IT Project Manager (Contract) Manchester, England
Job description
The Calisen Group is in an exciting and strong position where we are seeing growth and development in all areas of the business. As a result of this growth, an exciting opportunity has become available for a Contract IT Project Manager who will be responsible for building, managing & implementing projects across Calisen ensuring that outputs are delivered within time, cost & quality constraints.
Using both Waterfall and Agile methodologies, the scope of the role includes IT and business implementations, and ranges from managing multiple small projects to leading a large transformation programme, so previous experience in transformation projects is essential.
This is a contract role working 37.5 hours per week, Monday – Friday on a hybrid basis working from home, with travel to our Manchester and/or Wigan offices at least 2 days per week. The rate is to be discussed with the successful candidate up to £500 per day based on experience & qualifications.
Key Responsibilities
- Managing and co-ordinating the activities of multiple projects, including balancing priorities of team members with commitments to business as usual activities.
- Demonstrable experience of robustly managing projects, leveraging both waterfall and agile techniques to best suit the needs of the initiative
- Produce consumable stakeholder reporting, dependency management and resource forecasting
- Excellent interpersonal skills to act as a single point of contact for senior stakeholders in relation to projects and proactively reaching out to other teams to influence and shape their thinking / actions to enable project delivery.
- Create, manage & implement project plans, plus overseeing & reviewing project plans by the other members of the team.
- Able to negotiate at senior level on technical and commercial issues, to ensure that suppliers and other stakeholders align with the objective and timeframes
- Takes budgetary responsibility for each project phase & has responsibility for providing reliable work estimates.
- Liaise with senior management across Calisen to define and manage project workloads through the established priorities process.
- Improving standards and methodologies with continuous improvement initiatives.
- Liaising with internal and external clients on a regular basis both on and off site (where applicable).
- Identification and management of project risks & issues.
- Adherence to quality management standards for project delivery.
- Active engagement in Change / IT governance mechanisms.
- This role may also require line management responsibility including organisation of staff coverage including sickness & holidays, mentoring the performance of team members tackling any issues that may arise and conducting Return to Work interviews when needed.
What we are looking for
- Good standard of education at a-level standard or equivalent
- 5 years’ experience personally managing major projects through the full lifecycle - from initiation and planning, through to operational readiness and handover with exposure to each stage of the project life cycle, from inception through to implementation and closure, and an in-depth knowledge of project management concepts & principles.
- Experience in end-to-end Waterfall/Agile Methodologies
- Previous team management experience
- Technically aware in such areas as Software Development Life Cycle and Infrastructure
- Computer literate with experience in BAU Microsoft solutions, plus Project, DevOps, and Jira
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to communicate complex information to project stakeholders
- Good planning, organisational & problem-solving skills
- Strong financial management skills
Calisen is a leading owner and manager of essential energy infrastructure assets, as well as a provider of installation, meter reading, electric vehicle charging, maintenance, and ancillary services through its 3 business units (Calvin Capital, Lowri Beck, and Plug Me In), whose purpose is to accelerate the use of smarter energy for all.
We will use the information you provide to us to assess your suitability for the role you have applied for. If you are successful, we will carry out a right to work check, background checks including global sanctions, politically exposed persons, adverse media, and basic DBS check. We also have a zero-tolerance approach to the use of alcohol and illegal drugs in the workplace therefore you may also be subject to testing.
Please note this role is being handled by our internal recruitment team and no agency support is required at this time
