Overview
Venatu Recruitment Group are supporting our client in the search for an Industrialisation Lead for the NHS New Hospitals Programme. This is a critical leadership role, focused on bringing mass production and industrialised construction methods—particularly around steel frame systems—into the delivery of 40 new hospitals across the UK. The hospitals will be 500-600 bed hospitals.
Location and benefits
Location: Work from Home (UK-wide travel as required)
Benefits: 25 days holiday + 8 bank holidays, enhanced pension (matched up to 8%), annual bonus scheme
Salary: Base pay range provided by Venatu Recruitment Group. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.
The Role
As Industrialisation Lead, you will head up a team of consultants and subject matter experts to identify, test, and deliver opportunities for standardisation and industrialisation. This involves taking concepts from early-stage innovation through detailed design, prototyping, digital/physical testing, and into approved business cases ready for deployment. The goal is to drive faster, more cost-efficient, sustainable, and safer hospital builds, embedding modern methods of construction and scalable industrial practices across the programme.
Key Responsibilities
* Lead and develop a high-performing industrialisation team.
* Manage a portfolio of industrialisation opportunities from concept through to approved business cases.
* Oversee testing (digital and physical) to ensure robust solutions before rollout.
* Design and implement industrialised solutions, including modular and steel-frame methods.
* Conduct feasibility studies, cost/benefit analysis, and impact assessments.
* Collaborate with NHS stakeholders, consortium partners, and supply chain specialists.
* Introduce governance, reporting, and continuous improvement practices to ensure delivery against strategic programme goals.
About You
We are looking for a senior leader with:
* Proven experience in industrialisation, process optimisation, or product standardisation, ideally in large-scale infrastructure or healthcare projects.
* Strong understanding of modern construction methods (MMC), digital modelling, and supply chain management.
* Track record of delivering mass production or industrialised solutions—experience with steel frame systems would be a distinct advantage.
* Excellent stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to influence at senior levels.
* Strong analytical ability to quantify strategic, financial, and operational benefits.
* Experience leading cross-functional teams and managing complex portfolios.
For more information or a confidential conversation, please contact: James Shepherd – Head of MMC, Construction & Infrastructure
Seniority level
* Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Management and Manufacturing
Industries
* Staffing and Recruiting
Address/Location notes: Woking, England, United Kingdom
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