IT Project Manager

Balfour Beatty plc; Bridgwater; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Smart working

Remote flexibility

25 days leave

Pension

Share incentive plan

Volunteering leave

Recognition schemes

Job summary

Balfour Beatty plc is seeking an experienced IT Project Manager to join the MEH Alliance IT function. You will lead end-to-end IT projects, coordinate internal teams and third-party suppliers, and ensure delivery within time, budget and quality targets.

You will act as a bridge between technical teams and business stakeholders, translating requirements into actionable plans and managing risks across a diverse portfolio. Hybrid working model offered in the UK.

Qualifications

• Degree qualified or equivalent experience.
• Professional project management qualification such as PRINCE2 Practitioner, APMP, Scrum Master or similar.
• Experience delivering technical and business change projects.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Ability to influence, negotiate and build relationships at all levels.
• Eligible to obtain BPSS Security Clearance.

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of IT projects and workstreams.
• Manage project plans, budgets, risks, issues, assumptions and dependencies.
• Coordinate internal teams and third-party suppliers.
• Produce and maintain project documentation, reporting and governance artefacts.
• Drive delivery against agreed timelines, budgets and quality standards.
• Facilitate stakeholder communications at all levels of the business.
• Ensure effective resource allocation across project activities.
• Support financial management, forecasting and accrual processes.
• Provide regular progress updates to sponsors, steering groups and senior leadership teams.

Skills

PRINCE2 Practitioner

APMP

Scrum Master

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Influence & negotiation

BPSS Clearance eligibility

Education

Degree or equivalent

Job description

About the role

Balfour Beatty are supporting one of Europe's largest infrastructure projects and the MEH Alliance is playing a critical role in the delivery of Hinkley Point C. We are seeking an experienced IT Project Manager to join our growing digital team and help drive the delivery of business-critical technology solutions across the organisation

This is an exciting opportunity for a skilled project professional who enjoys working in complex environments, engaging with a wide range of stakeholders and delivering technical and business change initiatives from inception through to implementation.

Hybrid working model

What you'll be doing

Working within the MEH Alliance IT function, you'll be responsible for leading and coordinating the successful delivery of IT projects across a diverse portfolio. Operating within a pool and assignment model, you will manage projects aligned to business priorities, ensuring successful outcomes while balancing competing demands and stakeholders.

You will act as the link between technical teams and business stakeholders, becoming a trusted partner and ensuring business requirements are clearly understood and translated into successful project delivery.

Key Responsibilities,

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of IT projects and workstreams.
• Manage project plans, budgets, risks, issues, assumptions and dependencies.
• Coordinate internal teams and third-party suppliers.
• Produce and maintain project documentation, reporting and governance artefacts.
• Drive delivery against agreed timelines, budgets and quality standards.
• Facilitate stakeholder communications at all levels of the business.
• Ensure effective resource allocation across project activities.
• Support financial management, forecasting and accrual processes.
• Provide regular progress updates to sponsors, steering groups and senior leadership teams.

Who we're looking for

We're looking for an experienced IT Project Manager with a proven track record of successfully delivering technology projects within complex, multi-disciplinary organisations.

Essential,

• Degree qualified or equivalent experience.
• Professional project management qualification such as PRINCE2 Practitioner, APMP, Scrum Master or similar.
• Experience delivering technical and business change projects.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Ability to influence, negotiate and build relationships at all levels.
• Eligible to obtain BPSS Security Clearance

Desirable,

• Cloud technologies and Azure.
• Microsoft 365 environments.
• Applications, infrastructure and databases.
• Software development projects.
• Project governance and portfolio delivery

What you'll Bring,

• Strong commercial awareness.
• Excellent planning and organisational skills.
• The ability to analyse information and make informed decisions.
• A customer-focused approach with a passion for delivery excellence.
• Experience working with diverse teams and multiple stakeholders

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

Why join us?

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

• Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
• 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
• Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
• Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more.

About us

Balfour Beatty Kilpatrick (BBK) is a market leading mechanical, electrical, plumbing (MEP) and mechanical, electrical and instrumentation (ME&I) solutions provider with over 100 years of engineering expertise.

We design, install and maintain the systems that make building infrastructure work. Emphasising environmentally efficient technologies, digital construction and offsite manufacturing, our experienced teams deliver high quality solutions across the following sectors: Aviation, Buildings, Civils, Defence, Energy and New Build Nuclear.

At Balfour Beatty we are committed to creating a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential, not only because this is the right thing to do, but because it makes us a better business. To ensure we deliver on this commitment, we have a UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan which sets out the wide range of targeted, proactive, measurable steps we are taking to make this a reality.

To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and Women into Construction. In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.

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