Overview
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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 work across industries, delivering work that defines our future and makes a societal impact. Our people power our performance – we succeed when they do. We offer opportunities to collaborate, learn, and grow. As a proudly employee-owned business, we invest in creating a space for everyone to feel empowered, included, and valued.
We are seeking a talented Project Controls Manager to join our growing team. This is an exciting opportunity to deliver purpose-driven PMO and Controls services across a diverse portfolio of infrastructure and built environment projects—including major global programmes.
What you will contribute to the team
* Analytical skills to prepare and critically evaluate performance measures (including earned value) and trends across multiple datasets
* Ability to focus on key issues and drive mitigating or recovery actions across the project
* Good people management and task facilitation skills
* Experience implementing robust project controls processes and toolsets in relevant industries
Requirements for the position
* Due to the nature of this role, offers may be conditional upon obtaining the appropriate level of security clearance
* A background working on large-scale infrastructure projects in sectors including, but not limited to water, transport, nuclear, defence
* Educated to degree level and/or hold a project controls or 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 including the 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 and align with project requirements
* Reduce uncertainty on projects by adapting project methodology
* Project reporting including monitoring of KPIs
* Undertake project reviews
* Able to coordinate and work with other teams and have basic multi-disciplinary knowledge; comfortable working as a consultant within a client environment
* Strong stakeholder management experience
Preferred but not required
* Support project managers in maintaining effective and timely change management processes
* Monitor and consolidate project plans
* PMO experience
* Knowledge or experience using PowerBI
We are actively recruiting a diverse workforce reflective of the communities we serve. We recognise differences in ability, skills and experience as a strength and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds.
UK Immigration
Mott MacDonald Ltd. are not currently offering sponsorship to candidates under the Skilled Worker visa route in the UK. We welcome applications from candidates 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 are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone can contribute.
Accessibility
If you are disabled or need support to enable you to apply or attend an interview, please contact reasonable.adjustments@mottmac.com.
Agile working
Flexible working options available; we are happy to discuss how we can support responsibilities beyond the workplace.
Benefits
* Pension matched up to 7%
* Life insurance
* An annual professional institution subscription
* Continuous development opportunities
* Agile/flexible working
* Enhanced parental leave; shared parental leave policies
* Annual bonus scheme
* Flexible benefits including buy/sell of annual leave, cycle to work, and interest-free season ticket loans
* Wellbeing support and access to resources
* Access to our Advanced Employee Networks for LGBTQ+, gender, race/ethnicity, disability, and parents/carers communities
Location(s): London, Bristol, Reading, Moor Row, Glasgow, Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham.
Contract Type: Permanent
Work Pattern: Full Time
Discipline: Project controls
Job Ref: 11155
Recruiter Contact: Sacha Kelly
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