Sword is a leading provider of business technology solutions within the Energy, Public and Finance Sectors, driving transformational change within our clients. We use proven technology, specialist teams and domain expertise to build solid technical foundations across platforms, data, and business applications. We have a passion for using technology to solve business problems, working in partnership with our clients to help in achieving their goals.
We are seeking an experienced IT Project Manager to lead the delivery of a large‑scale digital transformation programme within an asset‑intensive environment.
The Project Manager will play a key role in data readiness, system adoption, and integration delivery, working closely with operational leaders, IT teams, vendors, and field‑based users
- Manage the full waterfall delivery lifecycle including discovery, design, build, UAT, training, and go‑live.
- Plan and manage scope, schedule, budget, risks, issues, and dependencies.
- Coordinate internal IT teams, vendors, and business stakeholders across multiple workstreams.
- Lead project activities centred on an Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) platform, primarily IBM Maximo or equivalent.
- Oversee data readiness and migration from multiple legacy and siloed sources into the EAM system.
- Ensure data quality, completeness, and suitability for operational use and reporting.
- Support system integrations between the EAM platform and other enterprise systems.
- Drive standardisation of inspection and maintenance workflows enabled by the EAM platform.
- Ensure business requirements are fully translated into functional and technical delivery outcomes.
- Lead engagement with stakeholders across operations, IT, field users, and leadership teams.
Requirements
- Proven experience delivering enterprise IT projects in a utilities, infrastructure, or asset‑intensive environment.
- Strong experience Maximo or another Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) solution.
- Demonstrated experience in data readiness, data migration, and data quality management
- Solid understanding of maintenance, inspection, and work management processes.
- Proven ability to drive user adoption and operational change.
- Strong stakeholder management skills across technical and non‑technical audiences.
- Experience working in a Agile or waterfall delivery model.
- Knowledge or experience with ArcGIS or other GIS platforms.
- Experience delivering system integrations with EAM platforms.
- ERP knowledge, particularly Oracle, especially relating to procurement integration.
- Experience working in regulated or safety‑critical environments.
- Experience delivering mobile application rollouts to operational or field‑based users
Benefits
At Sword, our core values and culture are based on caring about our people, investing in training and career development, and building inclusive teams where we are all encouraged to contribute to achieve success.
We offer comprehensive benefits designed to support your professional development and enhance your overall quality of life. In addition to a Competitive Salary, here's what you can expect as part of our benefits package:
Personalised Career Development: We create a development plan customised to your goals and aspirations, with a range of learning and development opportunities within a culture that encourages growth.
Flexible working: Flexible work arrangements to support your work-life balance. We can’t promise to always be able to meet every request, however, are keen to discuss your individual preferences to make it work where we can.
A Fantastic Benefits Package: This includes generous annual leave allowance, enhanced family friendly benefits, pension scheme, access to private health, well-being, and insurance schemes, an employee assistance programme, discounted cash plan and more….
At Sword we are dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace and are proud to be an equal opportunities employer, ensuring that all applicants receive fair and equal consideration for employment, regardless of whether they meet every requirement. If you don’t tick all the boxes but feel you have some of the relevant skills and experience we’re looking for, please do consider applying and highlight your transferable skills and experience. We embrace diversity in all its forms, valuing individuals regardless of age, disability, gender identity or reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation. Your perspective and potential are important to us.
If we can do anything to help make the hiring process more accessible, please let our talent acquisition team know when you apply so we can support any adjustments.
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