Job summary
LPFT is seeking an experienced M&E Project Manager to assist in the delivery and handover of our Operations team's largest capital project to date. This medium secure inpatient unit at Norton Leas, Boston, aims to provide a safe and therapeutic environment for service users within a newly purpose-built facility.
We are looking for an individual to work with colleagues and our contract partner to ensure the satisfactory progression of the project from the construction phase to the handover stage. This includes ensuring that the mechanical and electrical systems are properly commissioned, that testing is conducted in the presence of relevant parties, and that all necessary handover documentation is completed and appropriately filed.
Main duties of the job
As the M&E Project Manager for LPFT's flagship capital development at Norton Leas, Boston, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the successful delivery and operational readiness of a new medium secure in-patient unit. Your responsibilities will include:
Project Handover Leadership
- Lead the transition of the project from construction to operational handover, ensuring all mechanical and electrical (M&E) systems are fully commissioned, tested, and documented in line with NHS and LPFT standards.
Commissioning Oversight
- Coordinate and oversee the commissioning of all M&E systems, including HVAC, electrical distribution, fire safety, security, and building management systems. Ensure all systems are tested, witnessed, and validated to meet performance and compliance requirements.
Stakeholder Collaboration
- Work closely with internal stakeholders--including Estates, Sustainability, and Operations teams--as well as external contractors and consultants to ensure alignment on project goals, timelines, and quality expectations.
Documentation and Compliance
- Ensure all handover documentation is complete, accurate, and stored appropriately. This includes O&M manuals, commissioning certificates, test results, warranties, and statutory compliance records.
Quality Assurance and Risk Management
- Identify and manage risks related to M&E systems during the final stages of construction
About us
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.
You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of 'outstanding' for well-led and 'good' overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We're really proud of this!
We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.
Whether you're taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire has arange of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that's friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life.Visitbeinlincolnshire.comto find out more.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please view the attached job description and person specification document for complete details regarding this post.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please view the attached job description and person specification document for complete details regarding this post.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in Mechanical, Building, Surveying, or Building Services Engineering or equivalent or relevant experience
- GCSE A-C or 4-9 in Maths and English sufficient to produce excellent written reports and procedures and accurate financial analysis
Desirable
- Health & safety Qualification
- AutoCAD Qualification
Experience
Essential
- Estates management experience
- Extensive experience in Healthcare Environment
- Experience of building design configuration.
- Detailed knowledge and experience of existing range of building technology and techniques
- Experience of working in a P22 Project Supervisor role and ability to act in that capacity on major capital schemes when required, carry out surveys, produce formal reports to present at contract meetings.
- Knowledge of health and safety regulations and application of them in construction and engineering capital projects.
- Detailed knowledge of Construction Design and Management regulations and application of them in construction and engineering capital projects
- Detailed knowledge of the Control of Asbestos Regulations
- Detailed knowledge of contract law and the application of law to construction and engineering projects
- Detailed knowledge of Health Building Notes, Health Technical Memorandums and the application of them in capital projects.
- Detailed knowledge of construction and engineering forms of contract and the application of the appropriate contract to the appropriate capital project scheme.
Skills & Competences
Essential
- Ability to project manage complex multi-dimensional developments and to maintain effective capital and revenue monitoring and cash flow systems
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- Project planning and strategic management skills
- People change and budget management
- Achievement of projects to timescale and on budget
- Good I.T skills.
- Good customer care skills.
- Ability to use own initiative
- A thorough understanding of codes of practice and guidance issued by the NHS.
- A thorough understanding of NHS clinical demands, changes, and modernization of the service for making patients pathways as effective as possible.
Special Requirement
Essential
- Ability to travel around the county without the use of public transport
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in Mechanical, Building, Surveying, or Building Services Engineering or equivalent or relevant experience
- GCSE A-C or 4-9 in Maths and English sufficient to produce excellent written reports and procedures and accurate financial analysis
Desirable
- Health & safety Qualification
- AutoCAD Qualification
Experience
Essential
- Estates management experience
- Extensive experience in Healthcare Environment
- Experience of building design configuration.
- Detailed knowledge and experience of existing range of building technology and techniques
- Experience of working in a P22 Project Supervisor role and ability to act in that capacity on major capital schemes when required, carry out surveys, produce formal reports to present at contract meetings.
- Knowledge of health and safety regulations and application of them in construction and engineering capital projects.
- Detailed knowledge of Construction Design and Management regulations and application of them in construction and engineering capital projects
- Detailed knowledge of the Control of Asbestos Regulations
- Detailed knowledge of contract law and the application of law to construction and engineering projects
- Detailed knowledge of Health Building Notes, Health Technical Memorandums and the application of them in capital projects.
- Detailed knowledge of construction and engineering forms of contract and the application of the appropriate contract to the appropriate capital project scheme.
Skills & Competences
Essential
- Ability to project manage complex multi-dimensional developments and to maintain effective capital and revenue monitoring and cash flow systems
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- Project planning and strategic management skills
- People change and budget management
- Achievement of projects to timescale and on budget
- Good I.T skills.
- Good customer care skills.
- Ability to use own initiative
- A thorough understanding of codes of practice and guidance issued by the NHS.
- A thorough understanding of NHS clinical demands, changes, and modernization of the service for making patients pathways as effective as possible.
Special Requirement
Essential
- Ability to travel around the county without the use of public transport
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.
