Project Coordinator

Ringway Jacobs Limited; Crewe; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading highways service provider in the UK is seeking a Project Coordinator to optimize project delivery and enhance financial integrity. This role involves close collaboration with senior management and various teams to ensure projects are set up successfully. The ideal candidate will possess strong skills in Excel and project management tools like MS Project, alongside proven analytical and communication abilities. Flexible working arrangements are available, making this an exciting opportunity to contribute to impactful projects.

Benefits

Sick Pay

Competitive salary

Extra leave purchase option

Discounts through RJ Rewards

Life Assurance

Employee Assistance Programme

Pension scheme

Qualifications

• Strong proficiency in Excel for financial monitoring.
• Experience in managing financial aspects of projects.
• Ability to create complex spreadsheets.

Responsibilities

• Support project delivery and governance.
• Ensure accurate project set-up and financial integrity.
• Drive financial forecasting and reporting.
• Improve program tracking and scheduling.
• Provide operational cross-team support.

Skills

Proficiency in MS Office suite

Experience with MS Project

Analytical skills

Problem-solving skills

Communication skills

Education

Relevant project management qualifications

Tools

MS Project

Job description

As a key member of our project coordination team, you will play an essential role in strengthening how we deliver projects across the organisation. Working closely with senior management, commissioning specialists, engineers, and finance teams, you’ll help ensure projects are set up for success from day one. You’ll maintain accurate budgets and schedules, uphold strong commercial and administrative standards, and contribute to improving the reliability of our project reporting.

This role also offers the opportunity to support process improvements, provide cross‑team cover when needed, and take on a variety of ad hoc tasks that help keep our portfolio running smoothly.

Ringway Jacobs recognises the importance of helping our employees balance their work and home life by offering flexible working arrangements across many of our roles. We therefore welcome applications from people looking for an alternative working pattern e.g. part‑time hours, job share etc. Please let us know on your CV or cover letter if this is what you are looking for.

The Role

• Support project delivery and governance by working across teams and with Senior Management to enhance delivery behaviours, assist with portfolio management, and manage the Design Team’s Early Warning process.
• Ensure accurate project set‑up, close‑out, and financial integrity by working with the Commissioning Team and Management Accountants, maintaining compliance with commercial and administrative guidelines, auditing cost codes, and supporting finance clinics and cost‑code education.
• Drive accurate financial forecasting and reporting, including preparing forecasts for the new financial year, supporting Design Team forecasting needs, and producing unified monthly dashboards for internal and client use.
• Improve programme tracking and scheduling by upgrading programme spreadsheets, integrating with the RJ Hub for accurate spend forecasting, reviewing project schedules for accuracy and standardisation, and delivering training where required.
• Provide operational and cross‑team support including covering Commissioning Team duties, supporting task owners to prevent unapproved spend, and carrying out additional ad hoc responsibilities as needed.

About You

• Strong proficiency in the MS Office suite – especially Excel – with the ability to create, manage, and maintain complex spreadsheets for financial monitoring and modelling.
• Experience using scheduling tools such as MS Project, including the ability to migrate data between systems and support programme‑related processes.
• Proven analytical, problem‑solving, and communication skills, with the capability to help coordinate and control a portfolio of projects (e.g. Design, Road Safety, Traffic).
• Demonstrated experience in managing the financial and programme aspects of projects or operational processes (desirable).
• Relevant project management qualifications or training (desirable), along with the confidence to set up new systems or tools as needed.

Benefits

• Sick Pay
• Competitive salary
• Opportunity to purchase up to 5 days extra leave
• A variety of discounts through our “RJ Rewards” app, including restaurants, holidays, days out etc
• Life Assurance
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Pension scheme

The Company

We are Ringway Jacobs, a leading highways service provider working with local authorities across the UK. Formed in 2005, specifically to provide road network management solutions to local government, our unique blend of engineering capability, innovation and customer care makes us the best in class. We support over 10,000 miles of highways, 10,000 miles of footway, almost 7,800 miles of public rights of way and 242,000 street lights. We excel in delivering safe, sustainable service excellence, through our passion, integrity and collaborative culture.

Ringway Jacobs is an equal opportunities employer. We wish to ensure equality of opportunity in employment and the fair treatment of all our employees.

If you require further details, please contact our Recruitment Team on 0330 311 2502 or e‑mail them on [e-mail], or click on the “Apply Now” button.

Should you require any reasonable adjustments to be made as part of the application process please contact us directly.

We have a dedicated recruitment team and politely request that agencies refrain from contacting anyone across our businesses with regards to speculative CVs or offering to assist with our vacancies, thank you.

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