PMO Officer

United Infrastructure; England; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading infrastructure company in the UK seeks a PMO officer to ensure project governance and controls across the project lifecycle. The role involves analyzing performance data, developing KPIs, and maintaining effective communication with stakeholders. Ideal candidates will have experience in PMO roles, knowledge of Primavera P6 and MS Project, and strong analytical skills. The position will require presence in both Warrington and Mold offices, playing a vital role in improving project delivery standards.

Qualifications

• Experience in a PMO or project controls role within a project-based environment.
• Advanced skills in MS Excel, with knowledge of reporting tools.
• Experience in large, complex infrastructure programs is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Collect and analyze performance data for clear reporting.
• Develop dashboards and key performance indicators.
• Coordinate with stakeholders for effective information flow.
• Lead development and maintenance of PMO processes and tools.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Stakeholder management

Tools

Primavera P6

MS Project

MS Excel

PowerPoint

Word

Job description

United Infrastructure Group is a leading infrastructure, construction, and property services company in the UK. We help our customers and the communities they serve benefit from resilient infrastructure, affordable homes, and improved living spaces that are fit for the future. We employ over 1800 people and work with a broad range of public and private sector clients.

The PMO officer plays a key role in providing project governance, performance assurance, and controls across the project lifecycle. The role supports project and senior leadership teams by maintaining integrated schedules, tracking cost and performance, delivering robust reporting, and continuously improving PMO processes, tools, and ways of working.

This position sits at the intersection of PMO, project controls, and performance management, ensuring accurate information, effective decision-making, and consistent delivery standards across the programme

Job Description

• Collect, analyse, and interpret performance data to produce clear, accurate reports for senior stakeholders.
• Develop and maintain dashboards, KPIs, and performance metrics to support governance and assurance.
• Identify trends, issues, and opportunities for improvement, escalating insights where appropriate.
• Coordinate with internal and external stakeholders to support effective information flow and decision-making.
• Provide structured programme support to project teams and senior leaders.
• Produce high quality documentation including Excel models, PowerPoint packs, Word documents, and OneNote records.
• Lead the development and maintenance of PMO processes, templates, standards, and tools to support consistent delivery.
• Ensure alignment with project governance requirements and reporting cycles.
• Support risk and opportunity management activities, maintaining logs and ensuring mitigation actions are tracked.
• Proactively develop and implement improvement actions to address delivery challenges and enhance efficiency.
• Support the management of project phases by monitoring progress, key milestones, and delivery performance

Qualifications

• Experience working in a PMO, project controls, or programme support role within a project-based environment.
• Working knowledge of Primavera P6 andMS Project.
• Ideally experience with:
  • Integrated schedules (IMS)
  • Change control
  • Forecasting and variance analysis
  • KPI development and performance reporting
  • Risk & opportunity management
• Advanced skills in MS Excel, with strong PowerPoint and Word capability.
• Strong analytical, organisational, and stakeholder communication skills
• Experience working on large, complex infrastructure or utility programmes.
• Exposure to programme-level governance and reporting frameworks.
• Continuous improvement mindset with experience improving PMO processes or tools.

Additional Information

This role will be based across both our offices in Warrington and Mold (Flintshire). Presence will be required across both.