Contract Project Manager

Redline Group - Specialist Recruitment for Technology & Electronics Companies; England; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading specialist recruitment firm in the UK is seeking an experienced Contract Project Manager for a three-month contract in Oxfordshire. The role involves managing the merger of two businesses and requires strong stakeholder management skills, particularly within an engineering or electronics manufacturing environment. Ideal candidates will have proven project management experience and be ready to start immediately. The position offers a hybrid work arrangement and opportunities to implement operational improvements.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in managing the merging of businesses.
• Experience within an engineering or electronics manufacturing environment is beneficial.
• Ability to work with project roadmaps.

Responsibilities

• Assess the situation and set about bringing the merger into reality.
• Communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders.
• Provide solutions to problems at a critical time for the project.

Skills

Project management of business mergers

Stakeholder management

Implementation of streamlined operating practices

Experience in engineering/electronics manufacturing

Working with project roadmaps

Job description

The Redline Group have an EXCLUSIVE opportunity for an experienced Contract Project Manager to manage and complete a project to bring two businesses together, working on a hybrid basis from their Oxfordshire offices on an initial 3-month Contract.

This role has an indicative OUTSIDE IR35 determination therefore we can accept candidates who would like to operate through their own PSC.

Working with companies that are part of a larger overarching group, their engineering and technical know-how is known around the world. You will be brought in to immediately assess the field of play and set about bringing the merger into reality. You will be a strong communicator, working with internal and external stakeholders, and tapping into your experience to provide solutions to problems at a critical time for this project. This is not a role for someone who wants to sit on the sidelines - you will be in the thick of it from the beginning!

Key Skills Required - Contract Project Manager, Oxfordshire:

• Proven experience of project managing the merging of businesses, in particular the management of internal and external stakeholders, the implementation of streamlined operating practices.
• Experience within an engineering/electronics manufacturing environment would be highly beneficial.
• Experience of working with project roadmaps.

The role is ready to go for someone who can start immediately. For more information or to apply for the Contract Project Manager opportunity based in Oxfordshire, please contact Laura Preston - [e-mail] // 01582 878823 quoting reference LMP1036