Principal Design & Construction Manager

Location: Field Baes role across England role specific car provided
Contract: Full Time Permanent position

Are you a seasoned leader in property project management with a passion for transforming healthcare environments Do you thrive in complex design and construction programmes particularly in mechanical and electrical fit-outs and hospital refurbishments

Were looking for a Principal Design & Construction Manager to lead the delivery of high-impact capital projects across BGUKs corporate shared services and health services portfolios. This includes hospital acquisitions diagnostic centre refurbishments and revitalisation of aged buildingsensuring every space meets the highest standards of safety sustainability and customer experience.

What Youll Be Doing

• Lead end-to-end design and construction of major capital works.
• Client-side project teams for major hospital redevelopments & diagnostic clinic developments.
• Manage all legal matters associated to the delivery of the projects under contract.
• Lead a strategic capital plan programme
• Drive excellence in project planning design and implementation ensuring projects are delivered on time within budget and to specification.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders and external partners (architects surveyors contractors) to shape future-ready workspaces.
• Ensure compliance with Construction Design and Management Regulations sustainability frameworks and safety standards.
• Champion innovation in building design technology and sustainability across the property portfolio.

What Were Looking For

• Proven experience in design and delivery of mechanical and electrical fit outs ideally within healthcare or complex environments.
• Strong track record in large acquisitions and refurbishment of aged buildings.
• 10 years in property project management within a major corporate or healthcare setting.
• Degree in Project Management Quantity Surveying or related field; RICS or equivalent chartership.

• Expertise in contract negotiation stakeholder engagement and risk management.
• Familiarity with BREEAM WELL LEED certifications and BIM/CAD tools is a plus.

Benefits
Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health from mental and physical to financial social and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits.

Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:

• Flexible Holidays scheme: 25 days holiday increasing through length of service with the option to buy or sell.
• Environmental Electric Car Scheme and Payroll giving scheme.
• Financial Wagestream Management Bonus Discounts platform Loan and saving schemes and Enhanced Pension Scheme.
• Mental and Physical - Bupa health insurance as a benefit in kind Health Assessment Family mental health line.
• Social: Volunteering days and Be You at Bupa Network

Why Bupa

Were a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose helping people live longer healthier happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave caring and responsible in everything we do.

We encourage all of our people to Be you at Bupa we champion diversity and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. Thats why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. Well make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.

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Ready to build the future of healthcare spaces

Apply now and bring your expertise to a team that values design excellence strategic thinking and impactful delivery.