# Capital Project Delivery Lead > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/capital-project-delivery-lead/38cdbfca-4024-4c53-b383-ceb8aa94d985 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/capital-project-delivery-lead/38cdbfca-4024-4c53-b383-ceb8aa94d985.md ## Summary - **Status:** Archived / closed - **Employer:** Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Milton Keynes University Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Project manager - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £49,387 - £56,515 Per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-09-24T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-10T11:31:29.618Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Buckinghamshire/Milton_Keynes/Milton_Keynes_University_Hospital_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Estates/Estates-v8286328 - **Employer website:** https://www.mkuh.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Capital Project Delivery Lead Department Estates Band 7 £49,387 - £56,515 Per annum Hours: 37.5 per week, all MKUH roles will be considered for flexible working The Estates Department has a vacancy for a Capital Project Delivery Lead to enable the Capital Projects team to successfully deliver a programme of improvements on the Milton Keynes University Hospital site. The Department serves a growing Acute Foundation Trust Hospital of around 450 beds and is committed to providing a quality service. This is an opportunity for a suitably qualified, motivated individual to join our team. You will have excellent organisational and communication skills and ability to use your initiative. You should have healthcare planning experience and be able to lead clinical colleagues through the project process. Contact prior to application is welcomed, please see details below. The Capital Projects Team undertake projects which refurbish and upgrade the environment, repurpose spaces for different clinical uses and undertake works to address backlog maintenance. You will need a significant appropriate experience and hold a relevant qualification in the Built Environment. Experience and competency in using CAD supported by relevant qualifications is considered desirable for this post. The team currently uses BricsCAD v17. 'We care We communicate We collaborate We contribute' Please note that we are not able to offer sponsorship for this role. Interview date: W/C 5 October 2026 ### Main duties of the job 'NHS Staff Survey 2024' Administrative and Clerical staff feel supported with flexible working at MKUH, reporting 6.82 out of 10, and a 76% feel strongly about approaching their managers regarding flexible working. - Assist in the development of the Trust’s Capital Programme and lead a number of specific projects in order to implement the programme to improve the environment for patients and staff. - Commission and lead delegated Capital projects including work on business case development. - Chair a number of project meetings (Steering Groups & Specialist Design Groups) linked to schemes within the programme. Provide the technical input into those Project Group meetings. - Provide expert specialist and professional construction, programme and cost advice to in relation to the projects undertaken and more generally throughout the Trust on behalf of the Head of Projects (Capital). - Engage in formal proactive knowledge management processes to take successful practices from NHS and non-NHS agencies and utilise them in the development and implementation of the Capital programme. - Work with Head of Projects (Capital) to develop and implement capital management policies and procedures for the department. - Provide specialist advice on sustainable design issues to healthcare designers and planners. Undertake audits on proposed designs, to ensure they meet the requirements of the organisation. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities - Lead, where delegated in the development of long-term capital plans and procurement strategies many of which are on-going and inter-related. - Develop a Programme for delivery of the approved development schemes linked to the Trust’s Estate Strategy and Business Plan. - Utilise the Computer Aided Design packages in order to design, plan and develop appropriate improvement schemes. - Be a key member of the Trust’s Estates Team providing information, designs and organising improvement works. - Play an active role in drafting and implementing the Estates business plan to achieve Trust business and strategic goals. Please refer to the Job Description for further details. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - IT skills - Ability to work accurately and manage large multi-disciplinary projects under pressure - Ability to seek solutions to extremely challenging problems showing empathy with staff, visitors and patients - A ‘Can do’ approach - Good organisational skills **Desirable** - In the use of Computerised Design System (CAD) - In the use of surveying tools and equipment ### Experience **Essential** - Project management experience - Experience in a healthcare setting **Desirable** - Record of advising on and implementing Health and Safety regimes for construction and engineering contracts within a ‘live’ (occupied) environment ### Communication **Essential** - High Level of Interpersonal and communication skills - Ability to write detailed/highly sensitive or confidential reports for Project Boards - Good negotiating skills **Desirable** - Confident public speaker ### Specific requirements **Essential** - Able to perform the duties of the post with reasonable aids and adaptations ### Qualifications and knowledge **Essential** - Degree qualification or equivalent or equivalent experience - Relevant professional qualification to post graduate level or equivalent experience - Budget and Construction Cost Management - Database and Spreadsheets **Desirable** - NHS/Public sector Procurement - Current JCT & NEC forms of Contract - Good working knowledge of the aims and objectives of the NHS and Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and how Estates services contribute to those objectives. ### Personal and people development **Essential** - Committed to lifelong learning and use of knowledge management ## Documents - [job description (pdf, 328.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10603667) - [person specification (pdf, 328.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10603668) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references.