Ford & Stanley Interim- The Rail Recruitment specialists are looking for a contract Junior Project Manager to work on a revolutionary project within the digital rail industry.

The Opportunity

This is an excellent opportunity to support a thriving digital rail business that is leading the way bringing the UK's rail infrastructure into the 21st century. Your primary role will be to support the Senior Management in monitoring, data collection, reporting and analysis of information pertinent to the running and delivery of research and development of digital projects.

Location: Derby

Role and Responsibilities:

• Ensure that Project Schedules are maintained and kept up to date
• Hold / attend regular project status reporting and review meetings
• Act as progress chaser to hold to account staff and sub-contractors for performance against plan
• Capture forecasts covering the next 12-weeks in detail
• Update and issue cost, budget and resource reports covering actuals and forecast
• Provide analysis and report justifications for variance to plan
• Assist in the impact analysis of project / contract change and production of Variation Orders / Change Proposals
• Ensure that adequate project control mechanisms are in place and are being followed
• Assist in the development and maintenance of operations processes
• Assist in the reporting of adherence to Business Process and recommendation for improvement
• Timely production and delivery of reports including the 4 weekly customer report.
• Assisting Project Managers with scheduling activities
• Working with the financial controller in maintaining an accurate cost forecast which is within the tolerance limits defined by the Senior Management
• Identifying resource issues and taking action to resolve and / or mitigate impact
• Providing detailed resource / cost tracking including analysis of actual vs budget and justification of variation to budget / plan
• Quality of reporting and meeting reporting deadlines
• Identification of change which results in measurable improvements to the delivery of projects
• Taking minutes of project meetings and distributing these to the required stakeholders.

Essentials

• Good knowledge of using PC tools especially Microsoft Office Suite
• Good knowledge and capability in using project planning tools including Microsoft Project / Primavera P6 and MS Excel
• Experience of tracking baselines and performance against budgets
• Experience of analysing performance and forecasting projected costs and resource demand
• The ability to work as part of a team working to high standards
• Capable of working on own initiative in a structured and organised manner, recognising and meeting deadlines
• Previous experience of reporting to Network Rail would be advantageous but is not essential

Desirable

• Project management recognised training/qualification is highly desirable (APM introductory certificate / PRINCE 2)
• Relevant academic qualification (e.g. HNC/HND / Foundation degree)

Likely Job Titles-

Junior Project Manager, Project Management Assistant, Project Controller, Project Communications Officer, Project Communications Manager.