Project Controls Manager – Mott MacDonald
Location/s: Birmingham, Bristol, Glasgow, Liverpool, London, Reading, Cumbria, Manchester
Recruiter contact: Sacha Kelly
Mott MacDonald is a global engineering, management and development consultancy with over 20,000 employees across more than 50 countries and 140+ offices. We deliver high impact projects across a wide range of sectors and empower our people to excel.
About the Business Unit
Mott MacDonald’s Advisory and Programme Delivery (APD) unit provides project, programme, and commercial management services to projects up to £20bn. It covers programme management, project management, project controls, scheduling, cost management, estimating, infrastructure finance, consulting, digital consulting, and education.
Specialist Advisory
Our specialist advisory teams deliver transformation services in climate change, estimating and cost intelligence, health, safety, land advisory, planning PMO, quality management and risk management, enhancing value for our clients.
Role Summary
We are seeking a talented Project Controls Manager to lead PMO and Controls services across infrastructure and built environment projects, including major global programmes. The role involves driving performance, shaping strategy and making a real impact.
Responsibilities
* Analytical skills to prepare and critically evaluate performance measures (incl. earned value) and trends across multiple datasets
* Focus on key issues, drive mitigating or recovery actions across the project
* Good people management and task facilitation skills
* Implement robust project controls processes and toolsets within relevant industries
Qualifications – Required
* Background working on large-scale infrastructure projects in water, transport, nuclear, defence, or similar sectors
* Degree level education and/or project controls/management qualification (e.g. APMG Planning and Controls, EVM, PMQ, Prince2)
* Flexibility to travel and work in different sectors and clients
* Risk management and reporting experience, including use of ARM
* Knowledge and proficiency with Primavera P6 or Microsoft Project and/or other planning and resourcing software
* Create and maintain project schedules that support project requirements
* Adapt project methodology to reduce uncertainty on projects
* Project reporting including monitoring of KPIs
* Undertake project reviews
* Coordinate and work with other teams, possessing basic multi-disciplinary knowledge; comfortable working as a consultant within a client environment
* Strong stakeholder management experience
* Offers may be conditional upon obtaining the appropriate level of security clearance
Preferred but not Required
* Support project managers in maintaining effective and timely change management processes
* Monitor and consolidate project plans
* PMO experience
* Knowledge of or experience using PowerBI
Benefits
* Pension matched up to 7%
* Life insurance
* Annual professional institution subscription
* Continuous development opportunities
* Agile/flexible working
* Enhanced parental leave; shared parental leave policies
* Annual bonus scheme
* Flexible benefits
* Wellbeing support including access to an Independent Employer Assistance Scheme, wellbeing champions and learning resources
* Access to Advanced Employee Networks supporting LGBTQ+, gender, race, ethnicity, disability and parents/carers communities
* Opportunity to make a difference; learn more about our social outcomes
UK Immigration
Mott MacDonald Ltd. are not currently offering sponsorship to candidates under the Skilled Worker visa route in the UK. We welcome applicants who are eligible for alternative immigration routes that do not require sponsorship.
Equality, diversity and inclusion
We put equality, diversity and inclusion at the heart of our business and encourage application from all backgrounds.
Accessibility
If you are disabled or need support to apply or attend an interview, contact reasonable.adjustments@mottmac.com. We will discuss how we can support you.
Agile working
We discuss flexible working and support for responsibilities beyond the workplace.
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Contract Type: Permanent | Work Pattern: Full Time | Discipline: Project controls | Job Ref: 11155 | Recruitment Contact: Sacha Kelly | Market: Various
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