Build Project Manager in Crewe

Provide and receive complex information, communicate Trust policy and technical information to senior managers, undertake high level negotiations with contractors, consultant parties, local authority officers, and other external bodies.

Implement and support the delivery of the Trust's new hospital build, in line with relevant Procedures & the Trust's overall strategies and standards. To be responsible for ensuring that all user briefings are conducted in a fashion that ensures the design solution fully reflects all clinical, functional, and operational requirements of the users. Ensure all stakeholders are engaged in the process.

To assist with ensuring that external design consultants are accurately briefed, and their performance is managed and monitored. Lead project teams including external professional design consultants and contractors. Contribute to the overall management of the HF Programme Technical team through participation in business planning, management team meetings, and specific projects. Assist and support the HF Programme Technical team in the achievement of the divisional and corporate objectives.

Provide authoritative and sound professional advice to both the division and the Trust regarding design and construction related topics. To provide expert advice to senior managers and other senior colleagues. To analyse and judge complex facts, requiring analysis, interpretation, comparison of ranges of options. To make judgements across a wide range of design and construction related issues taking into account technical solutions/aspects, legislation, H&S, conflicting demands.

Responsible for ensuring that defined workstreams or packages are completed in accordance with relevant procedures, agreed programmes and budget. Assist the Technical and construction teams to ensure that the project is handed over to the maintenance team in a timely manner. Assist the Technical and construction teams to ensure Health & Safety files are received from the contractor and checked for accuracy and completeness.

Undertake feasibilities and issue formal reports for defined workstreams or packages as required. Prepare accurate pre-tender estimates and budget costs for defined workstreams or packages as required. Implement Trust objectives. Contact with patients is incidental.

Assist with ensuring that the HF Programme team provide a physical environment, which is safe, comfortable and equitably accessible to all patients, visitors and staff. Responsible for input into the service development and implementation across the Trust. Participate in developing, monitoring and reviewing policies and standards relating to design and construction across the Trust.

To work with others to develop and maintain positive relationships with both internal and external service users, ensuring the delivery of high-quality responsive services. To oversee and, where appropriate, project manage improvements and innovations in the quality-of-service delivery and patient care. To communicate project updates to senior managers and Trust Boards.

To interrogate information provided by external professional consultants and advise the Trust accordingly. To authorise payment of works invoices where appropriate. To alert the HF Programme Team to developments within Divisions, identifying service and cost implications for the project.

In conjunction with the wider design and construction team, assist with implementing new practices/developments that influence the effective and efficient delivery of service. To be responsible for day-to-day supervision, checking and evaluating work of consultants and contractors, ensuring they are correctly supervised (in terms of construction work) on site to ensure quality is maintained and timescales are met.

To embrace a culture that encourages the use of initiative, individual and team responsibility, open communication, fairness, equality and inclusivity. To assist with ensuring that time and resources are managed through effective support of teamwork, leadership and motivation across the HF Programme team.

Regular requirement to use computer software to develop and create reports, documents and drawings. To undertake/commission a range of service and ground investigation, surveys and audits in specialist areas to support the delivery of the HF Programme.

To interpret legislative and other policy requirements for the Trust and advise the team on appropriate matters impacting the project. To ensure that commissions and orders are procured in the most effective manner and in accordance with statutory and Trust requirements and obligations.

Expected sitting, standing, walking, climbing ladders, some physical effort. Light physical effort is required. Frequent concentration, work pattern unpredictable. Concentration for business plans, chairing meetings, PC work, and operational incidents, report writing, complex calculations and scheduling.

Undertake quality review duties and general supervision of works on-site to ensure compliance with drawings/specifications, compliance with Health and Safety legislation and to ensure a high quality of workmanship and value for money. Occasional exposure to unpleasant conditions with site visits.