Senior IT Project Manager

2 weeks ago

Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom Avove Full time

Working here isn't just a job. You can advance your caree r at Avove, and we'll reward you with a range of benefits that recognise great work. We provide full training and continuous development to help you reach your potential. We strive to create an inclusive working environment where everyone can be themselves. Join us and take the next step towards a fulfilling career.

About the role...

Working with the Head of Solution Delivery, you will be responsible for the independent end-to-end delivery of IT projects, ensuring that the BTG team achieves its key delivery objectives. You will ensure that each project meets the agreed requirements and quality criteria, delivering our projects on time and to budget. The Senior IT Project Manager will liaise with senior business stakeholders, IT vendors and business colleagues at all levels to achieve a successful outcome. The role is of a hybrid nature, typically spending one day in on of our Avove office locations with the potential for additional site visits.

What will your day look like...

  • Driving the delivery of projects to ensure the right delivery in the most effective way possible.
  • Actively identifying and managing risks, including inter-project dependencies, preventing them from becoming issues and negatively impacting projects.
  • Initiating projects including management of scoping, feasibility (requirements, selection, technical assurance, design, costing, benefits definition), business case development, supplier negotiation (commercial terms) and contracts.
  • Developing, revising, managing and tracking progress against project plans.
  • Tracking actual costs and forecasts for projects against budgets and managing change to scope and schedule.
  • Contributing to the development of project standards
  • Ensuring change implementation requirements and approvals are met.
  • Acting as a role model, supporting and coaching your colleagues.

About you...

This role is perfect for someone who has experience working as the project manager for ERP, fieldworker and other application solution implementations in mid-tier organisations including contract mobilisations or acquisitions. Technical solution knowledge is desirable and you may be familiar with Fieldworker platforms, NetSuite and Dayforce. You will have an analytical mindset and will use your problem-solving ability to anticipate, understand and resolve issues affecting delivery. You will be skilled in Stakeholder Management with the ability to influence people at all levels, both internally and externally. A strong communicator, you will have excellent interpersonal skills, communicating confidently and in an uplifting manner. An efficient multi-tasker, you will be highly organised with good attention to detail. Committed to professional development, you will learn and understand new solutions, issues and platforms. A relevant Project Management qualification is desirable but not essential.

What's in it for you...

We offer a rewarding salary that is tailored to your skills and experience. But that's not all We celebrate hard work and give recognition to our colleagues. In addition to this, we understand that one size doesn't fit all so everyone has access to a variety of flexible benefits that work for you.

  • Company pension scheme
  • Life assurance
  • Family friendly policies
  • A selection of lifestyle benefit options
  • Financial wellbeing programme
  • Employee assistance program for health and wellbeing and onsite mental health first aiders to support our colleagues
  • We love to give back so we offer you volunteering days in your community and charity matched giving where we will boost your fundraising.

About us...

We design, build and maintain the UK's utilities infrastructure to help transform local communities for the better. We provide cutting-edge and sustainable engineering solutions and play a critical role in helping to keep the water running, the lights on and people connected.

We are an expert, responsible and agile partner, providing vital services to water, power and telecommunications sectors. We work closely with our clients to help protect and improve their assets, enhance customer experience and protect the natural environment. Everything we do is designed to drive continual improvement and move life forward.

We are proud to work in partnership with leading utility providers, including Severn Trent, United Utilities, Yorkshire Water, Northern PowerGrid, Northumbrian Water Group, Scottish Power Energy Networks and Scottish Water

We are an equal opportunities employer.....

We welcome applications from candidates of all races, genders, disabilities, religions, ages and sexual orientations. We know that having a diverse workforce encourages new perspectives, inspires creativity and creates an engaging workplace and we are committed to creating an inclusive environment where all colleagues can thrive. When it comes to inclusion, we're making sure we keep up the progress with our Communities of Practice, who help us do just that.

What next...

We encourage you to apply for this role as soon as you can. We recognise talent waits for no one, so we progress candidates individually through all stages of recruitment process.

If you have any questions, please reach out for an informal discussion.

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