Estates - Capital Project Manager

Main area Senior Project Manager Grade NHS AfC:
Band 8a Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (9 day fortnight) Job
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Employer University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Royal Bournemouth Town Bournemouth Salary £55,690 - £62,682 PA Salary period Yearly Closing 06/03/2026 23:59 Interview date 16/03/2026

As University Hospitals Dorset we are a three site acute trust with ‘university hospital’ status through our partnership with Bournemouth University, working with an annual budget of £730m.

We offer highly regarded health services, employing some 10,000 staff. Our ambitious £500m transformation programme is well on the way to delivering state-of-the-art facilities over the next two years to meet the current and future healthcare needs of the populations we serve.

In an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with over seven miles of sandy beaches you’ll find inspirational opportunities to achieve your perfect work/life balance. With the New Forest and the Purbecks on our doorstep, we’re also less than three hours from London by road or train. The thriving towns of Poole, Bournemouth and Christchurch give way to idyllic villages and unspoilt landscapes just minutes from our hospitals.

We believe that having a diverse workforce, and allowing people to be themselves, is essential in ensuring we offer an inclusive, welcoming and productive place to work.

We especially welcome applications from minority groups in the community who may be underrepresented in our workforce.

At UHD our active staff network groups are the Women's Network, Black Asian Minority Ethnic Group (BAME), Pride Network, European (EU), Pro Ability Staff Network, and the Armed Forces Support Group.

As a Trust we are proudly signed up to the Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant guaranteed interview schemes.

We are aware that some candidates may choose to use AI tools to support the preparation of their application. While this is not discouraged, we kindly remind applicants that submissions should remain an honest and accurate representation of your own experience and suitability. Personal integrity is an important part of the recruitment process.

The Capital Planning and Development Team is part of the Multi-Disciplinary Estates Team, reporting to the Associate Director of Estates and Capital Development. The post holder will lead on all engineering and building aspects of assigned projects including infrastructure design from inception to completion as derived from the Trust’s Capital Programme. The Capital Programme includes projects at Trusts sites and other sites as required.

The post holder will be accountable for the project under their care and will manage in-house resources, external Consultants and Contractors in the delivering of projects in accordance with agreed programmed and budgetary parameters.

The post holder will be part of the Projects Team responsible for the following general activities:

• Capital Planning
• Project feasibility and defining briefs
• Delivery of major and minor projects
• Engineering/Building and Turn-key projects
• Project administrations and contract management
• Finance

The post holder will be responsible for the following general duties:

• Support with the development of and implementation of the annual Capital Programme of works, contributing to monthly status reporting on capital spend and forecasting.
• To manage a number of small sized Capital and Non-Recurring Revenue projects from initial inception through to completion using in-house resources, as well as commissioning external professional services and contractors when required.

UHD are investing, developing and transforming Trust services in line with the New Hospital Programme. As part of this, some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or permanently. Recruiting Managers will be happy to answer any service-specific questions at interview.

If a role or service relocates as part of a planned move, excess mileage will not be reimbursed. Travel from home to the new…