Project Manager

Venesky-Brown are supporting a Major UK Infrastructure Project, who are currently looking to recruit a Project Manager for an initial 6 month contract on a rate of £656.25/day (Inside IR35). This role will be based in London 2-3 days per week.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the definition, planning, execution, and closure of Digital & IT projects to baselined time, cost, and quality targets.
• Develop and maintain Project Initiation Documents (PIDs), ensuring robust cost, schedule, and resource estimation.
• Oversee delivery partners and suppliers, ensuring quality and contractual commitments are met.
• Produce and maintain detailed project schedules, managing critical paths, dependencies, and resourcing.
• Manage all project lifecycle phases: design, build, test, deployment, business readiness, and post go-live support.
• Track and manage project risks, issues, and change requests, escalating to the Digital Construction Programme Manager Digital Construction Manager as required.
• Ensure effective stakeholder engagement and communications to secure buy-in and support.
• Ensure projects comply with governance, information security, and regulatory requirements.
• Provide accurate, timely reporting to the Digital Construction Programme Manager, PMO, and governance boards.
• Support lessons learned and continuous improvement across the Delivery function.

Essential Skills:

• Strong understanding of project management methodologies (Prince2 Practitioner, APM or equivalent).
• Skilled in MS Project, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
• Knowledge of IT infrastructure, applications, and digital service delivery.
• Strong vendor and supplier management capabilities.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and influencing skills.
• Demonstrable experience delivering complex IT or business change projects in regulated or safety-critical industries.
• Experience managing budgets up to £1.5m.
• Proven ability to lead multi-vendor and multi-discipline delivery teams.
• Ability to balance compliance requirements with pragmatic delivery decisions.
• Strong leadership and team motivation skills.
• Highly organised with excellent attention to detail.
• Resilient and adaptable in a dynamic project environment.

Desirable Skills:

• Familiarity with Agile delivery practices.
• Understanding of ITIL and service transition processes.
• Previous experience delivering in construction or engineering project environments.
• Ability to promote continuous improvement across project teams.