Head of Projects

Head of Projects - M&E, Healthcare

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.

Key Responsibilities

• 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.

About You

• 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 workstreams.

What''s on Offer

• 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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