Job Description

Project Manager - Network Services

Hybrid / Agile Working (Warwick or Farnborough)

Full time, Permanent

Networks / Networks Transformation

Telent are in a strong position to recruit a Project Manager to join our Network Services Project Management team. With increased demand across our Blue Light and Emergency Services portfolio, we are seeking an experienced Project Manager who can drive successful project delivery while maintaining a strong customer focus.

This is a hybrid working role, based from your nearest Telent office (ideally Warwick or Farnborough) with home working available 3-4 days per week.

As a Project Manager at Telent, you will be trusted and empowered to deliver critical and complex projects. You’ll have the freedom to innovate, take ownership, and make agile decisions in a supportive environment that encourages professional growth. Join us in helping to build, maintain, and protect the nation’s critical infrastructure, 24/7.

The Role

This Project Manager role involves leading, managing, and coordinating assigned projects to ensure delivery meets all contractual requirements for quality, safety, programme, budget, and customer satisfaction. You will operate within a matrix-managed environment and ensure compliance with Telent and client Quality, Environmental, Health and Safety (QEHS) standards throughout the project lifecycle. This particular Project Manager role requires knowledge, understanding, and ideally, experience with Project Management around Networking / Network Transformation / Networks Refresh programmes. The role also involved and includes Financial and Commercial management of projects – Profit and Loss (P&L), financial performance and budget control.

Project Manager – What you’ll do

• Lead and own all aspects of end-to-end project delivery, ensuring projects are completed safely, on time, within budget, and to agreed quality standards.
• Deliver office- and site-based activities as required, ensuring compliance with Telent and client QEHS procedures.
• Develop, implement, and maintain project delivery plans, mobilisation plans, and detailed project schedules.
• Establish and maintain effective governance, controls, and reporting processes, including KPIs, RAID logs, and financial reporting.
• Proactively identify, manage, and mitigate project risks and issues throughout the project lifecycle.
• Provide day-to-day leadership, direction, and support to assigned project delivery teams, ensuring clear communication and prioritisation.
• Act as the primary customer interface for allocated projects, managing stakeholder relationships and expectations.
• Manage and coordinate installation and commissioning activities for specified products and services.
• Ensure correct implementation and communication of QEHS requirements for Telent staff and subcontractors.
• Manage project finances, including profit and loss, cash flow forecasting, and cost control using designated systems.
• Ensure materials are ordered on time, logistics plans are maintained, and delivery programmes are met.
• Produce and maintain project documentation within designated document management systems.
• Manage change control processes, ensuring all variations are documented, approved, and communicated to the customer.
• Undertake site safety inspections in line with the inspection schedule set by the HSE Manager.
• Manage site handovers and project close-out activities.
• Set up and lead key project meetings, including kick-off meetings, stage gate reviews, and close-out sessions.
• Present monthly contract and project performance reviews to senior management.
• Support bid and tender activities as required, including project plans, risk assessments, method statements, and RAID documentation.
• Encourage collaboration across internal teams, customers, and wider project stakeholders.
• Line manage direct reports in line with HR policies, procedures, and business processes.
• Identify opportunities for continuous improvement and contribute to business change initiatives.

Project Manager – Who you are

You are an experienced and confident Project Manager with a strong background in delivering complex, multi-disciplinary projects. You are highly organised, commercially aware, and comfortable working autonomously in a fast-paced environment. You have excellent communication and leadership skills, are customer-focused, and are able to balance operational delivery with strategic thinking. You are proactive in identifying risks, solving problems, and driving continuous improvement. Experience of Networks / Networks Transformation / Network Refresh and/or Projects within the Blue Light and Enterprise sectors is highly desirable.

Project Manager – Key requirements

• Degree in a technical or project management-related discipline, or equivalent experience.
• Formal Project Management qualification (APM, PMP, PRINCE2) or equivalent experience.
• Proven experience managing complex projects using recognised project management tools and methodologies.
• Strong people management and leadership capability.
• Excellent stakeholder management, presentation, and communication skills.
• Solid commercial and financial management experience, including P&L and cash flow forecasting.
• Working knowledge of Health & Safety regulations, including CDM.
• IOSH Managing Safely (or equivalent).
• Experience delivering multi-million-pound, multi-disciplined national projects.
• Strong IT skills, including Microsoft Office and document management systems and Microsoft Project.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities with minimal supervision.

Telent – What we offer

A career at Telent provides opportunities to work across sectors, technologies, and customers, enabling you to develop new skills and make a real impact. We are growing, and our success relies on the commitment and expertise of our people.

We are committed to fostering an inclusive culture that values diversity, respects difference, and encourages everyone to thrive at work.

Benefits include:

• Company car allowance
• 26 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays, with the option to buy or sell leave
• Company-matched pension scheme
• Flexible benefits portal
• Family-friendly policies
• Occupational health support and wellbeing portal
• Discounts on cinema, restaurants, and shopping through the Telent Rewards scheme

We are passionate about creating a workplace where everyone feels valued, included, and empowered to reach their full potential.

Telent Core Values: Be Collaborative. Be Inclusive. Be Customer Focused. Take Responsibility.

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About Telent
Telent is a leading technology company and specialist in the design, build, support and maintenance, drawing on decades of experience in mission critical communications and technology. of the UK’s critical digital infrastructure. The work we do helps connect thousands of people and communities, using the best technology and innovation available. When you join us, you’ll have the opportunity to make a real impact on all our futures by fulfilling your potential and delivering high performance. We work together to make everyday life work better for everyone. You’ll be part of a team of more than 3,000 brilliant, dedicated people committed to getting the job done well.
Brilliance brought together.

We are guided by our values and behaviours:
Be Inclusive
Take Responsibility
Collaborate
Be Customer-focussed