Project Manager

Seismic Recruitment; Peterborough; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Seismic Recruitment is seeking a Project Manager for a fully onsite role in Peterborough. The assignment is an initial 12-month contract, with 37 hours per week, working Monday to Thursday 08:30–16:45 and Friday 08:30–16:15, offering a PAYE hourly rate of £33.01 plus holiday and pension contributions (umbrella £40.73).

You will lead projects from cradle to grave, plan from scratch, manage the team and stakeholders, and deliver on time, cost and quality using MS Project.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years' project delivery experience.
• Proficient in MS Project and MS Office (Excel/Word/PowerPoint).
• Ability to manage stakeholders and lead meetings.
• Experience planning projects from scratch and cradle-to-grave management.
• On-site role with potential travel to UK/European sites.

Responsibilities

• Lead allocated projects to ensure on-time delivery, cost and quality.
• Plan projects from scratch and manage the project plan through to completion.
• Facilitate team meetings and ensure action points are delivered by owners.
• Occasional travel to client UK/European sites as required.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Leadership

MS Project experience

Tools

MS Project

MS Office

Web Publishing tools

Job description

Project Manager

Peterborough PE1 (Fully Onsite Role)

Initial 12 Month Contract – likely to extend for the right person!

Hours: 37 a week, Mon to Thurs 08:30 to 16:45, Fri 08:30 to 16:15

£33.01 PAYE hourly rate plus holiday and pension contribution OR Umbrella hourly rate £40.73

Do you enjoy planning projects and making sure they deliver as required? Can you facilitate team meetings, ensuring everyone takes away their own action points and then delivers them by their required date? Have you used MS Project? If you have experience of all of these…this could be the Project Manager opportunity you’ve been waiting for!

Our client is a world leader in the design, manufacture and support of a world class range of engines, they are looking to extend their Project Management team in Peterborough, with a Project Manager. You’ll be responsible for projects from cradle to grave; project planning from scratch, managing the project and team through the project plan. You could be involved in a number of different projects, where every day is different!

This assignment is fully site based – there may be occasional travel to other client UK, European and potentially international sites (depending on the project you are working on).

What skills and experience will the Project Manager need?

Essential:

• You’ll lead allocated projects to ensure they are delivered on time, to cost and quality - so will need demonstrable experience of this (a minimum of 3 years’ experience is required)


• MS Project experience is key – you must have extensive knowledge of this PM software


• Must have strong indirect leadership and interpersonal skills, and ability to manage stakeholders


• MS Office (Excel/Word/Powerpoint), Adobe Acrobat, and Web Publishing tools


• Excel data manipulation (complex formulas, linking multiple worksheets, pivot tables, graphs)

Desirable:

• Project resource loading/portfolio resource management and project/portfolio cost management experience


• Professional training in leading and facilitating meetings


• Prince 2/PMP or equivalent qualification


• Knowledge of following methodologies: Waterfall / Agile / Kanban

Applicants must have an existing right to work in the UK and evidence of eligibility will be required.

The above represents a summary of the contract assignment. A full description of this contract assignment is available. A full explanation of this rate and all deductions will be explained in a key information document (KID) supplied to registered candidates