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Senior Project Manager

Randstad SourcerightWitney, Oxfordshire🇬🇧United Kingdom

Quick overview

SeniorityMid Senior
Employment typeTemporary/Casual
Work modeHybrid
LocationWitney, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
Stakeholder ManagementPMPPrince2ProcurementProject Management

Job description

Job Title: Senior Project Manager

Location: Eynsham

Contract: 6 Months (potential to extend)

Hybrid: 3 Days in the office 2 Remote (Maybe required to be onsite 5 Days)

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead the delivery of a major Innovation Centre programme and a separate, dedicated Electronics Laboratory. This role will manage complex capital projects from scope definition and investment approval through procurement, installation, commissioning and operational handover.

The Role

You will coordinate multiple technical work streams across specialist laboratories, test bays, manufacturing and development areas, workshops and supporting facilities. You will also work closely with ARUP, internal stakeholders, suppliers and contractors to ensure that the Electronics Laboratory facility design, infrastructure, equipment and operational requirements are successfully delivered.


Key Responsibilities

  • Lead the planning and delivery of the Innovation Centre and dedicated Electronics Laboratory.

  • Manage capital investment governance, business cases, Investment Board submissions and concise

  • senior-level reporting.

  • Coordinate capital equipment specification, procurement, relocation, installation, commissioning and

  • verification.

  • Manage integrated schedules, budgets, dependencies and change control, proactively identifying and

  • mitigating project, technical and commercial risks and issues.

  • Lead and align cross-functional teams, Procurement, ARUP, suppliers and contractors, with clear ownership

  • of deliverables and decisions.

  • Resolve competing technical, operational and commercial requirements, providing direction where scope or

  • priorities are ambiguous.

  • Apply fit-for-purpose project management methods and controls throughout definition, design, procurement,

  • installation, commissioning and handover.

  • Ensure that facilities and equipment are safe, compliant and ready for operational handover.


Previous Skills & Experience:

  • Proven experience delivering complex capital, facilities, engineering, laboratory or technical infrastructure projects.

  • Strong project planning, commercial, governance and stakeholder management capability.

  • Strong communication and influencing skills, from operational teams through to senior leadership and governance boards.

  • Experience working in a regulated engineering, healthcare, laboratory or similarly controlled environment is desirable.

  • Experience managing suppliers, contractors, consultants and procurement activities.

  • Ability to lead multiple concurrent work streams and deliver against scope, budget, quality and schedule objectives.

  • A professional project management qualification, such as APM PMQ, PRINCE2 Practitioner, PMP or equivalent, is desirable.


This is an opportunity to shape and deliver new technical facilities that will support development, testing, verification and engineering activities. The successful candidate will play a central role in establishing operationally ready environments that support current and future programmes.Ready to Drive Your Career Forward?

If you're a proactive problem-solver looking to make an impact in the EV revolution, apply today with your updated CV!


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