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Project Manager

£42.5 - £49.6 per hourEstimated
Project Manager

Location: Sheffield
Rate: 55 – 60 per hour
Duration: 12 months
Start Date: July 2026
Working Pattern: Onsite

Overview

We are seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead delivery across a complex engineering and R&D portfolio.

You will manage project plans, budgets, reporting, risks, stakeholders, and delivery milestones while coordinating cross–functional technical teams and external partners.

Required Experience

  • 5+ years' project management experience within engineering, R&D, or technical manufacturing programme environments. This is not an IT Project Manager position.

  • Experience managing government–funded programmes and formal stakeholder reporting

  • Strong planning, budgeting, and risk management capability

  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills

  • Experience coordinating technical teams and multiple project workstreams

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead projects from initiation through to delivery

  • Manage schedules, budgets, risks, issues, and resources

  • Coordinate engineering, procurement, and project support activities

  • Drive stakeholder engagement and project reporting

  • Ensure deliverables meet agreed timelines, quality standards, and technical milestones

  • Lead project and consortium meetings

  • Escalate delivery risks and issues where required

  • Maintain accurate project documentation and reporting

  • Qualifications
  • Project Management, Science, or Engineering field (or equivalent work experience)

  • PMP, PRINCE2 Practitioner, or equivalent certification preferred

Desirable

  • Technical Manufacturing programme experience

  • Experience working with UK Government stakeholders

  • Eligibility for security clearance

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