Project Management Office Manager (PMO Manager)

Doocey Group; Tipton; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Doocey Group in Tipton is seeking an experienced PMO Programme Manager to support the delivery of energy and utilities projects. You will establish governance, monitor controls, manage reporting processes and ensure regulatory compliance while protecting margins and forecast accuracy.

You'll collaborate with project managers, stakeholders and senior leadership, drive continuous improvement across the PMO, and deliver timely programme dashboards and KPI reporting to support strategic decision

Qualifications

• Experience in the Energies & Utilities sector or similar.
• Strong governance and compliance mindset with a track record of on-time delivery.
• Ability to collaborate with varied stakeholders including management, regulatory bodies, and clients.

Responsibilities

• Maintain PMO governance frameworks, standards, and methodologies.
• Support project and program governance and reporting.
• Ensure compliance with policies, regulatory requirements, and standards.

Skills

PMO governance

Project controls

Reporting

Stakeholder management

Governance

Education

Degree or equivalent professional experience

Tools

P6 Primavera

Clarity

Planview

Jira

MSP

Job description

Our salaries are competitive and reviewed regularly to ensure they remain fair and in line with the wider industry.

Location

Tipton

Our Company

Doocey Group is a long-established, family-run utility and civil engineering contractor with over 40 years of industry experience. Built on strong Black Country values, we pride ourselves on integrity, reliability, responsiveness and a commitment to delivering high standards in everything we do.

Over the past 10 years, Doocey Group has experienced significant growth, achieved through consistently deliver high-quality work for our clients, including National Grid and South Staffordshire Water. Our success is built to deliver safely and reliably in a fast-paced and often challenging environment.

As we approach a turnover of £100m, this marks an important milestone in our journey and reflects the hard work, ambition and dedication of our teams across the business. If you are looking to join a growing organisation that values hard work, loyalty and ambition, you will feel right at home at Doocey Group.

The Role

To support the successful delivery of strategic Energy /Utilities and major project business unit with relevant adherence to tender assumptions by producing programmes and establishing governance, monitoring project controls, managing reporting process, and ensuring compliance with organisational and regulatory requirements, the role provides assurance, consistency, visibility across multiple projects and workstreams whilst transforming and improving process and systems across the business unit whilst delivering on the anticipated sales forecasts and margins and the interactions that are required to support the business leader and the PMO team.

Responsibilities

• Maintain PMO Governance frameworks, standards, and methodologies.
• Support project and program governance.
• Ensure compliance with company policies, regulatory requirements, and DNO/IDNO standards where applicable.
• Conduct and chair regular health checks and assurance reviews on the overall business unit performance.
• Ensure all program plans and terms and conditions are agreed and in place to enable a 14-day project mobilisation and handover document to be shared across the team prior to commencement.
• Track Milestones, dependencies, risks, issues, and actions.
• Monitor project performance against agreed baselines.
• Coordinate change control processes.
• Track project budgets, forecasts, and actual expenses.
• Develop weekly reports and monthly program reports.
• Develop and maintain dashboards and KPI reporting.
• Provide management information to senior stakeholders.
• Highlight delivery risks and recommend corrective actions.
• Support cost control and financial reporting across the business unit in the required format.
• Implement all measurable KPI into a weekly dashboard.
• Responsible and manage all project completion documents to enable full recovery of applications.
• Assist with business case development and benefits tracking.
• Ensure all onboarding of resources adheres to the relevant governance process.
• Continuous improvement on Doocey Vision platform
• Facilitate risk review meetings and project deep dive support.
• Produce data reference all subcontractor and direct resources including management is tracked for performance.
• Review all weekly track sheet returns that are received on time, recorded, and reported.
• Implement a survey and design capability within the team either external or internal.
• Review the agreed spends including materials and plant are aligned in tender documents and we can track and measure against budgets.
• Track and measure against projects the EW and CE to protect margins.
• Ensure mitigation actions are assigned across the team and monitored for progress.
• Engage with project managers/supervision/suppliers/clients and stakeholders to protect the P&L and improve overall business process.
• Ensure we adhere and operate to the required Utilities standards.

Technical Skills & Experience

• Experience within same role, or similar within the Energies & Utilities Sector
• Self-driven, purposeful, with a ‘can do’ attitude without compromising safety and/or compliance.
• Ability to collaborate with various stakeholders, including employees, management, regulatory agencies, and the community.
• Excellent planning and organisation skills
• Governance and compliance
• Financial awareness analysis and reporting
• Data analysis and reporting
• Street works and permit experience.
• Accurate and timely reporting
• Effective governance
• Improved project visibility and controls
• Strong understanding of Prince 2
• Delivery of projects with agreed times, cost, and quality
• Familiar with P6 Primavera, clarity, Planview, Jira, MSP, and AI /AR
• Success measure, Accurate timely program reporting
• Effective governance compliance
• Improved project visibility controls
• Delivery of project on time and to budget

Qualifications & Training

• Degree or equivalent professional experience

Additional Information

Doocey Group value a diverse workforce and welcome applications form all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics.

Please note that we operate with a preferred supplier list and will not accept unsolicited CVs from recruitment agencies with whom we do not have an existing agreement.

By submitting your application, you consent to Doocey Group retaining your CV, application details, and personal information for the purpose of considering you for current and future employment opportunities. Your information will be stored securely and will only be shared internally as necessary.