One of the UK's state of the art Europe Research & Development Centre in Peterborough are currently looking for a Project Manager to join their dynamic team. The position is a 12 month contract with potential to be extended. The successful candidate be working day shifts Monday to Friday (8:30-16:45) and the position is paying £28.50 per hour (PAYE) and £37.64 (Umbrella)
The Role
To lead the allocated project(s) to ensure the projects are delivered on time, to cost and quality starting at the concept stage and continuing through the stages of the various programs. To develop relationships with the key team members in order to motivate and drive the project forward. Ensuring timely reports are produced to communicate project progress to the Senior Leadership Team.
Typical responsibilities include:
- Develop and produce program and/or project management schedules using Microsoft Project.
- Management and accountability for the portfolio of projects
- Monitoring project progress and performance
- Regular stakeholder reporting
- Proven risk management experience
- Work with partners, monitor progress, to ensure project delivered in a timely manner on budget
- Attend business meetings with partners
- Resource management - Provide input for staffing and support of programs and create accurate and detailed resource-loaded project schedules
- Management of project/programme budgets
- Maintains program level issues/action logs, risk registers, scope change requests/logs, program schedules, and program cost tracking
- Expertise in Project/Program Management tools & processes, including project/portfolio resource and cost management
- Facilitate projects, lead chartering sessions, develop/validate network diagrams, and lead integration and compression sessions with internal and external teams
- Monitors progress of projects, discusses problems with affected areas, assures appropriate personnel are informed of problems and steps are in place to meet schedules
- Depending on nature of problems, expected to recommend possible solutions and alternatives
Requirements
The successful candidate will need to display the following:
- A college or university degree is required or 3-5 years of progressively related experience in the project management field
- Proven experience with project management concepts, including project charters, scheduling and planning projects and successful completion experience
- Provide leadership in the development and updates of program and project management schedules
- Excellent interpersonal skills are required in order to deal with sensitive issues, develop others, or influence others inside and outside the department to take specific actions
- Should have strong project management skills, team leadership skills, excellent communication skills, ability to multitask effectively, strong analytical and organisational skills
Desirable
- Project resource loading/portfolio resource management and project/portfolio cost management experience is highly desirable
- Prince 2/PMP or equivalent qualification is highly desired
- The incumbent has the ability to lead and motivate people and encourage teamwork, an ability to communicate effectively with senior management
- Must possess extensive knowledge of project management software (MS Project experience desirable) MS Office (Excel/Word/Powerpoint), Adobe Acrobat, and Web Publishing tools. Good Excel skills are vital (complex formulas, linking multiple worksheets, pivot tables, graphs)
Randstad CPE values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.
Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.
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