Scheme Project Manager
Posted 4 days ago by TEC Partners - Technical Recruitment Specialists
£63 Per hour
Inside
Hybrid
Stockport, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The role of Scheme Project Manager involves leading the delivery of rail-related projects for a prominent UK infrastructure organization. The position requires coordination of multidisciplinary teams while ensuring compliance with relevant standards and regulations. This is a 6-month contract, classified as inside IR35, with a hybrid working arrangement based in Stockport. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing project timelines, budgets, and stakeholder communications effectively.
Key Responsibilities:
- Deliver works projects safely, to time, cost and quality, in line with governance, standards and legislation.
- Lead and coordinate multidisciplinary teams.
- Ensure CDM compliance and drive a positive safety culture; support incident/accident investigations when required.
- Build and maintain the baseline plan, manage resources and critical path and track progress, risks, issues and contingency.
- Manage stakeholders (internal/external) with clear communication and reporting.
- Oversee budget management, change control and configuration management per internal processes.
- Support business cases and lifecycle documentation with the Project Manager.
Key Skills:
- Degree or equivalent experience in a relevant discipline.
- APM membership or equivalent, ideally chartered/working toward.
- Proven application of CDM regulations on infrastructure projects.
- Strong project delivery track record.
- Budget management expertise and sound commercial awareness.
- Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
- Demonstrable safety management experience in project environments.
- Desirable: Rail/infrastructure experience.
- Exposure to NEC3/NEC4 contracts.
- PRINCE2/PMI credentials.
Salary (Rate): £63.00/hr
City: Stockport
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Scheme Project Manager – 6-Month Contract (Inside IR35) | Hybrid Stockport
About the role:
We’re recruiting a Project Manager for a leading UK infrastructure organisation. You’ll lead the safe, timely and cost-effective delivery of rail-related works, coordinating multidisciplinary teams and ensuring compliance with standards, legislation and CDM regulations. This is a 6-month contract, inside IR35, hybrid in Stockport (3 days per week on site).
Key responsibilities:
- Deliver works projects safely, to time, cost and quality, in line with governance, standards and legislation.
- Lead and coordinate multidisciplinary teams
- Ensure CDM compliance and drive a positive safety culture; support incident/accident investigations when required.
- Build and maintain the baseline plan, manage resources and critical path and track progress, risks, issues and contingency.
- Manage stakeholders (internal/external) with clear communication and reporting.
- Oversee budget management, change control and configuration management per internal processes.
- Support business cases and lifecycle documentation with the Project Manager.
Essential experience:
- Degree or equivalent experience in a relevant discipline.
- APM membership or equivalent, ideally chartered/working toward.
- Proven application of CDM regulations on infrastructure projects.
- Strong project delivery track record.
- Budget management expertise and sound commercial awareness.
- Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
- Demonstrable safety management experience in project environments.
Desirable:
- Rail/infrastructure experience.
- Exposure to NEC3/NEC4 contracts.
- PRINCE2/PMI credentials.
Contract & pay: 6 months, Inside IR35 Up to £429 a day
Location & working pattern: Stockport (Hybrid) - 3 days per week on site; parking available.