IT Project Manager

Position Title: IT Project Manager

Duration: Contract

Location: Crewe, Cheshire

Job Profile:

Contechs are seeking a seasoned IT Project Manager with a background in Manufacturing and experience of delivering large scale infrastructure, networking and comms IT projects.
The IT Project Manager will manage and coordinate the workstream delivery, ensuring robust detailed planning, risk/issue management, assurance, and governance. This position is pivotal in delivering a structured approach to delivery within the programme, maintaining high standards of reporting, quality, and meeting business objectives effectively.

Key Responsibilities

Project Planning & Management

Develop and maintain detailed epic plans managing critical path
Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure project activity tasks/deliverables are well-documented, prioritized, and understood
Actively engage all stakeholders to drive the plan delivery, escalating where support is not received.
Allocate resources effectively, ensuring the right skills are available for each task. Governance Forums

Ensure governance forum input/outputs align to programme standards e.g. pre-reads issued in a timely manner, minutes distributed etc.
Weekly highlight report completed by 5pm Wednesday to a high standard Risk and Issue Management

Proactively identify, assess, and manage project risks and issues, implementing mitigation strategies as necessary.
Escalate unresolved issues to the Programme Manager or relevant stakeholders
Develop contingency plans for critical delivery issues, escalating as necessary to ensure timely resolution.Change Management

Implement the programme change control approach across the workstream.
Mange Change requests through Impact assessment decision and planning and delivery
Raise change requests in a timely manner
Ensure change requests documents are detailed sufficiently to outline the change and workstream impacts to time, cost, quality and defined Key Skills and Competencies

Project Management Expertise: Proficient in creating and managing large-scale project plans.
Leadership and Communication: Strong ability to lead teams, influence stakeholders, and convey complex information clearly.
Analytical Thinking: Aptitude for identifying risks, creating mitigation strategies, and making informed decisions.
Methodologies and Tools: Deep knowledge of project methodologies (e.g., Agile, Waterfall, Hybrid).
Programme-Level Perspective: Ability to align project efforts with the overarching goals of a multi-workstream programme.
Matrix management of resources including third party suppliers. Qualifications and Experience:

Proven experience in a prominent Project Manager role within a complex, multi-workstream programme.
Extensive experience of delivering complex projects with a focus upon IT infrastructure, networking and comms in industrial factory system orientated environments.
Strong understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC) and quality assurance best practices.
Prince 2 certification or equivalent is preferred.
Experience in managing diverse teams and delivering results in a high-pressure environment.

Contechs is a leading Automotive, Design, Engineering, Technology and Innovation Recruitment Consultancy. Founded in 1997, with an inhouse Contractor Care Team to support all external employees, acts as an employment agency for permanent and contract recruitment.

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