Project Manager

Morrison Utility Services Limited.; Leyland; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading utility services provider in Leyland is seeking a Project Manager to oversee projects within their Fixed Networks team. This role requires strong organizational skills, project management experience, and the ability to maintain relationships with clients. You will guide projects from start to finish, ensuring that timelines and budgets are met while collaborating with skilled colleagues. In addition to a competitive salary, benefits include a company car, flexible leave, and comprehensive health plans.

Benefits

Matched pension scheme

Online GP service

Employee assistance programme

Access to retail discounts

Life assurance

Health Care Cash Plan

Discretionary bonus scheme

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Qualifications

• Experience in delivering projects within telecoms or infrastructure.
• Ability to manage timelines, budgets, and resources.
• Understanding of how to meet deadlines and maintain progress under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Guide projects from start to finish.
• Plan, organise, and oversee delivery of projects.
• Maintain relationships with clients and stakeholders.

Skills

Strong organisational skills

Effective communication

Project management experience

Adaptability

Collaboration

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 will you be working? At M Group Telecom, we're enabling and enhancing telecom networks, playing a lead role in the delivery of our tech enabled future. We deliver full network cycle services for fixed, private and mobile operators. This role will be within our Fixed networks team, you'll join our people who support providing turnkey solutions for the surveying, designing, building and commissioning new networks, while supporting the repair, maintenance and operation of existing networks. Want to come and be a part of it?

Responsibilities

We are part of M Group Ltd and work at the forefront of telecom network delivery. Our mission is to support the UK's transition to gigabit-speed networks. This role sits within our Fixed Networks team and focuses on a major project with our client, Openreach. As Project Manager, you will guide projects from start to finish. You will plan, organise, and oversee delivery so that every stage runs smoothly. You will work closely with skilled colleagues who design, build, and maintain fibre networks. Together, you will make sure new and existing networks meet the highest standards. Your work will involve managing timelines, budgets, and resources. You will keep teams aligned and ensure everyone understands what needs to be done. You will maintain strong relationships with clients and stakeholders, providing clear updates and resolving issues quickly. When challenges arise, you will find solutions that keep projects on track. You will also look for ways to improve processes and deliver even better results.

This role is ideal for someone with experience in project management who wants a new challenge. It is also a great opportunity for a Project Coordinator ready to take the next step.

What You'll Bring

You will bring strong organisational skills and the ability to make clear decisions that keep projects moving forward. Your communication style will be confident and open, helping you build trust and a positive team spirit. You will have experience in delivering projects from start to finish, ideally within telecoms or infrastructure, and you will understand what it takes to meet deadlines and maintain progress under pressure. You will be focused on results and committed to achieving high standards. Your approach will be collaborative, and you will enjoy working with people from different backgrounds to reach shared goals. You will be adaptable and ready to respond to change, bringing fresh ideas that improve the way we work. Safety and quality will always be at the heart of what you do, and you will look for ways to make processes better every day.

Benefits

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 1,000'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

In addition, this role offers:

• Company car and fuel card with a range of EV and hybrid vehicles to choose from
• Health Care Cash Plan, giving you the ability to claim back medical expenses for things like dental, eyecare and physiotherapy and much more!
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Recommend a friend - get rewarded for introducing people to us!

We want to be an employer of choice and a great place to work, attracting diverse and talented people, who join us and make a difference. We're one of the Top 100 UK companies actively supporting and recruiting army veterans. Our ENABLE inclusion networks bring together people who have a shared passion, to help create an environment where everyone belongs. Our values help to shape our culture and how we work with one another. We recruit with these values in mind, to ensure your aspirations, and ways of working, align with ours.

• 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

Whether you're a trainee, apprentice or graduate, or progressing through your career, our people benefit from industry recognised programmes, training and development. It's an exceptional time to be a part of M Group.

Note: Occasionally, job adverts might be closed before the stated closing date. Do apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered. For certain roles, successful candidates will be subject to 3rd party background checks as part of the hiring process. Some roles require drug and alcohol testing as part of induction and onboarding.