Job Description

IT Project Manager - BEV Project

Rate: Dependent on experience

Location: Crewe – 2-days per week on site

Contract: Outside IR35 Until 18th December 2026

Role Summary

The IT Project Manager - BEV Project will support a high-profile, fast-paced BEV programme, managing and coordinating key IT workstream delivery across infrastructure, networking, communications and factory systems environments. The role will focus on detailed planning, risk and issue management, governance, assurance, reporting and stakeholder coordination to support successful programme delivery.

Role & Responsibilities

As IT Project Manager - BEV Project, develop and maintain detailed project and epic plans, managing the critical path and ensuring key deliverables are documented, prioritised and understood.

Coordinate workstream activity across stakeholders, internal teams, third-party suppliers and dependent milestones to support delivery to cost, time and quality.

Manage project risks, issues, dependencies and actions, ensuring updates are maintained weekly and escalations are made where required.

Support governance forums by ensuring inputs, outputs, pre-reads, minutes and highlight reports are completed in line with programme standards.

Implement programme change control processes across the workstream, including impact assessments, change requests, planning and delivery.

Communicate project progress through regular updates and reports, ensuring stakeholder expectations remain aligned with project goals.

Facilitate lessons learned activity and support continuous improvement across delivery, quality and reporting standards.

Requirements Of the Role

Proven experience as an IT Project Manager - BEV Project or in a prominent project management role within a complex, multi-workstream programme.

Extensive experience delivering complex IT infrastructure, networking and communications projects within industrial, manufacturing or factory systems environments.

Strong project management capability, including the creation and management of large-scale project plans.

Strong leadership, communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and coordinate teams in a matrix environment.

Experience managing risks, issues, dependencies, actions and mitigation strategies across complex delivery programmes.

Deep knowledge of project methodologies, ideally, Waterfall.

Strong understanding of software development lifecycle and quality assurance best practices.

Experience managing diverse teams and third-party suppliers in high-pressure environments.

Prince2 certification or equivalent preferred.

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Please note, this role is deemed outside of IR35 – you will be operating as a Limited company Contractor