Project Manager – Peterborough

Company: Portakabin
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Location: Peter Tavy
Job Description:

Department: Peterborough Hire And Service Centre

Location: Peterborough Hire And Service Centre

Application Deadline: 8 May 2026

Compensation: £44,000 – £54,000 / year

Description

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.

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.

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

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Posted: April 17th, 2026