19th August 2025
iSH is recruiting for a Project Lead to join our team.
If you are excited at the opportunity to help shape the future of manufacturing and robotics in West Cumbria we’d love to hear from you.
iSH is driving regional regeneration by building thriving clusters in manufacturing and robotics. We’re looking for a proactive, organised, and passionate Project Lead to spearhead initiatives that deliver real socio-economic impact for the region.
Project Lead Role Profile
Role purpose
The Project Lead is responsible for helping define and then deliver, the projects that support Industrial Solutions Hub’s (iSH) vision and mission of regional regeneration activities. The role will support our project and programme approach from the current initial set-up through to optimisation, and instill a project management discipline into our activities to achieve our medium and long-term goals of bringing positive sustainable socio-economic outcomes to the region and delivering against our defined Programme Outcomes. Principle responsibilities
• Developing detailed project plans, including scope, goals, deliverables, resource allocation, timelines, and budgets.
• Supporting the delivery of iSH cluster projects where they relate to manufacturing and robotics.
• Managing the day to day project lifecycles including scope, cost, risk identification and mitigation, schedule and change management.
• Developing the project management frameworks appropriate to the size and scale of our organisation, balancing pace and agility with appropriate governance and control.
• Assisting in driving the projects towards successful completion and using creative problem solving to overcome hurdles, blockers and risks.
• Managing the project budget, monitoring project costs, tracking KPIs, and reporting on financial status, making adjustments as necessary to ensure project success.
• Documenting project activities, including plans, designs, reports, and updates.
• Communicating updates regularly with team and stakeholders on project progress, challenges, and changes in scope as necessary.
• Organising and coordinating meetings and events and supporting the cluster programme and supply chain development programme delivery.
• Collaborating with senior managers and stakeholders to ensure all aspects of projects are aligned and progressing smoothly.
Skills and Experience
Education: The postholder must either be able to demonstrate that they have education qualifications to degree level, a comprehensive understanding of project management or business management qualifications. Engineering or a related field is preferred.
Experience: Engineering knowledge or systems thinking experience beneficial. 5+ years experience in project management or a related role is beneficial.
Communication Skills: Excellent verbal and written communication skills are essential for effective collaboration with team members and stakeholders.
Organisational Skills: Strong organisational abilities to manage multiple tasks and projects simultaneously while meeting deadlines. Enjoys proactively driving projects through the project lifecycle with enthusiasm and dynamism and a willingness to be involved in the hands on delivery of all projects.
Technical Proficiency: Familiarity with project management software and Power BI advantageous.
Working relationships
· Reporting to the Programme Director, this is a role which will interact with a range of people within and outside the organisation including, but not limited to, colleagues, stakeholders, funders, suppliers, educations institutions
Decision making authority
· The role is responsible for making recommendations about the project management tools, systems and approach used in managing our projects.
· The role is responsible for ensuring that all iSH projects are delivered to time, cost and quality.
Working arrangements
· Salary £45,000-£50,000 plus Pension Contribution
· Full-time (37.5 hours per week) based at Cleator Moor, West Cumbria
· 25 days holiday plus public holidays
· Must have a right to live and work in the UK.
Please apply by providing your CV and a supporting statement of no more than two A4 pages, demonstrating your suitability for the role based on the responsibilities and criteria outlined above.
🔹Closing Date for applications: Monday 8th September 2025, 5pm
🔹Interviews: Week commencing 22nd September 2025
🔹Applications should be submitted to jobs@ishco.co.uk .
Interested candidates may want to contact miranda.kirschel@ishco.co.uk for informal discussions before submitting their application.