Overview

Infrastructure Project Manager (Network/Infrastructure)

Location: Manchester, UK (Hybrid - office days to be agreed with customer)
Contract: Full-time, 3-6 months
Estimated start date: 16 March 2026
Travel: Regular travel to UK sites (UK & Ireland) required
Role overview

We are looking for a strong Infrastructure Project Manager to support the Siemens Energy account. You will lead and coordinate infrastructure and network-related projects across multiple sites, including upgrades, cutovers, new site delivery, and incident-driven site interventions. This is a hands-on role that blends project delivery with on-site infrastructure support in a complex, multi-stakeholder environment.

Responsibilities

• On-site network support
  
  • Provide hands-on support during network upgrades, cutovers, and infrastructure changes.
  • Travel to sites across the UK & Ireland during unplanned outages to support diagnosis, recovery, and service restoration.
  • Support LAN/WAN/Wi-Fi troubleshooting, equipment replacement, patching, cabling, and physical device validation.
  
  New site design & delivery
  
  • Work with partners and business leaders to capture requirements for new office and factory networks.
  • Build implementation timelines, create high-level/low-level designs (where required), and gather cost estimates.
  • Project manage network deployments and major changes, maintaining:
    
    • Risk registers
    • Project plans
    • Delivery trackers
    • Stakeholder updates
  
  Project delivery & coordination
  
  • Manage delivery dependencies, milestones, and outcomes across multiple workstreams.
  • Coordinate vendors, partners, and internal teams to ensure smooth execution and handover.
  • Drive governance and documentation to maintain a clear audit trail.
  
  Operational & stakeholder management
  
  • Coordinate infrastructure activities across Business, Real Estate, Digital Core / Infrastructure, and external vendors.
  • Communicate technical issues clearly to non-technical stakeholders.
  • Lead or support incident management in multi-site / industrial environments.
  • Influence stakeholders and negotiate outage windows to minimise business disruption.
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Qualifications

Required experience & skills

• Proven experience delivering IT infrastructure and/or network projects (multi-site strongly preferred).
• Strong project management fundamentals: planning, RAID/risk logs, dependency tracking, reporting.
• Comfortable working on-site and in operational environments (including unplanned outage response).
• Strong vendor/partner management and coordination skills.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate technical topics for business audiences.
• Experience working with LAN/WAN/Wi-Fi environments and physical infrastructure changes (hands-on understanding).

Nice to have

• Experience in industrial, manufacturing, utilities, or energy environments.
• Familiarity with structured delivery frameworks (Agile/Waterfall/hybrid), ITIL/incident processes, or change management.