Project Manager

HOW YOU WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE

About you:

Do you want to spend your working time making a difference in the world around you? Are you motivated by impactful work? Do you have a passion for co-ordinating and delivering projects that directly support the Healthcare industry in the UK? If so, then a career with STERIS in our Project Management team could be a great fit for you!

About Us:

At STERIS we are a leading global provider of products and services that support patient care with an emphasis on infection prevention. Our mission is to help our customers create a healthier and safer world. Working at STERIS, you GROW, LEARN and MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

The STERIS Instrument Processing (IP), Europe, Middle East and Asia (EMEA), is focused on delivery of outsourced Decontamination Services for reusable surgical instruments. Decontamination Services incorporates the cleaning, inspection and sterilization of surgical instruments and requires STERIS IP to operate from dedicated facilities that meet all current standards and regulatory requirements

WHAT YOU WILL DO

We are currently recruiting for an Project Management (PMO) vacancy to sit within this part of the business, and provide project management and support in the development, planning and execution of new service mobilisations and transition of services. The role will include supporting the Business Development, and Operations teams & the wider Project Management Office team in the preparation of tender responses, through contract development, to implementation and transition. The Project Manager’s role will also include support to the wider Project Management Office team for the construction, refurbishment and facility fit-out of both new and existing Sterile Services facilities within STERIS IP as appropriate. Typically, the facilities are either fit out of an existing shell, which requires significant internal construction and installation of plant and processing equipment or, the refurbishment and fit out of an existing Sterile Services Department within an NHS hospital.   

Duties

• The coordination and completion of projects on time, within budget and within scope.
• Coordination of internal resources and third parties/ vendors for project delivery.
• Manage the relationships for all stakeholders: STERIS, 3rd parties and suppliers/ contractors, and customers in NHS sites.
• Assist in the definition of the project scope and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders.
• Ensure resource availability and allocation. 

Requirements

• Demonstrable, successful experience in the management of contract mobilisation and service related projects.
• A sound knowledge and understanding of quality compliance, standards and regulatory requirements in respect to the Healthcare or Life Sciences.
• Experience of managing budgets.
• Excellent all-round communication skills, written and verbal, for both internal and external clients.
• Excellent organisational skills, including attention to detail and the ability to multi-task.
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office, demonstrable experience of project management software, e.g. Microsoft Project, Smartsheet (latter used by STERIS IP).
• Preferable but not essential:
• A Bachelor’s degree in an appropriate field, for example Medical Engineering, Medical Devices Technology, Instrumentation, or comparable Engineering or Science based subject.
  • or equivalent work experience.
• Knowledge or experience of working with the NHS or in the Medical Devices industries.
• Project management qualification, Project Management Professional (PMP), PRINCE II certification.