Associate Director of Design & Construction Projects

Associate Director of Design & Construction Projects

You can view the candidate brief here NHP Vacancies Band 8+

Frimley Park Hospital is being reimagined as part of one of the UK's most ambitious healthcare projects. This isn't just a rebuild it's a revolution in care, sustainability, and innovation.

We're creating a digitally enabled, future-proof hospital that puts patients and staff first, with cutting-edge facilities, green spaces, and flexible design.

We are seeking a highly experienced Associate Director of Design & Construction Projects who will be responsible for ensuring the successful delivery of complex capital projects that meet statutory, NHS, Trust and best-practice standards, while achieving value for money and remaining within budgets.

As Deputy to the Design and Construction Director, you will lead the delivery of key projects addressing clinical and operational requirements, managing an in-house multidisciplinary team alongside external consultants and contractors, ensuring robust governance in line with NHS Capital Investment Manual requirements and Trust Standing Financial Instructions.

You will provide technical expertise across design, construction and commissioning stages, oversee the development of hospital design briefs, and support procurement of design teams and construction partners. This role requires the ability to interpret complex challenges, make autonomous decisions, and drive programmes forward in support of the New Hospital vision.

Main duties of the job

To provide senior leadership to the Design and Construction Workstream and deputise for the Design and Construction Director. You will be a key member of the Trust's Design and Construction Workstream with professional accountability for the delivery of all backlog maintenance construction projects on the New Hospital Programme.

• Professional knowledge acquired through degree or equivalent experience.
• Specialist knowledge acquired through post-graduate courses and/or experience to masters level.
• Membership of appropriate professional body, e.g., Chartered Institute of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE), Institute of Engineers and Technicians (IET), Healthcare Engineering and Estate Management (IHEEM), RICS and/or RIBA.
• Knowledge of managing: Capital Projects, Strategic Estate Planning.
• Experienced in leading and managing a team.
• Experienced in developing Estates IT strategies and managing Estates related IT systems.
• Experience of budget management and large capital project delivery.
• Experience of designing and procuring technical/complex external contracts in partnership with procurement professionals.
• Experience in setting expenditure limits and authorisations relevant to the organisations standard financial instructions (SFIs).
• Effective change management skills. Environment and political awareness.

About us

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

Job responsibilities

Please find attached the job description and person specification for detailed information on the main responsibilities.

Person Specification Qualifications

• Professional knowledge acquired through degree or equivalent experience
• Specialist knowledge acquired through post-graduate courses and/or experience to masters level
• Membership of appropriate professional body, e.g., Chartered Institute of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE), Institute of Engineers and Technicians (IET), Healthcare Engineering and Estate Management (IHEEM), RICS and/or RIBA

Experience

• Previous experience at a senior management level
• Experienced in developing Estates IT strategies and managing Estates related IT systems
• Experience of budget management and large capital project delivery
• Experience of designing and procuring technical/complex external contracts in partnership with procurement professionals
• Experience of managing multi discipline design teams, support consultants within client standing financial instructions and corporate governance requirements.
• Experience of Healthcare design development with extensive stakeholder engagement assurance requirements
• Management of multiple projects within a programme context, providing guidance and direction to project managers

Skills and Knowledge

• Effective change management skills. Environment and political awareness
• High quality business and service planning skills within management sphere
• Excellent written and verbal communications and a good presenter; able to express complex issues effectively for a range of audiences
• Proficient reporting writing skills with the ability create both detailed technical reports and executive summary reports for differing audiences
• Knowledge of Capital Investment Manual & HM Treasury five case business model requirements
• PRINCE 2 accreditation or similar APM qualification

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£93,540 to £107,535 a yearpa inclusive of HCAS