Project Manager


Company:	Hunter Selection Limited
Salary:	£40,000 - £45,000
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Cardiff, CF11 2EW
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	10 Aug 2026
Closing date:	28 Aug 2026

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Summary

Project Manager

Cardiff CF11

£45,000

Commutable from Cardiff, Penarth, Barry, Chepstow, Newport, Bridgend, Pontypridd, Cwmbran, Caerphilly, Llantrisant, Abergavenny, Pontypool

Benefits:-

26 Days + Bank Holidays

Pension

Free access to public transport for family

Death in service

Health Cash Plan

Cycle to work Scheme

Early finish on Friday

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Project Manager to join a leading engineering organisation delivering programmes. This customer-facing role will take ownership of projects from mobilisation through to completion, ensuring delivery against scope, budget, quality and timescale objectives.

Working closely with customers, you will play a key role in driving successful project outcomes and maintaining strong stakeholder relationships. The position offers a challenging and rewarding environment where safety, operational excellence and continuous improvement are at the heart of everything. This is an excellent opportunity for a project professional with an engineering or manufacturing background to make a significant impact within a highly respected sector.

Roles and Responsibilities:

Lead Heavy Maintenance and Rolling Stock Overhaul projects from mobilisation through to completion, ensuring delivery against contract requirements, KPIs, budgets and timelines.

Develop project delivery plans, resource strategies, programmes and cost plans, while coordinating operational teams to achieve safe and successful outcomes.

Manage customer relationships and complex stakeholder engagement, ensuring project objectives, customer expectations and commercial targets are met.

Monitor project performance, margins, risks and financials through reporting, analysis and corrective actions to drive efficiency and profitability.

Oversee project governance, meetings, health & safety compliance, competency requirements, tender support and project close-out activities, including lessons learned reviews.

Requirements

Proven project management experience within an engineering or manufacturing environment.

Demonstrable track record of successfully delivering complex projects to agreed timescales, scope and quality standards.

High level of proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including Microsoft Project, with the ability to produce and manage detailed project plans and reports.

Excellent organisational, time management and attention-to-detail skills, enabling effective prioritisation in a fast-paced, operational environment.

Collaborative team player who is also capable of working independently and using initiative to resolve issues.

Strong customer-focused mindset, with well-developed stakeholder management and relationship-building skills.

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Suitable candidates should apply immediately by calling Jack Lavis for this vacancy - on 02920 894901 or by sending your CV directly to him at jackl@hunterselection.co.uk

If you are interested in this position please click 'apply'.

Hunter Selection Limited is a recruitment consultancy with offices UK wide, specialising in permanent & contract roles within Engineering & Manufacturing, IT & Digital, Science & Technology and Service & Sales sectors.

Please note as we receive a high level of applications we can only respond to applicants whose skills & qualifications are suitable for this position. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010.

For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.

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