Group Project Manager
We’re hiring a Project Manager to join our Group PMO team in Stockport. With many live projects and rapid PE-backed growth, you’ll lead high-impact transformation across group and business units.
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Project Manager
Stockport HQ
Travel Required
Competitive Salary
OCU is at the forefront of infrastructure engineering—driving innovation across the UK’s utilities, energy, and digital sectors. Backed by cutting-edge technology and private equity investment, we don’t just support the market—we lead it.
With a rapidly growing client base across power, water, telecoms, and energy transition, we’re scaling fast and looking for exceptional talent to join us.
We’re now hiring a Project Manager to join our Group PMO team in Stockport. With 60–70 live projects in motion and bold growth on the horizon, this is a unique opportunity to lead transformation across both group and business units in a high-impact, hands-on role.
You’ll manage a portfolio of 4–6 diverse projects at once—spanning digital, operational, and strategic initiatives—blending delivery execution with big-picture thinking.
Why This Role Stands Out:
- PE-backed growth business with big plans—career progression is not just possible, it’s expected.
- High-impact role reporting to the Group Programme Management Director.
- Work across OCU Digital, OCU Data, and senior stakeholders.
- Be at the centre of change—driving digital transformation, ERP implementations, and other major initiatives.
What You’ll Be Doing:
- End-to-end ownership of projects across business and group functions.
- Lead contract mobilisation, systems implementation, and process improvement.
- Manage budgets, risks, timelines, and stakeholders—internal and external.
- Collaborate cross-functionally to align outcomes with strategic goals.
- Engage in hands-on problem solving, guiding teams through complex challenges.
- Champion PMO governance and reporting, contributing to the maturity of the function.
Who We’re Looking For:
- Proven project leadership experience (10+ years) in complex, matrix environments.
- Ideally experienced in digital, ERP, or business transformation projects.
- Backgrounds in program, change, or delivery management are welcomed.
- Strong communicator, comfortable working across multiple departments and with senior leadership.
- Agile, PRINCE2, or PMP qualifications are desirable.
Location & Travel:
- Based at Stockport HQ, with travel as required.
Career Growth:
Join a tight-knit, growing PMO team (you’ll be the 4th Project Manager) and access clear progression pathways across the group as the business scales rapidly. With exposure to cross-business functions and digital strategy, this is a genuine career-defining role.
Ready to be part of something bigger? Apply now to make your mark in a high-growth, PE-backed environment where delivery and impact go hand in hand.
- Division
- OCU Utilities
- Locations
- Stockport
- Employment type
- Full-time
- Employment Status
- PAYE/Staff
Stockport
Our People, our Culture, our Values
As a business, we pride ourselves on operating a ‘People First’ culture, striving to constantly deliver on our 5 core company values.
1. We Care about Safety - It is our goal for everyone working on our behalf to go home healthy and safe at the end of each and every day.
2. We lead with Integrity - Integrity is central to everything we do. Without it, we wouldn’t have the relationships with our clients, nor would we have built an enviable reputation within the industry.
3. We strive to be Better everyday - We take pride in everything we do. This involves a meticulous approach to our work, endeavouring to make each day better than the last.
4. We make a Positive Impact - We want to make the places we work in better; leaving a lasting infrastructure and social legacy. We believe in proactivity to maximise impact.
5. We Deliver to Grow - The successful delivery of frameworks and contracts feeds our ability to grow strategically and strengthen OCU to expand the business and capabilities even further.
About OCU
Established in 1994, OCU Group is one of the fastest growing utility engineering contractors in the UK, with a long successful track record in delivering customer-focused civil engineering solutions.
Working directly with many of the country’s leading blue-chip power, water, telecoms and rail clients, we are looking for the very best talent to join our growing team.
We pride ourselves on empowering our employees and offering opportunities for them to take control of their own personal development and career progression in a supportive environment.
We believe that being successful is a choice.
We choose to be successful.
We are OCU, ‘One Company United’.
Group Project Manager
We’re hiring a Project Manager to join our Group PMO team in Stockport. With many live projects and rapid PE-backed growth, you’ll lead high-impact transformation across group and business units.
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