Job Description

Right across infrastructure, there's a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you're at in your career, with us you'll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.
Where will you be working?
As an organisation, there is little we don't do and plenty to get involved in. Our Group Support roles are vital in making sure we can help over 11,000 people deliver essential infrastructure seamlessly across water, energy, transport and telecom.
This role is in our Technology department, our IT teams design, manage and optimise IT systems to support the smooth and secure operations of our Group.
Want to come and be a part of it?
What will you be doing?
In this role, you'll be instrumental in ensuring the smooth delivery of various IT projects, making a real difference through your planning, communication, and leadership skills.
You'll develop and maintain comprehensive project and communication plans to guide the successful delivery of IT initiatives.
You'll collaborate with M Group's IT PMO Governance, ensuring all activities align with established frameworks.
You'll work closely with all relevant parties to agree on, coordinate, and schedule project activities, fostering a sense of teamwork and shared purpose. As well as lead and inspire the project team, motivating them to reach their full potential and achieve project goals.
Also, you'll take responsibility for managing and reporting on project budgets, maintaining financial clarity and control.
You'll proactively identify, evaluate, and communicate IT project risks, taking action to manage them effectively. Feed these risks into the Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery plans if necessary.
You'll oversee project closure in line with the IT project management approach, ensuring all steps are completed with precision.
We'd expect you to manage changes to project scopes through clear change control processes, documenting and communicating these changes to all key stakeholders.
What you'll bring

• Extensive experience delivering IT Infrastructure and Application consolidation projects, particularly in the context of acquisitions.
• Comprehensive experience working with the Microsoft stack, especially around M365 Tenant, End User Compute (EUC) and device deployment.
• Experience of managing complex and senior stakeholder interactions.
• Proven ability to collaborate, build relationships and influence individuals at all levels.
• Strong communication skills with a proven ability to understand key concepts and communicate effectively with technical staff, business stakeholders and senior management.
• Risk/Issue Management and ensuring escalation processes in place and used effectively.
• Experience of financial accounting and reporting practices. Such as costs, and risks.
• Thorough understanding of the project management process throughout the lifecycle, and the ability to identify issues and take corrective action.

What's in it for you?
We offer a range of benefits designed to support your life in and out of work, some of which include;

• Matched or contributory pension scheme
• Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
• Employee assistance programme
• My Rewards portal, access to 1000's of retail discounts
• Life assurance
• Cycle to work, salary finance and give as you earn schemes
• Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave
• Reward and recognition scheme

In addition, this role offers;

• Company car or allowance and fuel card with a range of EV and hybrid vehicles to choose from
• My Car Choice our salary sacrifice EV/ Hybrid car scheme
• Private health care and health care cash plan for you and your family
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Recommend a friend - get rewarded for introducing people to us!

About us
We want to be an employer of choice and a great place to work, attracting diverse and talented people, who join us and make a difference. We're one of the Top 100 UK companies actively supporting and recruiting army veterans. Our ENABLE inclusion networks bring together people who have a shared passion, to help create an environment where everyone belongs.
Our values help to shape our culture and how we work with one another. We recruit with these values in mind, to ensure your aspirations, and ways of working, align with ours.

• We're responsible and go further for our people, clients, communities and the planet
• We're open and seek new and better ways of exceeding expectations
• We're together and as one team; the whole is greater than the sum of the parts
• We're ambitious and embrace opportunity, to lead essential infrastructure services for life

Whether you're a trainee, apprentice or graduate, or progressing through your career, our people benefit from industry recognised programmes, training and development.
It's an exceptional time to be a part of M Group.
Please note: Occasionally, job adverts might be closed before the stated closing date. Do apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered.
For certain roles, successful candidates will be subject to 3rd party background checks as part of the hiring process. Some roles require drug and alcohol testing as part of induction and onboarding.
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