Senior PM Planner: Governance & Assurance Leader

6 Month Contract Inside IR35
Location: Halewood (Onsite)

We are supporting our client with the hire of an experienced Project Management Planner to support a portfolio of non-production projects within a complex, fast paced engineering and manufacturing environment.

This is a senior assurance-focused PM role, providing structure, governance, and pace across multiple workstreams rather than hands-on technical delivery.

The Project Management Planner will play a key role in ensuring robust project governance, risk management, and assurance disciplines are applied consistently across all non production projects. Acting as a senior interface between central functions and plant teams, the role focuses on escalation management, gateway governance, and portfolio hygiene.

• Ensure all non production projects are managed with appropriate project management discipline and governance.
• Facilitate escalation pathways between central engineering (GME) and plant teams to resolve issues and maintain momentum.
• Lead and coordinate gateway reviews across all non production projects.
• Own the agenda, preparation, and execution of non production Group & Domain review meetings.
• Actively triage risks and issues, ensuring hygiene, assurance, and governance standards are upheld.
• Maintain accountability for enforcing PM discipline across the non production portfolio.

• Lead cross functional project teams across the full lifecycle, from initiation through to closure.
• Develop and maintain detailed project plans, schedules, dependencies, and resource profiles.
• Proactively identify and mitigate risks, ensuring appropriate contingencies are in place.
• Communicate project status, risks, and dependencies clearly to senior stakeholders and leadership.
• Drive continuous improvement in project delivery processes, tools, and standards.
• Mentor junior project managers and contribute to the development of PM best practice.
• Build and maintain strong stakeholder engagement across multiple business functions.

• Oversight of vehicle programme projects.
• Responsibility for technical or engineering solution development.
• Direct accountability for hands on project delivery.
• Vendor or supplier management responsibilities.

• Proven experience operating in a senior project management or assurance role, ideally within manufacturing, engineering, or operational environments.
• Strong understanding of project governance, portfolio assurance, and risk management.
• Excellent facilitation, leadership, and stakeholder communication skills.
• Comfortable managing multiple complex projects concurrently.
• PMP, PRINCE2, or equivalent certification preferred.
• Strong planning capability (P6 experience highly desirable).