PMO Officer

United Infrastructure Ltd; Warrington; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading infrastructure services company in the UK is seeking a PMO officer to provide essential project governance and performance assurance. The role involves analyzing performance data, creating dashboards, and supporting senior leadership with comprehensive reports. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in PMO functions, familiarity with tools such as Primavera P6, and strong analytical abilities. Practical knowledge of project controls and organizational proficiency in MS Office are also essential for success in this role.

Qualifications

• Experience in a PMO or project controls role within a project-based environment.
• Strong knowledge of project reporting and governance frameworks.
• Experience with large, complex infrastructure programmes.

Responsibilities

• Collect, analyze, and interpret performance data for reporting.
• Develop and maintain dashboards to support governance.
• Support project teams with structured programme support.

Skills

PMO experience

Analytical skills

Stakeholder communication

Project controls knowledge

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 and MS 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.