Project Manager – Peterborough – Peterborough

Company: Portakabin
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Job Description:

Project Manager – Peterborough – Peterborough

Are you looking to join a successful and growing organisation who are committed to creating a great safe place to work where all employees have the opportunity to contribute, grow and develop? We are looking for a Project Manager to join our successful hire team in Peterborough, travelling covering the East midlands Region and East Anglia, covering projects across the region.Your skills as a Project Manager will play a critical role in ensuring projects are delivered safely, on time, to specification, to budget and to the satisfaction of the customer, contributing to our continued business growth.* At Portakabin we have a supportive culture, where we nurture and develop our teams. We are looking for a project manager with people leadership skills as this role will have line manager responsibility for part of the project team*.   Role Details:• Annual Salary: £44,000 – £54,000 depending on experience • Annual on target bonus of 10%• Role based: Peterborough Office – Covering the East midlands Region and East Anglia – You must live in the region. • Permanent• Company car • Eligible to join Private Medical Scheme• Annual leave of 25 days per annum plus bank holidays and opportunity to buy an additional 5 days each year.• Full UK driving licence, due to regional travel requirements.

In this role you will be required to:

• Take full project management responsibility for allocated projects, ensuring safe delivery on time, to specification, to budget and to customer satisfaction.• Lead and coordinate multi-disciplinary teams to deliver project objectives.• Maintain or improve project margins and positive cash flow through effective planning and budget management and compliance with company project delivery processes.• Identify, manage and mitigate project risks, maintaining an up-to-date risk register.• Support bid and pre-construction activity as required, contributing project delivery expertise.• Ensure contractual obligations are consistently met.• Produce reports and updates for stakeholders, including analysis of progress against programme, costs and key milestones

Our Ideal Candidate

• Educated to degree level in a relevant discipline, or equivalent relevant experience.• Project management qualification, or equivalent experience.• Proven experience in managing projects with demonstrated ability to lead and coordinate project teams.• People Management experience • Strong knowledge of financial control in project delivery, cost management, and negotiating terms and settlement of final accounts. • Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to resolve issues during project delivery.• Ability to produce clear and accurate reports and analysis for stakeholders.• Strong awareness of Health & Safety, with confidence to challenge or raise concerns on site.• Confidence working on active CDM construction sites (the role is not purely office based).• Comfortable working around heavy plant and logistics, including cranes, HIABs, and abnormal load lorries.• Experience coordinating subcontractors and site activities.• Ability to review drawings, and manage installation sequences.NOTE: If we receive a high volume of applications for a role, we reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than scheduled.

Benefits & Opportunities

• Contributory pension including life insurance benefit • A range of dedicated health and wellbeing services• Cycle to Work Scheme• Employee Benefits Program (Discounts at 100s of shops, gyms, restaurants and even holidays!)• Learning & development opportunities and resources• Opportunity for career progression• A chance to give back to your community with an annual volunteering day

Posted: March 27th, 2026