Project Manager

Project Manager Peterborough PE1 (Fully Onsite Role) Initial 12 Month Contract – likely to extend for the right person! Hours: 37 a week, Mon to Thurs 08:30 to 16:45, Fri 08:30 to 16:15 £33.01 PAYE hourly rate plus…

Pay rate £33.01 – £40.73/hour
Contract type Contract
Posted 25 September 2026

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Project Manager
Peterborough PE1 (Fully Onsite Role)
Initial 12 Month Contract – likely to extend for the right person!
Hours: 37 a week, Mon to Thurs 08:30 to 16:45, Fri 08:30 to 16:15
£33.01 PAYE hourly rate plus holiday and pension contribution OR Umbrella hourly rate £40.73

Do you enjoy planning projects and making sure they deliver as required? Can you facilitate team meetings, ensuring everyone takes away their own action points and then delivers them by their required date? Have you used MS Project? If you have experience of all of these…this could be the Project Manager opportunity you’ve been waiting for!

Our client is a world leader in the design, manufacture and support of a world class range of engines, they are looking to extend their Project Management team in Peterborough, with a Project Manager. You’ll be responsible for projects from cradle to grave; project planning from scratch, managing the project and team through the project plan. You could be involved in a number of different projects, where every day is different!

This assignment is fully site based – there may be occasional travel to other client UK, European and potentially international sites (depending on the project you are working on).

What skills and experience will the Project Manager need?
Essential:
• You’ll lead allocated projects to ensure they are delivered on time, to cost and quality - so will need demonstrable experience of this (a minimum of 3 years’ experience is required)
• MS Project experience is key – you must have extensive knowledge of this PM software
• Must have strong indirect leadership and interpersonal skills, and ability to manage stakeholders
• MS Office (Excel/Word/Powerpoint), Adobe Acrobat, and Web Publishing tools
• Excel data manipulation (complex formulas, linking multiple worksheets, pivot tables, graphs)

Desirable:
• Project resource loading/portfolio resource management and project/portfolio cost management experience
• Professional training in leading and facilitating meetings
• Prince 2/PMP or equivalent qualification
• Knowledge of following methodologies: Waterfall / Agile / Kanban

To apply, please submit a copy of your up to date CV clearly indicating your relevant experience. Applicants must have an existing right to work in the UK and evidence of eligibility will be required. Suitable candidates will be contacted.

The above represents a summary of the contract assignment. A full description of this contract assignment is available. A full explanation of this rate and all deductions will be explained in a key information document (KID) supplied to registered candidates

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