Could you be the University's Deputy Director of Major Campus Infrastructure Projects? This is a new opportunity to take the lead on delivery of significant capital projects such as a 900 bed student residence on campus, circa £110m and leading collaborative efforts with internal and external partners to achieve significant project milestones. 

You will take strategic responsibility for major capital project and provide leadership for the effective delivery of all capital projects, on time, on budget, to agreed quality specification and in line with University’s policies and procedures. A crucial aspect of this role will be nurturing and maintaining positive relationships with the many internal and external stakeholders and a sensitivity to the University’s location in the UK’s only UNESCO heritage city. You will work in partnership with senior management, faculties and other stakeholders to anticipate the needs of the University to meet its current and future challenges in respect of the built environment. You will act as a champion of effective and efficient operation through performance management, partnership building, critical analytical thinking, risk management and time critical decision making.

Click Here for more information on the Campus Infrastructure Department.

To be successful in this role you will:

• Provide leadership and strategic responsibility for all major capital works
• Create and maintain internal and external customer relationships, manage feedback and satisfaction to ensure constant service improvement
• Embed a customer service ethos in the project management team and their approach

Our desired candidate will have:

• Degree or equivalent qualification in construction, project management, facilities management or related discipline
• Recognised H&S qualification e.g. NEBOSH
• Substantial experience at senior manager level within an organisation of comparable scope, size and complexity
• Chartered Engineer or Fellow of Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors and a project management qualification are desirable but not essential

Further information:

Special conditions include:

• The role involves being a part of an on-call rota
• Deputising for the Director of Campus Infrastructure when required
• Occasional UK travel, with some overnight stays to attend conferences, networks and programmes outside Bath

For an informal discussion about the role please contact Dev Biddlecombe, Director of Campus Infrastructure through his PA, Sarah Cullis (sec78@bath.ac.uk).

What we can offer you:

• a very generous employer contributory pension scheme
• generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance
• we are a family-friendly University and with an increasingly agile workforce, are open to flexible working arrangements
• an excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce
• a wide range of personal and professional development opportunities
• a number of support options available for new and existing staff to help with the cost of some immigration expenses which you may be eligible for: Relocation allowance, Visa Reimbursement, Interest-Free Loan.

Find out more about our benefits.

We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students, so we encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university. We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment.

We are very proud to be an autism friendly university and are an accredited Disability Confident Leader; committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff.

Find out from our staff what makes the University of Bath a great place to work. Follow us @UniofBath and @UniofBathJobs on Twitter for more information.

Further details:

• Job Description & Person Specification