responsabilidades

• Lead the Minor Works delivery team from inception through to completion, ensuring safe, on-time delivery within budget
• Engage with clinicians, senior managers, consultants and contractors to drive project outcomes
• Provide day-to-day leadership to a multidisciplinary team within a fast-paced environment
• Support governance, quality and compliance across the project lifecycle

Conocimientos

Leadership

Project management

Stakeholder engagement

Communication

Educación

Honours degree in Building/Engineering

Herramientas

AutoCAD

MS Project

Excel

Descripción del empleo

Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Project Delivery Manager - Minor Works

The closing date is 15 November 2026

Are you an experienced Project Delivery Manager looking for an opportunity to help lead a varied and rewarding portfolio of healthcare construction projects

The Capital, Estates and Facilities Directorate at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (CUH) is seeking to recruit a talented and motivated Project Delivery Manager - Minor Works to join our Capital Planning and Development Team.

Working alongside a dedicated team of senior leaders, project managers, building and engineering managers, clerks of works and support staff, you will lead the Minor Works team in delivering a diverse portfolio of construction and infrastructure projects that directly support clinical services and enhance patient care across the organisation.

Reporting to the Head of Capital Projects, you will provide day-to-day leadership and management of the Minor Works delivery team, overseeing projects from inception through to successful completion. You will be responsible for ensuring projects are delivered safely, efficiently, on time and within budget, while maintaining the highest standards of quality, governance and compliance.

Main duties of the job

This role combines leadership, people management, technical expertise and hands-on project delivery. Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills are essential, as you will work closely with clinicians, senior managers, consultants and contractors to successfully deliver projects that improve healthcare facilities and support clinical excellence.

You will have excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, and a proven ability to lead and develop teams within a fast-paced environment. You will be a motivated leader with the ability to inspire colleagues, drive performance with your team and deliver successful project outcomes

This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in delivering CUH's investment programme while helping to shape and improve healthcare facilities for patients, visitors and staff.

About us

Our Trust

Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke's Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 13,000 staff and over 1100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people - patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing 'outstanding' care to our patients and rated 'Good' overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here. CUH's values - Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent - are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population.

CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people's age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.

All appointments with a start date on or after 1 October 2026 will be subject to a 12-week probationary period. This provides a structured and supportive period to help you settle into your role, with regular reviews and feedback.

As there is a 12-week probationary period, successful candidates are expected to have the Right to Work for a period of at least 6 months from the proposed start date. Immigration and Right to Work status will be discussed with successful candidates at conditional offer. CUH will not offer sponsorship to candidates that have applied for a fee waiver.

Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full time permanent contract unless you have:- applied for a Graduate visa- or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment

This vacancy will close at midnight on the 15th November 2026

Interviews are due to be held on the 30th November 2026 and 4th December 2026

Benefits to you

At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.

On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only caf, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.

CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.

We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Honours degree level or equivalent in building, engineering or related speciality works (e.g. building services design and installation, building surveying, quantity surveying, construction management)
• MRICS status in building or quantity surveying or evidence of specific job related CPD in specialised construction
• Record of continuous development over a broad range of issues such as legislation, health and safety, management policies, sustainability, contract/project management
• Post Graduate Diploma in Management or equivalent

Experience

• Substantial post qualification experience of working in a building related industry, including working in a supervisory position
• Significant experience of NHS capital and/or construction project management lifecycle delivery in a large complex acute hospital/organisation
• Management and procurement of external teams and contractors
• Successfully managing a number of both inhouse and out-sourced functions/Teams within an estates or facilities function
• Significant experience of managing projects through full project lifecycle
• Significant experience of feasibility studies and appraisal of investment
• Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, involving clinicians. Experience of chairing clinical stakeholder meeting to aid design development and execution
• Track record of ability to deliver projects against targets and within set timescales
• Budgetary and financial management experience
• Experience of managing and supporting a team of professional staff for deliveryExperience of developing and implementing management plans for compliance with statutory instruments and specific industry standards
• NHS Experience

Knowledge

• Detailed knowledge of H&S, Building and CDM legislation and requirements
• Detailed knowledge of current Department of Health guidance and all other applicable standards
• Detailed knowledge of other relevant current legislation/guidance and associated statutory requirements
• Knowledge and experience of specifying and appointing specialist advisors
• Detailed knowledge of on-site construction methods and procedures
• An understanding of the capital planning, tendering and commissioning process adhered to in the NHS and industry standards and guidance
• Knowledge of NHS/DoH/CQC standards and requirements
• Knowledge of managing an aged estate

Skills

• Interpretation and explanation of highly specialised technical drawings
• The ability to influence senior managers and clinicians in relation to patient environment based on sound technical construction and legislative knowledge and expertise
• Ability to work under pressure and achieve delivery against challenging deadlines
• Ability to prioritise work, meet tight deadlines and work independently
• Positive and effective team leader, able to motivate and manage staff
• Highly developed analytical skills enabling interpretation and communication of multi stranded projects: design, financial and contractual information
• Excellent CAD skills and construction knowledge enabling the production of full technical building, mechanical and electrical drawings for given projects
• Good leadership skills
• High level of computer literacy required: Word, Excel, Office, Fast/AutoCAD, MS Project
• Capable of working and leading in a demand driven service and organisation
• Able to promote and cultivate a customer focused service delivery

Additional Requirements

• The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of safe, kind, excellent.

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.

Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address

£57,528 to £64,750 a yearper annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Reference number

180-F-CVA852-RE