Job Description
We have a fantastic opportunity for a Project Manager - Fire Compartmentation Programme to join our team in hybrid/remote role based anywhere in England. The salary on offer is from £65,168 - £75,134 with a car allowance and Bonus.
The Fire Compartmentation Programme is a key compliance multi-year activity to complete approximately 1400 properties categorised as ‘Tier 2’ in the NHSPS portfolio. The surveys follow an established methodology for identifying breaches of fire safety boundaries due to historic construction project shortfalls and/or poor working practices by contractors and suppliers. Each survey will generate a schedule of remedial works which are proposed to be managed through a supplier framework. It is essential that all surveys are closely monitored, remedial works tracked closed, and all associated reporting delivered to relevant stakeholders. Close liaison with central and regional management teams, suppliers, senior stakeholders, and technical fire managers is essential.
Following the agreed methodology, the project manager will work across multiple regions on larger and more complicated surveys and remedial works, to coordinate activity and ensure completion on time and to budget.
The project manager will need to ensure that appropriate planning, risks and issues management, quality assurance and progress reporting is undertaken to the Programme Manager and key stakeholders.
The project manager will need to have experience of working in a property and construction environment and be comfortable engaging across multiple stakeholders including senior management, regional delivery teams, suppliers, and subject matter experts.
Key Responsibilities.
- Define project scope, objective and outcomes and the supporting activities/deliverables.
- Prepare, manage, and update project plans, track, and report progress against the plan.
- Identify, lead, and support a project team to deliver assigned milestones and activities.
- Undertake and track project resource profiling.
- Identify and manage project dependencies and interdependencies between other projects and programmes and the broader business.
- Manage the coordination, approvals, and monitoring of project change requests.
- Identify, manage, and monitor risks and issues.
- Identify, manage, and monitor stakeholders including delivery of appropriate communications.
- Strong ability to build relationships at all levels across the NHSPS business.
- Able to appropriately challenge internal colleagues and external suppliers
- Comfortable working with, presenting to and facilitating decisions with senior stakeholders.
- Responsible for identifying and removing barriers to project delivery, creating an environment for teams to succeed.
- Work with PMO Manager to ensure that defined methodologies, processes, and tools are consistently applied across the programme.
- Manage escalations as required to ensure the plan remains on track.
- Initiate extra activities and management interventions wherever gaps are identified, or issues arise.
- Carry out progress reporting for the project at regular intervals in line with defined governance.
- Manage project budget (Cost / Benefits) on behalf of the programme manager and or sponsor.
- Adopt and help shape best practice aligned to the Project Management Centre of Excellence/NHSPS project lifecycle and supporting toolkit.
We understand how important life is outside of work so, as well as a competitive salary and 27 days annual leave, we’ll support you, wherever possible, so that you don’t miss out on what truly matters to you.
If you do ever need a little bit of extra help we have a great employee assistance programme, financial well-being support and access to great discounts with leading high street names with the bluelight discount card.
Our range of network groups are also there to support you to truly be yourself at work and play a key role in helping shape our future. We ‘hire for attitude and train for skills’ providing opportunities for our people to develop & progress their careers at all levels through our Professional Excellence Framework.
If you are a member of a professional body we’ll pay for your membership and once you get your digital kit you’ll be good to go in one of our great offices (or at home!)
Who are we?
We are part of the NHS family with 6,000 professionals supporting over 3,000 healthcare properties across England. Our purpose is to enable excellent patient care by being the best property and facilities provider to the NHS.
Our services include estate strategy and optimisation, property management, facilities management, property development and construction project management. We help support millions of patients and NHS colleagues in collaboration without 7,000 customers who range from Integrated Care Systems, health providers, charities and more.
Our culture and values seek to place our NHS colleagues and their patients, at the heart of everything we do.
We celebrate diversity, and we are working hard to create an inclusive environment where people love to work and can fulfil their potential.
We would encourage all applicants to apply as soon as possible as we may close vacancies early should we receive a high number of applications.
Best of luck with your application!