What’s involved with this role: Interim Project Manager - Infrastructure ServiceReference no: Hampshire 104829Pay Rate: £42.68 per hour PAYE 37 Monday – Friday, normal working hoursThis opening assignment is for 11 monthsCity: WINCHESTERKey responsibilities: *Manage the delivery of capital works, ensuring alignment with Portsmouth’s strategic goals and regeneration objectives. 

*Collaborate closely with the Senior Project Manager to implement plans and resolve high-level challenges while independently managing allocated projects. 

*Ensure all project documentation, including risk logs, progress reports, and financial forecasts, is maintained to the highest standards. 

*Develop project budgets, monitor costs, and ensure expenditures align with approved limits.

*Support financial reporting, including analysis of project costs and value-for-money outcomes.

*Supervise Assistant Project Managers, ensuring they have clear direction and support to meet their responsibilities. 

*Act as a mentor to junior team members, fostering their professional growth and development. 

*Work with multidisciplinary teams, contractors, and external consultants to drive project success

*Represent the Council in consultations with internal and external stakeholders, ensuring that all voices are heard, and project outcomes are optimised. 

*Prepare and deliver high-quality reports, presentations, and updates for Project Boards and stakeholders. 

Key requirements: *HND/Degree in a relevant subject (e.g., Civil Engineering, Project Management).  

*Professional qualification in project management (e.g., PRINCE2 Practitioner) and/or membership of a relevant professional body (e.g., APM).  

*Familiarity with contracts such as NEC and advanced understanding of project management tools (e.g., Microsoft Project). 

*Significant experience in project management, ideally within civil engineering or infrastructure development. 

*Proven experience managing projects from inception to completion, with a focus on delivering high-impact outcomes.

*Experience in preparing professional reports, correspondence, and presentations.

*Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage diverse stakeholders, from technical teams to elected members and the general public.

*Ability to coordinate multiple tasks, oversee junior staU, and deliver to tight deadlines.

Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for.Clients are generally looking for candidates who are local to, orwho can commute easily to the place of work.  It will help your application if your CV states,  in broad terms,  where you reside – there is no need for a full address.Please feel free to apply to us directly via by quoting the job reference and exact job title.If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension, you will be working at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than umbrella pay terms. We do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity.Due to the number of CVs being sent to us under current market conditions, unfortunately we cannot respond to all applications. If you have not heard from us within 3 working days please assume that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion. We will, however, be very happy to receive future applications from you for other roles.Please note that clients invariably ask us to strip out contact details from CVs before we submit them for consideration. This is always quicker and easier to do if you send your CV to us in Word format, rather than as a PDF please