Head Of Projects

About the Role

We are seeking an exceptional Head of Projects to lead a sizeable capital works and refurbishment portfolio across a busy, operational healthcare estate. With a £15 million annual project pipeline, you will oversee the delivery of complex M&E-driven projects, infrastructure upgrades, backlog maintenance, and refurbishment programmes within a live clinical environment.

This is a role for a leader who is as comfortable in the plant room and on the wards as they are in the boardroom. You'll combine commercial sharpness and P&L experience with operational visibility, ensuring your team of three Project Managers is supported, aligned, and delivering excellence across multiple hospital sites.

Clear, proactive communication will be absolutely critical—engaging with estates teams, ward managers, and clinical leads to ensure works are coordinated safely, sensitively, and with minimal disruption to patient care.

• Provide strategic leadership and operational oversight for all M&E capital works and refurbishment programmes.
• Manage and grow a £15m pipeline, ensuring strong commercial performance, compliance, and client satisfaction.
• Full P&L ownership for the projects function—budgeting, forecasting, commercial governance, and reporting.
• Drive new business opportunities and develop additional project streams across the estate.
• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of three Project Managers, ensuring consistency and best practice.
• Maintain high visibility on site—ensuring safe delivery within live clinical environments and resolving complex technical or logistical challenges.
• Act as a key communication bridge between project delivery teams and hospital stakeholders, ensuring regular, clear, and proactive updates.
• Oversee programme management, risk control, CDM compliance, and contractor performance.

• Strong track record leading M&E or technical project delivery teams—ideally within healthcare or other live, safety-critical environments.
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder-management skills, with the ability to navigate clinical settings respectfully and effectively.
• Commercially minded, experienced in managing a P&L and driving business growth.
• Hands-on leadership style—comfortable balancing strategic oversight with on-the-ground involvement.
• Strong understanding of capital works processes, M&E systems, and project governance.
• Confident managing complex programmes and multiple concurrent work streams.

• Salary up to £90,000
• Car allowance
• Performance bonus
• Opportunities for fast-tracked personal development on the contract
• Opportunity to lead a significant capital investment programme with direct impact on patient and staff environments

For more information apply or call / email our dedicated consultant.

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