Project Management Administrator

Please note: This is 3-year fixed term contract

A well-established engineering organisation is hiring a Project Administrator / PMO professional to support complex, long-term development programmes. This is a governance-focused PMO role , working closely with project and programme managers to ensure projects are planned realistically, controlled effectively, and continuously improved, with exposure across early-phase, development and production-stage projects.

The position suits someone who enjoys working at the centre of technically complex projects and is confident challenging assumptions around schedule, cost and resources.

Key responsibilities

• Build, maintain and challenge integrated project schedules for complex development projects
• Support project governance across planning, budgeting, resourcing and reporting
• Translate technical inputs into structured, logical project plans and cost forecasts
• Track plan vs actual performance and support corrective actions
• Maintain project data in planning and ERP-style systems and contribute to reporting
• Work closely with programme managers and cross-functional stakeholders
• Prepare inputs for project reviews and management decision-making
• Facilitate and moderate project and planning meetings, including hybrid or agile-style sessions
• Support continuous improvement of project management processes and tools

Must-haves / requirements

• Experience in a PMO, project planning or project control role
• Strong scheduling capability using professional planning tools (e.g. MS Project or similar)
• Solid understanding of project planning, budgeting and resource management
• Confident communicator with the ability to challenge inputs constructively
• Strong analytical skills and a structured, methodical working style
• Comfortable working in structured, engineering-led environments
• Business-fluent English and at least B2 level German