Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:

1. Deputise for Head of Projects: Represent the Head of Projects in key governance committees and senior management meetings in their absence. Ensure continuity and decision-making in project leadership.

2. Health and Safety Compliance: Ensure that all new buildings and construction projects meet the latest health, safety, and legislation standards, with a focus on net-zero and sustainability requirements.

3. Project Management: Oversee major construction projects, lifecycle works, and departmental moves, often managing multiple projects simultaneously in varying stages of completion.

4. Delivering Schemes & Developments: Manage capital, commercial, lifecycle, and revenue schemes across PFI projects and satellite sites. Ensure projects are delivered to the agreed specifications while optimizing service delivery, cost management, and value for money.

5. Liaison with Technical Stakeholders: Act as the key link between projects and all technical stakeholders to ensure continuity from design through to construction and ongoing operations and maintenance.

6. Statutory & Healthcare Compliance: Ensure all projects comply with relevant statutory requirements, healthcare guidance, and regulations, including best practices for healthcare facility design and construction.

7. Safety and Governance Representation: Represent the Projects Team in Safety Groups, ensuring health and safety standards are upheld throughout the lifecycle of projects.

8. Line Management: Provide line management and mentoring to the Senior and Project Managers, supporting their professional growth and ensuring the successful delivery of projects under their supervision.

The vision for our single corporate services is to:

• Be an employer of choice for corporate talent, attracting and retaining people who share our values for excellence in care and welcome the opportunity to benefit from the broad range of flexible career and development opportunities we can offer.   
• Improve efficiency through simplified and standardised policies, processes, and systems, drawing on the best from both Trusts.  
• Do things once and reduce any duplication on transactional tasks giving corporate staff the ability to focus on higher value and more diverse activities.  
• Co-invest in the latest digital solutions and standardise our approach, meaning we do things once for both organisations. 
• Improve learning and development opportunities and sharing best practice, upskilling both Trusts.  
• Co-locate teams in purpose-built facilities on the Island and in Portsmouth to enable closer working and sharing.  
• Build resilience for individuals and our teams. 

The single corporate service is delivered across both organisation. You may be based at either IWT or PHU and individuals may be required to undertake business travel between sites. For leaders managing staff across multi-site locations, you will need to be visible and provide in person leadership. The arrangements and frequency will be agreed locally.

As part of this role you will be required to travel between both hospital sites and also other campus sites.

If you’re passionate about shaping the future of healthcare construction and have the experience to lead on engineering services for projects, we’d love to hear from you!

For further details, please see enclosed Job Description.

Please note your application may be transferred to the Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust Applicant Tracking System (ATS) if you are selected for an interview.

Also note this position has also been advertised on the Isle of Wight Trust's jobs page. If you are interested in this position and wish to apply, there is no requirement for you to submit two separate applications.