Technical Project Manager 6 - 9 month FTC

Location:
Chelmsford, Essex
Department:
Finance
Job Description

We are currently seeking an experienced Technical Project Manager to join our team on a 6–9 month fixed-term contract. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing and overseeing multiple projects within our IT department, ensuring they are delivered on time, within scope, and aligned with business objectives. Ideal candidates will possess a strong understanding of IT project management methodologies, excellent stakeholder management skills, and the ability to drive projects forward in a fast-paced environment. 

At Global Marine we take pride in delivering high-quality service whilst continuously evolving to meet changing customer and market demands. As part of continuing to change or ongoing transformation, we are searching for a highly qualified project manager to support us, with an initial focus on the IT change programme. The ideal candidate will have experience in IT, preferably within marine or engineering sectors, along with strong project management skills in developing and overseeing fast-evolving work plans. The project manager will also be responsible for preparing and presenting regular updates to relevant management channels, ensuring that our challenges are identified and effectively addressed.

Key Deliverables:

  • Build and develop project plans to ensure maximum performance, by providing purpose, direction, and motivation
  • Lead projects from requirements definition through deployment, identifying schedules, scopes, budget estimations, and implementation plans, including risk mitigation
  • Coordinate internal and external resources to ensure that projects adhere to scope, schedule, and budget
  • Analyse project status and, when necessary, revise the scope, schedule, or budget to ensure that project requirements can be met
  • Establish and maintain relationships with relevant client stakeholders, providing day-to-day contact on project status and changes and ensuing operation within agreed authority limits
  • Establish and maintain processes for managing scope during the project lifecycle, setting quality and performance standards and assessing risks
  • Develop and maintain partnerships with third-party resources, including vendors and researchers
  • Assign and monitor resources to ensure project efficiency and maximise deliverables
  •  Report project outcomes and/or risks to the appropriate management channels and escalate issues, as necessary, according to project work plan
Qualifications, Skills and Experience
Required:
  •  Extensive client facing experience and communications skills
  •  Ability to work intuitively, alone, remotely or as part of a team in diverse environments
  • Strong organisation skills and ability to prioritise, plan and multitask work assignments
  • Task ownership and ability to work within deadlines, timelines and budgets
  • Understanding of project management principles and ability to work within a project team
  • Experience working on projects, taking requirements, generating designs, and implementing a final solution
  • Proactive approach to discovering use cases and implementing Office365 & Power Platform solutions
  • Proactive approach to learning, retaining up to date PM and IT skills and learning new skills as the business requires
  • Four or more years of project management experience
  • Experience in developing project plans technologies and software platforms for maximum usability
  • Strong attention to deadlines and budgetary guidelines
  • Proven success working with all levels of management
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Excellent presentation skills
Ideal:
  • Professional certification such as PMP or PRINCE2
  • Experience in developing platforms for internal processes
  • Experience in coaching team members to strengthen their abilities and skill sets
About The Company

The Global Marine Group is a leading independent provider of submarine cable solutions offering a broad range of services including consultancy, installation and maintenance covering the lifespan of a submarine cable system and delivered to customers worldwide. 

The Group consists of three business units; Global Marine provides fibre optic cable installation and maintenance solutions to the telecommunications and oil & gas markets, OceanIQ provides unparalleled subsea cable data, survey, route engineering, permitting and consultancy services for telecom and power cable projects and SubConnect which provides extensive expertise and experience in all aspects of subsea cables, ranging from design and testing to the provision of subsea housing and interconnectors.

With a global workforce of over 800 talented individuals, together the Group has installed over 315,000 kilometres of subsea telecoms cable, performed maintenance operations on 33% of the worlds fibre optic cables and has detailed data records on over 2.8million km of cable - 97% of all fibre, and 90% of all power cable including, over 6,000 historic cable faults.

The Global Marine Group team is full of passionate people, sharing a wealth of knowledge and constantly achieving excellence. 

 Employee Benefits
  • Group Pension with access to Independent Financial Advisor
  • Life Cover – inclusive with Group Pension Plan
  • Private Medical Insurance and Medicash Plan
  • Dental Scheme – at a subsidised cost
  • Fitness Club Subsidy
  • X2 Professional Subscriptions
  •  Cycle Scheme – As per the green initiative, approved by the Government scheme
  • Eye Sight Test contribution
  • Perkbox - employee discount scheme along with a Wellness Hub
  • Enhanced Maternity and Paternity pay
  • 25 days Annual Leave
  • Option to purchase an additional 5 days annual leave per year
  • Long Service Awards
  • Reward & Recognition
  • Referral programme
  • Employee Assistance programme
  • 3 paid volunteer days
  • Free on-site parking - At all sites
Global Marine Group are committed to making our recruitment process accessible and inclusive for everyone. If you require reasonable adjustments for your interview, please reach out to during your recruitment process. We are more than happy to accommodate your needs to ensure you have the best possible experience during the selection process.
 
This role is Chelmsford site based Monday - Thursday, with Friday working from home.
 
If you have a proven track record in delivering IT projects successfully and thrive in a dynamic setting, we would love to hear from you.
 
So that our organisation can comply with immigration rules, all potential candidates need to provide evidence of their Right To Work in the UK, to apply.
 
Please note:  Recruitment agencies - We only collaborate with agencies on our preferred supplier list.  We do not require external recruitment support for this role.  Thank you