Project Manager- Milton Keynes

FDM is a global business and technology consultancy seeking a Project Manager to support the Electric Safety Delivery Programme for an end client within the Transport sector. This is initially a 7 month contract with very good prospects to extend and will be an in office role based in Milton Keynes.

This role will support the Head of Engineering / Technical Services in coordinating and managing the First Funding Period (FFP) business planning activities, ensuring effective governance, stakeholder engagement, and delivery against challenging timelines. This is a highly visible role working across senior stakeholder groups. The successful candidate will be confident managing competing priorities, maintaining continuity across evolving plans, and driving effective collaboration across multiple directorates.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate planning activities and associated deliverables across the programme
• Manage, organise, and maintain planning documentation and records within SharePoint and other project management tools
• Plan, facilitate, and coordinate workshops, meetings, and planning sessions, ensuring outputs, actions, and decisions are effectively captured and communicated
• Track and manage queries, decisions, responses, and dependencies relating to FFP activities across multiple stakeholder groups
• Maintain version control and continuity of planning information as requirements, assumptions, and priorities evolve
• Support the development and management of the Technical Authority business plan, ensuring deadlines and governance requirements are met
• Monitor and manage financial information to support planning, forecasting, and decision-making activities
• Produce clear reporting, status updates, and progress tracking for senior stakeholders
• Build strong working relationships across Technical Authority teams and wider end client directorates
• Identify risks, issues, and planning challenges, escalating and driving resolution where required
• Support programme governance activities and ensure information is collated accurately and in a timely manner
  

• Proven experience as a Project Manager within a complex project environment
• Experience coordinating large-scale business planning or strategic planning activities
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple workstreams and competing priorities
• Experience facilitating workshops, meetings, and stakeholder engagement activities
• Excellent document management, version control, and record-keeping skills
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to engage senior leaders and challenge constructively when required
• Experience managing and tracking actions, decisions, and dependencies across multiple teams
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, both written and verbal
• Experience working under tight deadlines and delivering high-quality outputs in a fast-paced environment
• Self-sufficient and proactive approach, with the confidence to ask the right questions and drive activities forward

Nice to Have

• Experience of developing or contributing to business plans within a large organisation
• Previous experience working within Rail or wider Transport industries
• Knowledge of funding period planning, portfolio planning, or strategic programme delivery
• Experience managing financial information, budgets, or forecasting activities
• Strong SharePoint administration and document control experience
• Understanding of engineering governance, technical authority functions, or infrastructure delivery programmes
• Experience navigating complex stakeholder environments with political or organisational sensitivities

This is an excellent opportunity for a highly organised and stakeholder-focused Project Manager to contribute to a strategically important programme supporting the safe and effective future operation of part of the UK's rail infrastructure.

• Career coaching, mentoring and access to upskilling throughout your entire FDM career
• Assignments with global companies and opportunities to work abroad
• Opportunity to re-skill and up-skill into new areas, develop non-linear career paths and build a skillset within your field
• Annual leave and work-place pension