Job Description:

Senior Delivery Project Manager Design & Construction

12 month Fixed Term Contract

London

On site: King Edward VII Hospital

Salary from: £80k + 10% bonus + fantastic benefits

37.5 hours per week

We make health happen

Working in our UK support functions you’ll play a key part in helping our customer facing colleagues deliver exceptional standards of customer service and patient care. No matter your role, you’ll have an opportunity to do work that matters. Making a difference to the lives of our customers each and every day.

In this role you will be responsible for leading the delivery of a programme of complex healthcare capital projects at King Edward VII Hospital, ensuring exceptional standards in programme management, clinical design integration and construction delivery. Operating onsite in central London you will oversee end-to-end delivery of this programme of hospital upgrades.

How you’ll help us make health happen

• Lead the development of a consistent and high-performing centre of excellence in healthcare capital project management, enhancing capability, methodology and delivery approaches across hospital and clinical environments
• Oversee healthcare property and capital project management in alignment with clinical standards, healthcare design guidance, sustainability frameworks, and all statutory and regulatory requirements relevant to hospital facilities
• Establish and maintain key stakeholder relationships across clinical teams and with external partners including healthcare planners, architects, engineers, cost consultants and construction delivery partners to enable effective project delivery, governance and issue resolution
• Collaborate closely with healthcare leadership, estates and infrastructure teams to ensure projects meet clinical operational requirements, patient safety standards, quality expectations and are delivered on time and within budget
• Contribute to and leverage a broader healthcare property and infrastructure network, supporting the adoption of emerging healthcare design practices, digital technologies, and sustainable solutions to improve hospital environments
• Ensure robust financial management, monitoring, and reporting of capital expenditure across hospital projects, maintaining alignment with approved budgets and funding controls
• Provide effective leadership to project teams, fostering a culture of safety, quality, collaboration, and high performance within live healthcare environments
• Ensure compliance with all healthcare-specific legislation, codes of practice and regulatory standards
• Apply robust risk management practices, proactively identifying and mitigating risks associated with delivering projects in complex, live clinical settings while maintaining hands-on oversight of day-to-day delivery activities

What you’ll bring

• In depth understanding of Design & Construction project delivery including practical experience of delivering projects in healthcare
• Design & Construction project management track record including project planning and implementation, financial control, the assessment of contract strategies, contract supervision safety and associated environmental management
• Experienced in the use of the normal range of business and project management software
• A good working knowledge of the Construction Design and Management Regulations with demonstrable experience of site safety management
• Ability to cope with fast-paced refurbishment programmes & strategic programmes over multi year periods within the healthcare sector
• Experienced in the management of main contractors during the delivery phase, monitoring progress, quality and safety aspects of the contract and dealing robustly with deviations.

Benefits

Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health – from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits.

Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:

• 25 days holiday per year, pro rata to your contract.

• Access to a range of services to support your physical and mental wellbeing

• Fixed term benefits allowance

• Access to our confidential employee assistance programme

• Workplace pension

• Online discounts covering your everyday shopping, entertainment, eating out and more.

Why Bupa?

We’re a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do.

We encourage all of our people to “Be you at Bupa”, we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve.  That’s why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. 

Bupa takes pride in being a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer and will aim to offer an interview/assessment to disabled applicants who best meet the minimum criteria for the role. We’re committed to ensuring you’re treated fairly during the recruitment process and offer reasonable adjustments to anyone who may benefit from accommodations to the recruitment process.  

If you require information regarding this role in an alternative format, please email: careers@bupa.com                                        

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