Enabling Works Lead

Lead the Transformation of Healthcare Infrastructure

Be at the Heart of Change at North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust

Are you an experienced construction and infrastructure leader looking to make a real impact? North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust (NWAFT) is seeking a HHRP Enabling Works Lead to play a pivotal role in delivering the Hinchingbrooke Hospital Redevelopment Programme (HHRP)—a key part of the New Hospital Programme (NHP).

Why Join Us?

• Hybrid Working: 3 days on-site with potential flexibility depending on project stage.
• Strategic Leadership: Oversee the £50m enabling works programme, ensuring timely and efficient site preparation for a new state-of-the-art hospital.
• End-to-End Programme Management: Lead procurement, construction, risk management and governance for multiple enabling projects.
• Career-Defining Opportunity: Shape the foundation of a cutting-edge healthcare facility that will serve generations to come.

What We’re Looking For

• Strong construction and infrastructure expertise, ideally within healthcare or complex public sector environments.
• Proven experience in leading enabling works - including demolition, groundworks, utilities and site preparation.
• Ability to manage large-scale projects, overseeing procurement, governance and commercial elements.
• Stakeholder engagement and leadership, ensuring seamless collaboration between contractors, NHS teams and regulatory bodies.

Main duties of the Job

• Manage programme teams and external contractors, ensuring successful delivery of pre-construction infrastructure projects.

• Lead the design, procurement, and delivery of all enabling works for the Hinchingbrooke Hospital Redevelopment Programme.
• Ensure all contracts, budgets, and risk management plans align with NHS and government frameworks.
• Develop and implement governance structures, providing assurance to NHS England, the New Hospital Programme (NHP), and HM Treasury.

Working for your organisation

We are committed to promoting diversity and inclusion in our workforce and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, with a special focus on welcoming individuals from disabled, Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities, as well as those from our local area. In line with our dedication to employee support, we offer a variety of benefits. For more information, please see the attached staff benefits leaflet.

This is your chance to be part of an ambitious programme that will redefine healthcare infrastructure in the region.