Job summary
We're looking for a practical and organised Minor Works Project Manager to join our Estates and Facilities team at Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust.
This role focuses on managing small-scale building and engineering projects across our Trust. You'll be responsible for planning, procuring, and delivering minor works, ensuring projects meet design, compliance and budgetary requirements. Working closely with contractors, consultants, and internal teams, you'll help maintain and improve our healthcare environments for patients and staff.You'll also play an important role in maintaining up-to-date records, drawings and lifecycle data, and supporting the development of the Estates service more widely.
Our sites span across Sussex, and we offer flexibility with your base location--this role can be based at one of several sites across the county.
Main duties of the job
As Minor Works Project Manager, your key responsibilities will include:
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Delivering delegated Estates projects from initial scoping to completion, working to Trust policies and financial instructions
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Liaising with contractors, suppliers and consultants to coordinate and supervise work across multiple sites
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Preparing specifications, obtaining quotes, and managing procurement processes
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Monitoring project progress, performance and budgets--authorising payments once works are completed
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Updating records, drawings and compliance documentation related to works undertaken
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Managing risk assessments, permit systems and service shutdowns where required
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Providing support to the wider Estates team, including covering for senior staff when necessary
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Operating relevant software systems including CAFM, AutoCAD, and BMS to support planning and reporting
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Supporting audits, compliance monitoring, and providing evidence for CQC and other regulatory standards
You'll need to be confident working independently, able to balance multiple tasks, and have a good understanding of construction and building systems in a healthcare or similarly complex environment.
About us
We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex, with 6,000 staff serving 1.3 million people. We deliver essential care to adults and children, helping them manage their health, avoid hospital admissions, and reduce hospital stays.
Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community. We offer opportunities across medical, clinical, support, and corporate services.
Why work for us?o Positive 2023 NHS Staff Survey results, highlighting compassionate leadership and wellbeingo Varied environments: community hospitals, patients' homes, and bases across Sussexo Flexible working options: part-time, flexi-time, annualised hours, and flexi-retiremento Excellent training, development, and research opportunitieso Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove, and Brightono Active EMBRACE, Disability & Wellbeing, LGBTQIA+, and Religion & Belief networkso Level 3 Disability Confident Leader and Veteran Aware Trusto Beautiful Sussex location near the South Downs and coast
Our values--Compassionate Care, Working Together, Achieving Ambitions, Delivering Excellence--guide everything we do.
We embrace diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds, particularly from ethnically diverse, disabled, and LGBTQIA+ individuals. We aim to create an inclusive environment and support reasonable adjustments during recruitment.
This post may close early if sufficient applications are received.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For a comprehensive overview of the role, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For a comprehensive overview of the role, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications and/or professional registration
Essential
- Degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering Building Services Engineering or Construction . Or with HNC/HND and equivalent degree level experience.
- Post-graduate qualification in relevant discipline or equivalent experience in specialist works.
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience in managing fault diagnosis, maintenance and repair of engineering plant and equipment including lighting and power systems, standby generators, air conditioning and ventilation systems, portable appliances, domestic appliances and other associated electrical building services plant and equipment. Also, management of Grounds and Gardens.
- Management of a staff team including processing of individual staff documents.
- Significant experience in a similar role.
- Experience of using computers.
- Experience in analysing data spreadsheets.
Desirable
- Experience of providing a mentoring role and experience in working in a hospital/healthcare environment for apprentice training programmes.
Skills and knowledge
Essential
- To diagnose faults and effect repairs to electrical plant and equipment.
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- Able to use wide range of fault diagnosis and test equipment.
- Highly skilled in use of hand and powered tools and Building and Engineering practices.
- Must possess current full UK Driving Licence
- Must possess good time management skills.
- Basic IT skills
- Produce reports for meetings.
- A working knowledge of The Electricity at Work Act
- A working knowledge of the Health and Safety at Work Act
- Knowledge of Legionella Control and Prevention.
Desirable
- Ability to carry out and record risk assessments.
- Basic knowledge of alarm systems and lifting equipment including passenger/goods lifts
- Intermediate knowledge of fire alarm systems
- Intermediate knowledge of lifts and lifting equipment.
- Intermediate knowledge of electronics.
Other requirements
Essential
- To be prepared to participate in the Estates Out of Hours on-call rota.
- Access to own vehicle for work purposes.
- An understanding in relation to service delivery and relationships with colleagues.
Person Specification
Qualifications and/or professional registration
Essential
- Degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering Building Services Engineering or Construction . Or with HNC/HND and equivalent degree level experience.
- Post-graduate qualification in relevant discipline or equivalent experience in specialist works.
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience in managing fault diagnosis, maintenance and repair of engineering plant and equipment including lighting and power systems, standby generators, air conditioning and ventilation systems, portable appliances, domestic appliances and other associated electrical building services plant and equipment. Also, management of Grounds and Gardens.
- Management of a staff team including processing of individual staff documents.
- Significant experience in a similar role.
- Experience of using computers.
- Experience in analysing data spreadsheets.
Desirable
- Experience of providing a mentoring role and experience in working in a hospital/healthcare environment for apprentice training programmes.
Skills and knowledge
Essential
- To diagnose faults and effect repairs to electrical plant and equipment.
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- Able to use wide range of fault diagnosis and test equipment.
- Highly skilled in use of hand and powered tools and Building and Engineering practices.
- Must possess current full UK Driving Licence
- Must possess good time management skills.
- Basic IT skills
- Produce reports for meetings.
- A working knowledge of The Electricity at Work Act
- A working knowledge of the Health and Safety at Work Act
- Knowledge of Legionella Control and Prevention.
Desirable
- Ability to carry out and record risk assessments.
- Basic knowledge of alarm systems and lifting equipment including passenger/goods lifts
- Intermediate knowledge of fire alarm systems
- Intermediate knowledge of lifts and lifting equipment.
- Intermediate knowledge of electronics.
Other requirements
Essential
- To be prepared to participate in the Estates Out of Hours on-call rota.
- Access to own vehicle for work purposes.
- An understanding in relation to service delivery and relationships with colleagues.
Additional information
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
