Project Manager

ISS UK Limited; Reading; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

ISS UK Limited is seeking a Project Manager - Healthcare to lead complex projects across healthcare sites in Reading. You will manage lifecycle, from brief through design, procurement, construction, commissioning and handover, ensuring patient safety and clinical continuity.

Working within live clinical settings, you will balance governance, budgets and stakeholder engagement while upholding infection control and asset management requirements.

Qualifications

• Experience in project management within building services, engineering, construction, estates or Hard FM environments.
• Delivery of projects within occupied clinical/operational settings.
• Knowledge of NHS estates requirements and infection prevention considerations.
• Strong governance, change control and procurement competencies.

Responsibilities

• Apply project governance, stage-gate controls and approval processes for all assigned projects.
• Maintain project records including programme, cost, forecast, risk, actions and change control.
• Manage projects through RIBA stages from feasibility to commissioning and handover.
• Coordinate design reviews with Hard FM, Estates, clinical users and contractors.
• Plan permits, isolations, shutdowns, phasing and infection prevention measures to minimise disruption.
• Maintain budgets, forecasts, variations, cash flow, invoicing and final accounts.
• Ensure asset information, certificates and maintenance data are handed over in CAFM systems.
• Act as primary site interface and drive continuous improvement via lessons learned.

Skills

Project management

Healthcare projects

Occupied environment delivery

CDM Regulations 2015

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Contract administration

Procurement & supply chain

Tools

CAFM systems

Job description

Location: Reading, RG30 4EJ (Prospect Park Hospital)

Hours of work: 37.5

Contract Type: Permanent

We are seeking a Project Manager - Healthcare to help deliver safe, consistent and commercially controlled project outcomes across healthcare sites.

This role will manage lifecycle, variation, small works, infrastructure and capital projects from initial brief through design, procurement, construction, commissioning, handover and post-project review.

Job Description

We are looking for an experienced project professional with a strong background in Hard FM, building services, engineering, construction or estates environments.

Operating within live and operationally critical clinical settings, you will ensure project decisions support patient safety, clinical continuity, compliance, resilience of critical engineering systems and effective asset management.

Key Responsibilities

• Apply project governance, stage-gate controls, delegated authorities and approval processes across all assigned projects.
• Maintain accurate project records including programme, cost, forecast, risk, actions, change control and delivery status within Monday.com.
• Manage projects through applicable RIBA stages, from feasibility and design through to commissioning, handover and post-occupancy review.
• Coordinate design reviews and stakeholder engagement with Hard FM teams, Estates, clinical users, contractors and specialist advisers.
• Plan and manage permits, isolations, shutdowns, phasing, access arrangements and infection prevention measures to minimise disruption to clinical services.
• Maintain effective commercial control, including budgets, forecasts, variations, cash flow, invoicing and final account management.
• Ensure asset information, commissioning documentation, certificates, drawings, warranties and maintenance information are accurately handed over and reflected within CAFM systems.
• Act as the primary site interface for project stakeholders, building trusted relationships and driving continuous improvement through lessons learned.

Professional and Personal Competencies/Qualifications

• Demonstrable project management experience within building services, engineering, construction, estates or Hard FM environments.
• Experience delivering projects within occupied and operationally sensitive environments.
• PFI experience is essential, with healthcare sector experience strongly preferred.
• Working knowledge of CDM Regulations 2015, project health and safety, programme management, risk management, change control and contractor management.
• Practical understanding of NHS estates requirements, including HTMs, HBNs, infection prevention and control, critical engineering resilience and live clinical project constraints.
• Experience delivering projects aligned to RIBA stages.
  Knowledge of lifecycle planning, SAMP or LAMP environments, CAFM systems and structured asset handback processes.
• Strong commercial acumen covering budgets, forecasting, variations, contract administration, procurement and supply chain management.
• Ability to identify, manage and escape safety, compliance, operational and commercial risks appropriately.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills across client, operational and technical teams.

The Company

ISS is a world-leading workplace and facility management company, connecting people and places to make the world work better. Working with customers day by day, side by side, we understand every aspect of the user experience.
Through a unique combination of intelligent solutions, high standards and people who care, to help our customers achieve their purpose, whether it’s hospitals healing patients, businesses producing the next great innovation, or airports bringing passengers home to their families. ISS is committed to doing business the right way, taking its corporate responsibility very seriously. Our passion is people.
We offer you a challenging and exciting career in an organisation with people at its heart. In ISS, everyone has the opportunity to develop, grow and make a difference. #Becomewhoyouwant, #Bepartofsomethingbigger,

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ISS is proud to be a diverse and inclusive employer.
ISS welcomes all applicants regardless of age, disability, gender identity or gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race (which includes race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin and caste), religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation or educational background.
We are proud to be a Gold Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) award holder and a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant, recognising our commitment to supporting veterans, reservists, and military families. Through our Joint Forces Programme, we provide mentoring and support to members of the Armed Forces community and their spouses as they transition into civilian careers.
We are a Disability Confident Committed (Level 2) employer, proudly supporting and promoting inclusive hiring practices in line with the UK government’s Disability Confident scheme.
Our passion for inclusivity and diversity makes ISS a more creative, productive and happy place to work.