Project Controls Manager

Job title: Project Controls Manager
Job Type: Permanent
Start date: ASAP - Subject to vetting
Pay rate: £65,000 - £70,000 + Car allowance + benefits
Location: Birmingham, Manchester, Plymouth, Cardiff, Glasgow, Bristol
Hybrid/Remote Working: 2-3 days on-site

Lead the Project Controls function on some of the UK's most significant nuclear programmes. As Project Controls Manager, you will head a cross-discipline team delivering high-risk, high-complexity, high-value projects. You will shape how scope, cost, risk, and schedule integrate, set governance for confident decision-making, and turn performance data into insights that influence senior stakeholders. You will also coach and develop your team, building capability and an empowered culture.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead cross-discipline Project Controls teams on high-risk, high-complexity programmes

• Define scope (exclusions, assumptions, interfaces, dependencies) and coordinate Work Breakdown Structure development

• Establish and maintain a robust Performance Measurement Baseline and manage change control

• Set Supplier Project Controls Contract Requirements and collaborate with suppliers to integrate and analyse performance data

• Ensure integration and alignment of scope, cost, risk, and schedule

• Analyse performance data, including Earned Value Management, to support informed decisions

• Liaise with Finance on Cost and Cash ETC and EAC profiles

• Lead effective risk management, including Quantitative Risk Analysis

• Support resource deployment against resource-loaded schedules

• Establish governance processes for structured, auditable decision-making

• Assure quality, accuracy and integrity of team outputs

• Build relationships to support delivery recovery planning

• Communicate performance, influence stakeholders and promote learning from experience

• Mentor and coach team members to drive continuous capability improvement

Essential Requirements

• Proven track record delivering projects in highly regulated sectors (e.g. defence or infrastructure)

• Project Controls experience across the full project lifecycle

• Experience in two or more Project Controls disciplines (Planning & Scheduling, Cost Estimation, Cost Control, Risk Management or Performance Reporting) and associated tools

• Strong understanding of integrated Project Controls

• Proactive, curious, "can-do" attitude and comfort with ambiguity

• Strong communication and leadership skills with the ability to influence, motivate, coach and develop teams

• Commitment to empowerment, inclusion and team contribution

• Undergraduate degree in a relevant technical or management field (or equivalent experience)

• Membership of a relevant professional body (e.g. APM or PMI)

• Ability to make risk-based decisions under uncertainty and adapt leadership style

• Competence in relevant software tools

• Desire to work across sectors and clients

• Ability to gain BPSS/SC clearance

• Willingness to attend client or company offices 2-3 days per week, with possible UK travel and overnight stays

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