Infrastructure Project Manager (Network/Infrastructure)

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.

• 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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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.