Project Manager

Centrica Plc; Cardiff; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading energy company is seeking a Project Manager to oversee projects within the GBS, HR, and Procurement Portfolios. The role involves planning, coordinating, and ensuring the successful delivery of projects while managing stakeholder relationships. The ideal candidate will have strong analytical, interpersonal, and team management skills, with a minimum of 3 years' experience in project delivery. This position offers flexibility and a competitive salary package.

Benefits

Competitive market salary

Employee Energy Allowance

Company Funded Healthcare Plan

25 days holiday allowance

Flexible benefits

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years' experience delivering projects.
• Understanding of project methodologies like PRINCE2/APM, Agile.
• Experience in a complex matrix organization.

Responsibilities

• Plan and coordinate activities to manage projects from idea to close.
• Ensure business requirements are translated into plans.
• Monitor and report on all project attributes.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem resolution

Interpersonal skills

Team management

Stakeholder engagement

Job description

We’re so much more than an energy company. We’re a family of brands revolutionising how we power the planet. We're energisers. One team of 21,000 colleagues that's energising a greener, fairer future by creating an energy system that doesn’t rely on fossil fuels, whilst living our powerful commitment to igniting positive change in our communities. Here, you can find more purpose, more passion, and more potential. That’s why working here is #MoreThanACareer. We do energy differently - we do it all. We make it, store it, move it, sell it, and mend it.

The Project Manager will play a key role in ensuring that projects & programmes within the GBS, HR and Procurement Portfolios meet the desired colleague and business outcomes.

The successful candidate will be primarily responsible for planning and co-ordinating activities to manage and implement projects from idea to close ensuring requirements are scoped, developed, and translated into project plans, and business cases are created and updated. The role holder will use appropriate tools and methodologies to track and report against project plans whilst ensuring that project controls are in place (e.g., managing issues and risks, project budget and finances).

The role holder will be required to provide coaching and/or direct support to all levels of management as they direct project team members through processes and deliverables. In addition, the role holder will need to have strong influencing skills and the ability to bring a team together to deliver a desired outcome.

Location - UK Flexible with travel to sites when necessary

Key Accountabilities of the role

• Plan and co-ordinate activities to manage and implement projects from idea to close down
• Ensure business requirements are determined and translated into plans
• Ensure business case is created and updated to reflect any changes
• Plan, control and manage the delivery of projects to meet the agreed business needs, acquiring and utilising the necessary resources and skills within agreed parameters of cost, timescales and quality ensuring that these match the Business’ strategic goals
• Monitor, review and report on all project attributes
• Ensure effective business processes are defined and implemented as required
• Manage the project in line with the relevant Delivery Framework and Governance
• Undertake stakeholder management to ensure individuals are aware of project progress
• Manage project team and external suppliers (as required)

Required Knowledge, Skills & Experience

• A minimum of 3 years’ experience delivering projects within a structured project delivery life cycle
• Understanding of various project methodologies (e.g., PRINCE2/APM, Agile/ Waterfall)
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting and problem resolution skills
• Strong written, verbal and interpersonal skills
• Strong people, team and virtual team management skills
• Experience of engaging stakeholders and customers at all levels
• Able to develop effective working relationships at all levels across the organisation, simplifying complex technical messages
• Commercial and customer awareness with a proven track record of ensuring the customer is always at the forefront of decision making
• Ability to drive performance and gain commitment through coaching, motivating, energising, and inspiring team members

Key Competencies / Core Capabilities required to perform the role

• Experience of working in a complex matrix Organisation
• Ability to work in an agile way, comfortable with dealing with ambiguity and navigating varying levels of stakeholder successfully
• Able to work under pressure and to constantly changing deadlines
• Pro-active and self-motivated with ability to bring a team together to work on a shared goal
• Ability to plan effectively and to think beyond the bounds of the initiative being delivered to ensure wider change delivery success
• Ability to challenge when something isn’t right, or when something is not clearly understood to enable successful delivery and to make early intervention possible
• Functionally IT literate with an ability to communicate effectively with both IT and non- IT professionals

What’s in it for you;

• Competitive market salary.
• Employee Energy Allowance at 15% of the government price cap.
• Company Funded Healthcare Plan.
• 25 days holiday allowance, plus public holidays, and the option to buy up to 5 additional days.
• Excellent range of flexible benefits, including technology vouchers, electric car lease scheme & travel insurance.

Why should you apply?

We’re not a perfect place – but we’re a people place. Our priority is supporting all of the different realities our people face. Life is about so much more than work. We get it. That’s why we’ve designed our total rewards to give you the flexibility to choose what you need, when you need it, making sure that you and your family are supported not only financially, but physically and emotionally too. Visit the link below to discover why we’re a great place to work and what being part of more means for you.

https://www.morethanacareer.energy/centrica

If you're full of energy, fired up about sustainability, and ready to craft not only a better tomorrow, but a better you, then come and find your purpose in a team where your voice matters, your growth is non-negotiable, and your ambitions are our priority.

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About the company

Centrica plc is an international energy services and solutions company. Parent company of British Gas, Centrica Hive, Bord Gais, Centrica Business Solutions, Centrica Storage.