IT Project Manager

Morrison Utility Services Limited.; Stevenage; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading utility services provider in Stevenage is looking for an IT Project Manager to lead complex IT projects. The ideal candidate will manage project budgets, vendor relationships, and stakeholder communications while ensuring timely delivery. This role offers extensive benefits including a contributory pension scheme, private health care, and a discretionary bonus scheme, making it an excellent opportunity for growth.

Benefits

Matched pension scheme

24/7 Online GP service

Employee assistance programme

Access to retail discounts

Life assurance

Cycle to work scheme

Enhanced maternity and paternity leave

Company car or allowance

Private health care

Discretionary bonus scheme

25 days annual leave

Qualifications

• Experience leading complex IT projects.
• Strong technical knowledge of processes and systems.
• Ability to manage project budgets and risks.

Responsibilities

• Deliver complex IT projects successfully.
• Manage vendors and oversee change requests.
• Create and maintain project plans and schedules.
• Collaborate with internal and external parties.
• Track project budgets and provide financial updates.
• Identify and assess project risks.

Skills

IT infrastructure delivery

Microsoft stack experience

Salesforce experience

Governance reporting

Stakeholder collaboration

Clear communication

Risk management

Financial reporting

Project lifecycle management

Education

Degree or equivalent

Job description

Overview

Right across infrastructure, there's a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you're at in your career, with us you'll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.

Where you’ll be working

As an organisation, there is little we don\'t do and plenty to get involved in. Our Group Support roles are vital in making sure we can help over 11,000 people deliver essential infrastructure seamlessly across water, energy, transport and telecom. Want to come and be a part of it?

What you’ll be doing

• You will be responsible for the successful delivery of complex IT projects, working hands-on with your strong technical knowledge of processes, systems, integrations, and interfaces to guide solution outcomes within the project team.
• Operating within our IT Governance framework, you will manage vendors, oversee change requests, and ensure that schedules, risks, actions, issues, and dependencies are meticulously maintained in our project tool, KeyedIn.
• You will take the lead in creating and maintaining clear project and communication plans, enabling the smooth and efficient delivery of IT initiatives.
• This includes keeping stakeholders informed through the preparation and sharing of weekly project highlight reports.
• Collaboration will be key, as you work closely with internal and external parties to coordinate and schedule project activities effectively.
• You will also manage project budgets, ensuring accurate tracking and providing regular, transparent financial updates.
• You will be proactive in managing expectations around delivery, escalating any risks to deadlines as early as possible to allow corrective action.
• Additionally, you will identify and assess IT project risks, integrating them into Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery plans where necessary.

What you’ll bring

• IT infrastructure, CRM and application consolidation delivery
• Microsoft stack and Salesforce experience
• Governance reporting and metrics
• Stakeholder collaboration and influence at all levels
• Clear communication across technical and business teams
• Risk, issue and escalation management
• Financial reporting on costs and risks
• Full project lifecycle management
• Degree or equivalent; PRINCE2/AgilePM a plus

Values and inclusion

• We\'re responsible and go further for our people, clients, communities and the planet
• We\'re open and seek new and better ways of exceeding expectations
• We\'re together and as one team; the whole is greater than the sum of the parts
• We\'re ambitious and embrace opportunity, to lead essential infrastructure services for life

What’s in it for you

We offer a range of benefits designed to support your life in and out of work, some of which include:

• Matched or contributory pension scheme
• Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
• Employee assistance programme
• My Rewards portal, access to 1000\'s of retail discounts
• Life assurance
• Cycle to work, salary finance and give as you earn schemes
• Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave
• Reward and recognition scheme
• Company car (or allowance) and fuel card with a range of EV and hybrid vehicles to choose from
• My Car Choice our salary sacrifice EV/ Hybrid car scheme
• Private health care
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays