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Project controls manager

Reading (Berkshire)
Permanent
Mott Macdonald
Project controls manager
€70,000 a year
Posted: 25 December
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Location: 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 incredible global industries, delivering exciting work that is defining our future and making an important societal impact in the communities we serve. Our people power our performance – we succeed when they do.


About the Business Unit

Mott MacDonald’s Advisory and Programme Delivery (APD) unit delivers project, programme & commercial management (PPCM) services and advisory solutions across the built environment, defence, energy, water, environmental, transportation, health and care sectors.

We deliver tailored solutions that directly address our clients’ key challenges, combining our world‑leading project expertise with unrivalled programme delivery capabilities and advisory services.

APD delivers services to projects ranging in scale and complexity up to £20bn, through the technical disciplines of programme management, project management, project controls, scheduling, cost management, estimating, infrastructure finance, management consulting, digital consulting and education, health and care management.


What you will contribute to the team

* Analytical skills to prepare and critically evaluate performance measures (inc. earned value) and trends across multiple datasets
* Ability to focus on key issues, and drive out mitigating or recovery actions across the project
* Good people‑management and task facilitation skills
* Experience of implementing robust project controls processes and toolsets in relevant industries


Required for the position of Project Controls Manager

* 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 that is reflective of the communities we serve. We recognise that differences in ability, skills and experience are 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. This decision is a consequence of the changes made to the Skilled Worker route by the UK Government in April 2024. We continue to welcome applications from candidates who are eligible for alternative immigration routes in the UK, that do not require sponsorship as a Skilled Worker now or in future.


Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion

We put equality, diversity, and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they can contribute.


Benefits

* Pension matched up to 7%
* Life insurance
* Annual professional institution subscription
* Continuous development opportunities – because we want you to thrive
* Agile/flexible working – because life isn’t 9‑5
* Enhanced parental leave; shared parental leave policies – for parents and care givers
* Annual bonus scheme
* Flexible benefits that suit you, including ability to buy/sell annual leave entitlement, cycle to work & interest‑free season ticket loans
* Well‑being support including access to an independent Employer Assistance Scheme, well‑being champions and access to learning and support resources
* Access to our Advanced Employee Networks which support our LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability and parents/carers communities
* The opportunity to make a difference; learn more about our social outcomes


Application Details

Contract type: Permanent
Work pattern: Full Time
Job Ref: 12897

To apply, click here or contact Sacha Kelly for further information about the application process.

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