Special Projects Manager

Job Introduction

As a Special Projects Manager with Sodexo at Manchester University Hospital you’ll be supporting the collaborative Projects, Variations & Life Cycle teams and will be responsible for the delivery of Special Projects within the PFI Consortium and MUFT Major Trauma Hospital Environment. 

You’ll establish and maintain excellent customer relationships and develop confidence in our systems and processes whilst ensuring patient safety and compliance with Healthcare Standards is paramount.

Working to KPI’s and SLA’s you’ll be a real problem solver that thinks on their feet and manages tasks accordingly. You’ll be accustomed to working in a technical, Hard FM team and familiar with Microsoft Office/Power BI & Asset Management software systems. 

This is a great opportunity for an HTM/HBN professional who can clearly apply the requirements of all HTMs & HBNs into operational practice looking for the potential for future development into Senior Management.

Role Responsibility

What You’ll Do

• Address the priority of Special Projects in conjunction with PFI Partners and MUFT Estates & Facilities, Property & Estates Teams.
• Act as Sodexo’s key stakeholder in all Special Projects and Project Board functions
• Develop a series of “call off” supply chain/sub-contractor retention agreement
• Safe systems of works procedures, inclusive of but not limited to;
  • Acceptance and review of project specific tasks.
  • Permit to work procedures
  • Assessment of sub-contractors’ capability statements.
  • Assessment of sub-contractor’s employee qualifications and certifications.
• Review of Technical Designs with advice on compliance, standards & codes, and potential risk to the Estates.
• Witnessing of Test, Commissioning and Validation of projects installations.
• Operational handover on successful practical completion (inclusive of Test & Commission acceptances), and migration of assets into the Sodexo CMMS and BIM Spatial Model.
• Performance measurement of the Sub Contractors service delivery.
• Servicing Permit to Work requests.
• Collate recharge information and make available to appropriate stakeholders
• Closing the relevant documentation with stakeholders
• Providing a high level of customer service to external, internal, onsite, and offsite parties
• Translating data into dashboards and trackers
• Assuring the Responsible and Authorised Persons appointments of the role are maintained.
• Production of new Special Projects Standard & Local Operating Procedures

The Ideal Candidate

What You Bring

• You’ll be qualified in a Mechanical and/or Electrical discipline with experience of working within Major Trauma and Acute Hospital environment
• Previous and or/current Authorised Persons HTM appointments
• Be able to demonstrate strong communication skills, both verbal and written
• Confident when dealing with challenging stakeholders
• Desirable to have additional specialist knowledge relevant to the health care environment.

Package Description

What we offer

Working with Sodexo is more than a job; it’s a chance to be part of something greater. You’ll belong in a company and team that values you for you; you’ll act with purpose and have an impact through your everyday actions; and you’ll be able to thrive in your own way. In addition, we offer:

• Flexible and dynamic work environment
• Competitive compensation
• Access to ongoing training and development programs
• Countless opportunities to grow within the company

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