IT Project Manager

Focus Resourcing Limited; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare (BUPA)

23 days holiday + bank holidays

Company pension

Group Income Protection

Life assurance

Job summary

Focus Resourcing Limited is seeking an experienced Project Manager to join its busy Project Services division. You will coordinate national IT/data infrastructure rollouts across multiple sites, building detailed plans and governance to drive on-time delivery.

You will manage budgets, risks and change, coordinating engineers, suppliers and internal teams to ensure quality and H&S standards are met while maintaining strong customer relationships.

Qualifications

• Experience managing national, multi-site IT or data infrastructure projects.
• Experience managing project scope, budgets, schedules, quality, risk and change.
• Excellent communication, negotiation and influencing skills.

Responsibilities

• Take end-to-end responsibility for national IT and data infrastructure rollouts.
• Build and manage detailed project plans, schedules, trackers, reporting and governance controls.
• Manage milestones, dependencies, resources, risks, issues and change.
• Coordinate activity across geographically dispersed sites for successful delivery.
• Oversee structured cabling and infrastructure installations (Cat6/Cat6A).
• Build strong relationships with customers, suppliers, subcontractors and internal teams.
• Coordinate engineers, subcontractors, supply-chain partners, equipment and logistics.
• Manage budgets, forecasts, scope, risks and documentation to keep delivery controlled.
• Ensure quality, health and safety and technical standards are maintained.

Skills

Project management

Multi-site coordination

IT infrastructure

Vendor & stakeholder management

Education

PRINCE2 Foundation or Practitioner

ITIL Foundation

Tools

Microsoft Project

Excel

Smartsheet

Job description

We're looking for an experienced Project Manager to join our client's busy Project Services division. Are client needs someone who thrives on bringing complex projects together - coordinating people, suppliers, logistics and technical delivery to achieve successful results across multiple locations.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone with a strong background in national, multi-site IT or data infrastructure projects, who enjoys working at pace, solving problems and keeping everyone moving towards the same goal.

WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING:

• Taking end-to-end responsibility for national IT and data infrastructure rollouts.
• Building and managing detailed project plans, schedules, trackers, reporting and governance controls.
• Managing milestones, dependencies, resources, risks, issues and change throughout the project lifecycle.
• Coordinating activity across geographically dispersed sites, ensuring everything is in place for successful delivery.
• Overseeing structured cabling and associated infrastructure installations, including Cat6 and Cat6A, containment and related technologies.
• Building strong relationships with customers, suppliers, subcontractors and internal teams.
• Coordinating engineers, subcontractors, supply-chain partners, equipment and logistics.
• Managing budgets, forecasts, scope, risks, documentation and change to keep delivery predictable and controlled.
• Ensuring quality, health and safety and technical standards are maintained.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR:

• Strong project management experience within national, multi-site IT or data infrastructure environments.
• Strong experience managing project scope, budgets, schedules, quality, risk, dependencies and change.
• A good understanding of the practical challenges involved in delivering projects.
• Experience using tools such as Microsoft Project, Excel, Smartsheet or similar project management and reporting systems.
• Excellent communication, negotiation and influencing skills.
• A proactive and practical approach to problem-solving.
• The ability to manage multiple workstreams in a fast-paced environment.
• A practical understanding of structured cabling, including Cat6/Cat6A installations, containment, testing and quality assurance.

It would be great if you also have:

• PRINCE2 Foundation or Practitioner, or equivalent.
• ITIL Foundation, or an equivalent service-management qualification.

SALARY & BENEFITS:

• Starting salary of £32,000 with lots of scope to progress and grow within the division.
• Healthcare provided through BUPA
• 23 days holiday per annum plus bank holidays.
• Company pension.
• Group Income Protection.
• Life assurance