Capital Project Manager

Capital Project Manager

Full-Time 60000 - 80000 £ / year (est.) No working from home possible
Insight Executive Group (IEG)

At a Glance

  • Tasks: Lead and manage capital projects to enhance healthcare environments for patients and staff.
  • Company: Join The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, a top cancer centre globally.
  • Benefits: Make a real difference in healthcare while enjoying competitive pay and professional growth.
  • Other info: Opportunity to work in a dynamic environment with a focus on continuous improvement.
  • Why this job: Be part of impactful projects that improve patient care and support clinical teams.
  • Qualifications: Experience in managing capital projects in healthcare and strong stakeholder communication skills.

The predicted salary is between 60000 - 80000 £ per year.

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced Principal Capital Projects Manager to join its Projects and Estates Directorate. You will play a key role in the planning, management and delivery of high-quality capital projects across the Trust’s estate, helping to improve environments for patients, staff and clinical teams.

Key responsibilities:

  • Leading and managing capital projects from initial brief through to completion, ensuring schemes are delivered safely, efficiently, on time, within budget and to the required quality standards.
  • Managing estates capital projects across the Trust’s Capital Investment Programme.
  • Leading project managers, external consultants, contractors and professional advisers.
  • Preparing and managing project plans, business cases, reports, risk registers and governance documentation.
  • Reporting progress, risks, budgets and programme updates to senior stakeholders.
  • Working closely with clinical, estates, finance, procurement, infection control and executive teams.
  • Ensuring compliance with NHS guidance, statutory standards, health and safety requirements and relevant construction regulations.
  • Supporting long-term capital planning and continuous improvement across the estate.

About you:

We are looking for a senior project manager with a strong track record of delivering capital, construction or estates projects in a complex healthcare environment. You will bring:

  • Significant experience delivering capital projects within the NHS, healthcare or a similar regulated setting.
  • Strong knowledge of healthcare estates, NHS technical guidance, HTMs, HBNs, statutory standards and construction regulations.
  • Experience managing budgets, programmes, risks, consultants and contractors.
  • Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
  • The ability to work with senior clinical, operational and estates teams.
  • A construction, engineering or project management background.
  • Relevant professional membership or qualifications such as RICS, RIBA, CIOB, CEng, IEng, IET, IMechE, APM, PRINCE2 or equivalent experience.

This is an opportunity to contribute to the work of one of the world’s leading specialist cancer centres, supporting capital projects that directly improve the environment for patients, staff and services.

For more information or a confidential conversation, please contact George Hutcherson at Insight Executive.

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We think you need these skills to ace Capital Project Manager

Capital Project Management
Stakeholder Management
Budget Management
Risk Management
Project Planning
Construction Regulations Knowledge
Healthcare Estates Knowledge