We have an exciting developmental opportunity for an Assistant Project Manager to support and manage a diverse programme of delegated capital projects, supporting the Trust to deliver excellent clinical services and patient care.
The Capital Development and Property team is integral to the successful delivery of UHSussex's £70m annual capital investment plan and c£200m strategic portfolio, delivering projects of mixed complexity across our 5 hospital sites spread along Sussex's coastline and in Haywards Heath., We are looking to recruit 3 WTE. One ACPM to support our strategic 3Ts Programme reporting to our Strategic Capital Programme Manager, based in Brighton with a second and third ACPM to support the delivery of our mainstream capital investment projects, reporting to our capital Programme Managers, based in each of our Worthing and Brighton delivery offices., The post holder will work within the Capital Development team to develop and apply project management knowledge and skills to deliver capital investment projects for the Trust.
The post holder will be responsible for supporting the Capital Programme Manager with the delivery of major capital investment projects (typically £1m-£15m in value) and managing the delivery of minor works projects (typically up to £1m) and/ or enabling works for larger projects.
The post holder will be involved in:
Project feasibility; i) defining scope, cost, programme and quality requirements; ii) developing and appraising options; iii) supporting business case development.
Pre-construction; i) overseeing stakeholder engagement in the design process, ii) implementation of project controls including maintaining risk and change registers, iii) developing cost and procurement plans, iv) logistical planning for on-site works.
Construction; i) managing contractors and consultants' delivery of works, ii) overseeing risk and change management, iii) maintaining stakeholder communication, iv) reporting on programme, cost, quality and health & safety matters, v) procuring equipment and preparing for project handover.
Handover and closure; i) ensuring stakeholder acceptance is achieved and documented, ii) overseeing equipping and operational commissioning, iii) managing reporting and rectification of defects, iv) closing out financial reporting, v) undertaking post-occupancy evaluations.
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