Project Manager - Innovation Centre & Technical Facilities Delivery

📍 Location: Bicester
💰 Rate: £500 per day (Inside IR35)
📅 Contract Length: 6 Months

The Opportunity

We are recruiting for an experienced Project Manager to lead the delivery of a major Innovation Centre programme alongside a dedicated Electronics Laboratory facility. This is a high-profile role where you will oversee complex capital projects from concept and business case approval through to procurement, installation, commissioning, and operational handover.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in developing cutting-edge technical facilities that will support engineering, testing, verification, and product development activities for years to come.

The Role

As Project Manager, you will take ownership of multiple technical workstreams across specialist laboratories, test bays, manufacturing and development environments, workshops, and associated support facilities.

Working closely with internal stakeholders, suppliers, contractors, procurement teams, and engineering consultants, you will ensure all facility infrastructure, equipment, and operational requirements are delivered safely, compliantly, and on schedule.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the planning, governance, and delivery of the Innovation Centre and Electronics Laboratory projects.
• Manage investment approvals, business cases, governance processes, and senior stakeholder reporting.
• Oversee capital equipment procurement, relocation, installation, commissioning, and validation activities.
• Drive project schedules, budgets, dependencies, risk management, and change control processes.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams, external consultants, suppliers, and contractors to achieve project objectives.
• Resolve technical, operational, and commercial challenges while maintaining project momentum.
• Implement effective project management controls throughout design, procurement, installation, commissioning, and handover phases.
• Ensure facilities, infrastructure, and equipment meet operational, safety, and compliance requirements before handover.

About You

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Proven experience delivering complex capital, facilities, engineering, laboratory, or technical infrastructure projects.
• Strong project planning, governance, commercial, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience presenting to senior leadership teams and governance boards.
• A track record of managing suppliers, contractors, consultants, and procurement activities.
• The ability to lead multiple workstreams simultaneously whilst delivering against budget, quality, scope, and schedule targets.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills, with the ability to engage stakeholders at all levels.

Desirable Experience

• Experience working within regulated engineering, laboratory, healthcare, manufacturing, or other highly controlled environments.
• Professional project management qualifications such as APM PMQ, PRINCE2 Practitioner, PMP, or equivalent.

Why Apply?

• Competitive daily rate of £500 per day (Inside IR35).
• Initial 6-month contract with a significant and business-critical project.
• Opportunity to lead the delivery of advanced technical and innovation facilities.
• Exposure to senior stakeholders and strategic investment programmes.
• Chance to make a lasting impact on future engineering and technology capabilities.

Interested? Apply today or contact us for a confidential discussion about this exciting Project Manager opportunity in Bicester.