Senior Project Manager contract

About Us

We manage some of the UK’s largest and most complex wireless environments, including multiple central London boroughs and Docklands. Across more than 5,000 mast site locations, 2,000 connected buildings and 200+ outdoor networks, our work helps ensure people stay connected where it matters most.

Backed by DigitalBridge, we bring together deep telecoms expertise and commercial real estate know-how to deliver long-term impact in the market. We are also proud to be certified as a Great Place to Work , with 82 percent of our people saying it is a great place to work, compared with 54 percent at a typical UK-based company.

The Role

At Freshwave , we are looking for an experienced Senior Project Manager to join our delivery team on an initial 6-month day rate contract , with strong potential for extension.

This is an exciting opportunity to take ownership of complex indoor mobile and WiFi deployment projects , playing a key role in delivering high-quality connectivity solutions across a fast-paced and innovative environment.

As a Senior Project Manager, you will lead multiple projects end-to-end, ensuring they are delivered on time, within budget and to the highest quality standards, with a strong focus on right-first-time handover into Network Engineering & Operations.

Reporting into the Head of Delivery, you will bring strong programme leadership, stakeholder management and commercial awareness, working closely with teams across Commercial, Engineering, Supply Chain and Operations to drive successful outcomes.

If you enjoy working in a dynamic environment and thrive on delivering complex projects at pace, we’d love to hear from you.

Key responsibilities

End-to-End Delivery: Lead multiple Indoor & WiFi projects from contract award to handover, ensuring on-time, on-budget, high-quality delivery.

• Planning & Coordination: Develop delivery plans, manage dependencies, and align cross-functional teams across Design, Build, Integration, and Operations.
• Financial & Commercial: Own project budgets, track costs, forecast resources, and support smooth contract-to-delivery transitions.
• Stakeholder Management: Serve as primary contact for customers, partners, landlords, and MNOs; provide clear, data-driven updates and governance.
• Supplier & Partner Oversight: Drive supplier performance, adherence to SLAs, and optimise frameworks and costs.
• Quality & Continuous Improvement: Ensure Right-First-Time delivery, structured handovers, quality governance, and ongoing process improvements.

Requirements

Knowledge and Experience

• Proven track record in delivering telecoms solutions is essential
• Strong understanding of the end-to-end telecoms deployment lifecycle
• Experience managing multiple complex projects concurrently
• Commercially and financially astute with budget ownership experience
• Knowledge of construction and telecoms health & safety, including CDM regulations
• Familiarity with project management methodologies (PRINCE2, APM, Agile, or similar)
• Strong reporting skills and ability to make data-driven decisions

Benefits

Why Freshwave:
You’ll be joining a dynamic team with a clear focus on operational excellence and end-to-end project delivery. This contract offers £500-£550 per day and the opportunity to extend beyond six months, giving you both stability and variety in your work.

Apply today and take the next step in your contracting career with Freshwave!

We’re pleased to have been certified by Great Place to Work . 82% of our people think it’s a great place to work compared to 54% of employees at a typical UK-based company. You can check out our Great Place to Work profile here:

Our Values

Our values are what set us apart from the rest. They are what enable us to bring assured connectivity wherever it’s needed. We use these values to inform everything we do and the way we act as professionals – think of them as what’s important to us collectively, as well as how we prefer to work.

The successful candidate will be aligned with our company commitments:

• Engineering excellence: we’re engineering experts and the quality of our output is second to none
• Do the right thing: we’re neutral in our position, doing what’s best for our people, our partners, our customers, society and the environment
• Set the pace: we act quickly and work efficiently, setting the pace for our projects and industry standards

Sustainability and CSR:

We implement environmental, social, and corporate governance:

• Innovate for Impact : We pride ourselves on many industry firsts, driven by both technical and commercial innovation. From access to assured connectivity indoors in hospitals to smarter cities, we’ll continue to improve access to connectivity where it matters most.
• A thriving workforce: We’re nimble and fast-growing and our success relies on diverse talent from a range of backgrounds. From this running start in an industry with known diversity challenges, we’re putting structure and focus around our diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.
• Embracing Net Zero: This year we’ve baselined our carbon footprint. We choose to include key measures for the future like waste management and will be focused on our supply chain. You can read more about our targets in our Carbon Reduction Plan here.

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging:

Here at Freshwave, we are dedicated to making our recruitment process as inclusive as possible, and aim to do everything we can to make you feel comfortable and supported throughout. We recognise that applying for a new job can be daunting, so please let us know if there is anything we can do to enable you to be yourself, and we will look to provide any reasonable adjustments to support all applicants.