About Us

We are the UK network service provider making digital infrastructure simple.

Whether indoors or outdoors, we make sure our customers can always connect their customers. We bring together mobile operators, central and local government, and real estate providers to work together in new ways using: Collaborative commercial models, combined real-estate and telecoms know-how, and global best practice.

We have 6000+ mast site locations, have connected 2000+ buildings and support 200+ outdoor networks. And our managed sites include some of the biggest, most challenging wireless environments in the UK, including railway stations, Canary Wharf, City of London and events like the London Olympics.

The Role

We are hiring a Senior Project Manager who will lead a team working on the VMO2 account. This role is responsible for ensuring all staff and projects are aligned to Freshwave's processes, procedures, standards and business strategy as well as being the main contact for our client. This role requires active input into all four areas to ensure staff and the business develop in line or ahead of current industry and market standards and trends.

Requirements

Team Management

• Resource allocation for internal staff and external contractors in line with project demand.
• Project review and escalation for all projects in team portfolio.
• Finance and procurement review and approval for all projects in team portfolio.
• Project allocation to team members or other teams.
• Review and approve project and H&S documentation produced by team members.
• Weekly review of team's project status using online management tool (Perform).

Workstream & Business Management

• Update and produce weekly/monthly client project status reports with key milestone data, risks and issues.
• Update and produce monthly project kit stock trackers status updates and flag and action stock issues as necessary.
• Lead weekly and monthly client update meetings
• Engage and manage stakeholders across all levels of the department..

Project Management

• Direct management of projects where necessary including procurement, health & safety, resource allocation, contracts and documentation production.
• Technical input into non-BAU projects and design proposals.
• Support internal Sales team and Client with opportunities and risk management.

About you

• Accredited project management methodology (Agile, PRINCE2, APM, etc).
• Delivery experience in inbuilding DAS solutions, Small Cells as well as end to end delivery of telecommunications infrastructure projects.
• Experience managing a team.
• Procurement and contract knowledge.
• Construction health & Safety knowledge. Ideally accredited for construction site management with experience delivering IT infrastructure projects.
• Good IT literacy with experience utilising Microsoft platform including Dynamics D365, MS Projects, Sharepoint, MS Teams and MS Office (Powerpoint, Word and Excel).
• Excellent finance and budget experience.
• Experience working across different infrastructure projects: Stadiums, transport hubs, offices, public areas, etc.

Benefits

• Group Personal Pension

• Life Assurance
• Income Protection Insurance
• Private Medical Insurance (PMI)
• Free Eye Tests
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Cycle-to-Work Scheme

Our Values

Our values are what set us apart from the rest. They are what enable us to bring assured connectivity wherever it's needed. We use these values to inform everything we do and the way we act as professionals - think of them as what's important to us collectively, as well as how we prefer to work.

The successful candidate will be aligned with our company commitments:

• Engineering excellence: we're engineering experts and the quality of our output is second to none
• Do the right thing: we're neutral in our position, doing what's best for our people, our partners, our customers, society and the environment
• Set the pace: we act quickly and work efficiently, setting the pace for our projects and industry standards

Sustainability and CSR:

We implement environmental, social, and corporate governance:

• Innovate for Impact: We pride ourselves on many industry firsts, driven by both technical and commercial innovation. From access to assured connectivity indoors in hospitals to smarter cities, we'll continue to improve access to connectivity where it matters most.
• A thriving workforce: We're nimble and fast-growing and our success relies on diverse talent from a range of backgrounds. From this running start in an industry with known diversity challenges, we're putting structure and focus around our diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.
• Embracing Net Zero: This year we've baselined our carbon footprint. We choose to include key measures for the future like waste management and will be focused on our supply chain. You can read more about our targets in our Carbon Reduction Plan here.

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging:

Here at Freshwave, we are dedicated to making our recruitment process as inclusive as possible, and aim to do everything we can to make you feel comfortable and supported throughout. We recognise that applying for a new job can be daunting, so please let us know if there is anything we can do to enable you to be yourself, and we will look to provide any reasonable adjustments to support all applicants.