Project Officer - PMO Analyst - Manufacturing Projects
Posted 1 day ago by Totaljobs
£30 Per hour
Inside
Hybrid
Bolton, Greater Manchester, BL5 1EE
Summary: This role is for a Project Officer/PMO Analyst within a manufacturing project team, focusing on data analysis to support project delivery. The position involves producing reports, tracking performance, and communicating insights to stakeholders. It serves as a stepping stone for individuals aiming to build a career in Project Management or PMO. The role is hybrid, requiring some on-site presence in Bolton, and offers long-term potential for career growth.
Key Responsibilities:
- Supporting project teams with data analysis, reporting, and performance tracking
- Producing Excel-based reports to monitor cost, schedule, and delivery
- Extracting and working with data from systems such as SAP or other project tools
- Creating clear PowerPoint packs for project reviews and leadership updates
- Using Power BI dashboards to understand and communicate trends
- Working closely with stakeholders across manufacturing and project teams
Key Skills:
- Experience working with data in a project, manufacturing, or operations environment
- Strong Excel capability, including lookup formulas, conditional formulas, pivot tables, and conditional formatting
- Supporting reporting from systems such as SAP, MS Project, JIRA, or similar
- Ability to turn data into clear, structured outputs for stakeholders
- Confident communication with different teams
- Experience using Power Query and maintaining or updating Power BI reports/dashboards (nice to have)
Salary (Rate): £30 per hour
City: Bolton
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: Mid-Level
Industry: IT
Looking to step into a PMO / Project role where you can use data to support real delivery?This is a great opportunity to join a manufacturing project team working on complex engineering programmes.You’ll be supporting Project Managers and Heads of Manufacturing by turning data into clear insights — helping track performance, highlight risks, and keep projects moving.It’s a strong stepping stone for someone looking to build a career in Project Management / PMO within a highly structured environment.
What you’ll be doing:
- Supporting project teams with data analysis, reporting, and performance tracking
- Producing Excel-based reports to monitor cost, schedule, and delivery
- Extracting and working with data from systems such as SAP or other project tools
- Creating clear PowerPoint packs for project reviews and leadership updates
- Using Power BI dashboards to understand and communicate trends
- Working closely with stakeholders across manufacturing and project teams
What we’re looking for:
You don’t need to tick every box, but you’ll likely have experience in:
- Working with data in a project, manufacturing, or operations environment
- Strong Excel capability, including: Lookup formulas (e.g. VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP)
- Conditional formulas
- Pivot tables
- Conditional formatting
- Supporting reporting from systems such as SAP, MS Project, JIRA, or similar
- Turning data into clear, structured outputs for stakeholders
- Communicating confidently with different teams
Nice to have:
- Experience using Power Query
- Experience maintaining or updating Power BI reports/dashboards
Why this role:
- Ideal for someone moving into a PMO / Project career path
- Exposure to large-scale engineering and manufacturing programmes
- Opportunity to build experience in project controls, reporting, and governance
- Long-term potential with extension or permanent opportunity
Additional info:
- Full-time hybrid (2-3 DPW onsite) role based in Bolton
- Some site collaboration may be required depending on project needs
- Structured and supportive team environment
What happens now? If your application meets the initial selection criteria, a member of our talent acquisition team will contact you via email to arrange a structured screening call. This conversation will explore your experience, technical background, and suitability for the role in more detail.
Security Clearance: British Citizen or a Dual UK national with British citizenship
Restrictions and/or limitations relating to nationality and/or rights to work may apply. As a minimum and after offer stage, all successful candidates will need to undergo HMG Basic Personnel Security Standard checks (BPSS), which are managed by our clients Security Team.
More about the role:For more than 70 years, our client has been in a strong partnership with the UK military. They have accomplished numerous milestones in defence engineering and have provided essential defence capabilities to meet the requirements of the armed forces across land, sea, and air.
This job is at our client's site in Bolton facility, one of the North West's leading manufacturing sites for at least 25 years. The facility offers showers and bike racks and is near the motorway, with a petrol station outside. Amenities like an onsite canteen.