Senior Project Manager

Job Introduction

Founded in 1999 and acquired by Sodexo in April 2021, MTS Health are the UK’s leading provider of Medical Equipment Asset Management with expertise in clinical engineering – a biomedical speciality to use technology to optimise healthcare delivery. MTS Health specialise in strategic equipment planning, procurement; clinical engineering and medical equipment asset management.

MTS Health are currently involved in the Government’s high-profile Health Infrastructure Plan and have recently won a significant operational project delivering clinical engineering services across 91 healthcare sites.

MTS Health are now looking for a Senior Project Manager to join their senior leadership team and manage all aspects of the planning, tendering, procuring, installation and commissioning for major capital projects for both the NHS and the private sector.  In this exciting role you’ll develop equipment strategies, deliver and monitor projects to agreed budget, timescales and specification and manage the MTS project team and expectations of external stakeholders.

This position can be offered on a hybrid basis between the MTS Health office located in Hemel Hempstead and home, due to the nature of the role there will also be a requirement to travel to a variety of locations across the UK&I.

Role Responsibility

• Identify equipment requirements of a project and develop strategies for managing these requirements in line with the agreed project scope.
• Set budgets and develop options for managing budgets and reporting on progress
• Identify opportunities for cost savings and innovation
• Liaise with all members of the internal and external project teams and the stakeholders to manage the flow of information and achieve project outcomes.
• Source the equipment from the suppliers whilst ensuring governance arrangement are in place (Trust SFIs, OJEU limits, minuted minutes, risk register & budgetary control)
• Provide specialist advise on equipment procurement and commissioning issues including use of tendering and frameworks
• Logistics management for the receipt and delivery of equipment for capital projects 
• Manage the utilisation of project resources and monitor their impact on the business
• Identify and develop further business opportunities with existing clients and new project proposals making use of productivity data collected from previous projects to ensure profitability and service delivery
• Manage your own time in relation to fee earning capacity and resource forecasting, by maintaining time sheets and resource schedules up to date

The Ideal Candidate

• PRINCE 2 practitioner or similar formal project management training
• Excellent organisational skills including developing programmes, managing meetings (agenda preparation, chairing and production of minutes)
• Ability to work and react quickly in a fast-moving ever-changing environment
• Experience of change management and the use of skills to facilitate change
• Risk management identification & management strategies
• A medium-high level of computer literacy with the ability to use such systems as Excel, Microsoft project and Power Point for the delivery of presentations and data.
• Able to work effectively as part of a team whilst leading and co-ordinating the team members and work to tight deadlines
• Exceptional interpersonal and presentation skills with the ability to effectively communicate (verbal and written) to customers, suppliers, clients and internal team members at all levels of the business
• Knowledge & understanding of compliance requirements – NHS / other sectors
• Planning and analytical skills to ensure appropriate and timely allocation of resources to deliver projects.
• Ability to develop and maintain knowledge of national initiatives and policies likely to influence decisions made by clients
• Although it is not essential it would be advantageous to have worked within Capital Equipping and Project Management experience in equipping hospitals worked within the NHS previously

Package Description

Circa £70,000 per annum plus benefits package

About the Company

In the UK and Ireland, Sodexo employs around 30,000 people, and partners with clients in many sectors across business and industry; schools and universities; sports and leisure; energy and resources; government and agencies; healthcare; justice and defence.

Sodexo’s connected; people-centric approach brings together a diverse range of expertise. The breadth of services it offers ranges from food and hospitality; cleaning; reception; concierge (Circles); security; property management and technical services through to data driven workplace strategy and design (Wx); employee engagement and recognition services (Sodexo Engage) and personal home services through Prestige Nursing + Care and the Good Care Group.  

Vital Spaces is Sodexo’s value proposition that puts people at the heart of everything we do, bringing together services and solutions and focusing on the productivity and wellbeing of people wherever they are.

Sodexo is committed to being an inclusive employer; we welcome and encourage applications from people with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds and identities.

We’re a Disability Confident Leader employer. We’re committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations. 

We are building on our support to the Armed Forces community through the development of specific pathways within our recruitment process to  support ex-forces personnel and reservists, those applying for jobs with us who meet the ideal candidate criteria for the role advertised are guaranteed to progress to the selection process.