Project Manager

Mercury is the European leader in construction solutions.

We build and manage complex engineering & construction projects for the world’s leading corporations. Our solutions help deliver technologies and life changing advancements that connect people, communities, and businesses, giving them the power to achieve incredible things. Our people have the courage to be innovative. Their determination and sharp focus enable us to deliver with certainty, time and time again.

We deliver our clients’ visions through leading edge construction solutions across multiple sectors, including Enterprise Data Centres, Advanced Technology & Life Sciences, Hyperscale Data Centres, Fire Protection.

At Mercury, it is our duty to encourage and back our people to realise their vision of themselves. We place them at the heart of what we do, providing challenging opportunities to develop within a great team in a supportive environment that allows them to reach their full potential.

Scope of the Role:

Experienced Project Manager to join our Change Management department. Reporting to the Change Programme Manager, the Project Manager will be responsible for delivering a range of digital and organisational change initiatives across Mercury. These projects require strong coordination, cross‑functional leadership, strategic alignment and rigorous governance. The Project Manager is expected to manage multiple projects concurrently, engaging senior stakeholders, driving delivery, and ensuring readiness, adoption, and sustained value.

Key Responsibilities of the Role:

The daily activities will vary depending on business requirements. It can be expected the scale and complexity of the projects will vary widely, therefore the extent of the deliverables of the project manager will be determined based on a project-by-project basis. However, the following describes a typical workload, but it is not an exhaustive list of activities:

Support the process of business change, improvement, and efficiency by working with business leaders, process owners and relevant stakeholders to implement solutions based on business needs.

Guide and challenge the business to ensure project related decisions are appropriate.

Ensure project alignment with strategic objectives

Identify opportunities for innovation and process re-engineering.

Creative thinking to deliver proposed solutions to meet new or changed business requirements.

Facilitate workshops, decision forums, requirements sessions and readiness checkpoints.

End-to-end project implementation ownership including

Developing suitable project plans & project related documentation (such as risk registers, cut-over plans, change request requirements documentation etc)

In conjunction with business owners, secure required resources for project success

Identify resourcing conflicts, dependencies and operational impacts early.

Manage communication, expectations and engagement across levels.

Work with Change Management to ensure suitable impact assessments and training needs assessments are defined and incorporated into delivery schedule

Ensure all documentation, impact assessments and readiness materials meet governance standards.

Ensure appropriate test plans, scripts and cycles are conducted.

Coordinate successful cutover activities

Business Readiness & Adoption

Work with Change Analyst and Change Management Specialist to ensure organisational readiness for go‑live or transition.

Validate readiness criteria, training, communications and resourcing.

Ensure implementation sequencing mitigates operational disruption.

Support hyper-care, transition and acceptance-into-service.

Project Governance & Reporting

Produce high‑quality project artefacts (project plans, project charters, RAID, reporting etc).

Maintain project documentation, version control and SharePoint repositories.

Report accurately on status, risks and decisions needed.

Ensure compliance with Change & Project Management Frameworks and delivery standards.

Financial, Risk & Compliance Assurance

Manage project budgets, forecasts and cost controls in partnership with Change Programme Manager, Finance and business cost centre owners

Ensure risks are assessed, mitigated and escalated when appropriate.

Support compliance with legal, regulatory, cybersecurity or data requirements.

Multi‑Project Leadership

Prioritise workload to run multiple concurrent projects (of varying tiers).

Balance high‑impact initiatives with smaller strategic improvements.

Manage time, resources and stakeholder bandwidth effectively.

Continuous Improvement

Identify opportunities to refine delivery methods and improve portfolio throughput.

Contribute to updates of templates, processes, playbooks and project delivery standards.

Support maturity growth of Mercury’s Change & Delivery capability.

Competencies:

Strong capability in managing multiple projects simultaneously

Excellent communication, facilitation and stakeholder management skills

Strong negotiation skills with financial business acumen

Ability to influence without direct leadership and address conflict resolution

Strong project planning, RAID management and governance experience

Essential Criteria for the Role:

3–5 years’ experience in project management of project delivery

Project management qualification

Proven experience delivering non‑construction business or digital projects

Demonstrated ability to lead multi-initiatives simultaneously

Desirable Criteria:

Experience in digital transformation, ERP, SaaS or automation projects

Experience in organisational change or operational transformation

Change management experience is a distinct advantage

Exposure to complex project delivery advantageous

Mercury is an equal opportunities employer.