Innovative Project Controls Manager (Data Centres/Buildings/High-tech/Infrastructure) - Portuga[...]

Laminarprojects; España; Presencial; EUR 70.000 - 110.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Laminarprojects is seeking a senior project controls leader to guide the delivery of complex construction programs. You will push the discipline to new heights, focusing on cost, schedule, change and risk controls to enable informed decisions across multiple projects.

In this role you will coach teams, develop scalable processes, and report clearly to stakeholders. You will work in a global consultancy setup with opportunities to travel and affect industry-wide practice.

Formación

• Solid capability in controlling cost, schedule, and change, with deep experience in developing project controls processes and reporting that align with strategic objectives and broader project context.
• Charisma, presence and influence to engage construction teams, drive adoption of new approaches, and promote best practices across the board.
• Proven ability to coach, develop teams, and build high-performing planning and controls functions.
• Strong track record of implementing scalable, repeatable solutions that create significant positive impact across complex projects.

Responsabilidades

• Own cost, schedule, change and risk controls on one or more projects to enable accurate decisions for project teams.
• Develop everyone: Maximise the development of your team personally and professionally and educate our clients to improve as well.
• Make scalable solutions: Develop scalable and repeatable best practices and tools in collaboration with the team so that long‑term impact is achieved.
• Report and inform: Provide clear, actionable reports to stakeholders at all levels that help them deliver their part of the project more efficiently and effectively.
• Own the outcome: You are not the project manager, but you are responsible for ensuring the project’s understanding and focus on the plan, regardless of challenges.

Conocimientos

Construction engineering

Communication skills

Leadership

Impactful work

Descripción del empleo

The Role

Purpose of the role

You will be enhancing the delivery of the most complex and interesting projects in the world through the power of project controls. You will be a senior leader in our team pushing the discipline to new heights not only within our organisation but within the industry in general.

Your team

This role is part of our Project Management Consultancy which focuses on:

• Understanding what the real problems of projects are.
• Implementing the best solutions to those problems.
• Developing scalable best practices, tools and technology.

More specifically you will be part of our Project Controls Discipline Team, a leader in the planning and controls of complex construction projects. Your initial manager will be one of our project controls discipline directors.

Your top three objectives

1. Make construction projects deliver to near perfection.
2. Develop yourself and everyone around you.
3. Create scalable and repeatable solutions to common problems.

Your top five responsibilities

1. Own the controls: Own cost, schedule, change and risk controls on one or more projects to enable accurate decisions for project teams.
2. Develop everyone: Maximise the development of your team personally and professionally and educate our clients to improve as well.
3. Make scalable solutions: Develop scalable and repeatable best practices and tools in collaboration with the team so that long‑term impact is achieved.
4. Report and inform: Provide clear, actionable reports to stakeholders at all levels that help them deliver their part of the project more efficiently and effectively.
5. Own the outcome: You are not the project manager, but you are responsible for ensuring the project’s understanding and focus on the plan, regardless of challenges.

You must have

• A construction engineering background: Solid capability in controlling cost, schedule, and change, with deep experience in developing project controls processes and reporting that align with strategic objectives and broader project context.
• Communication skills: Charisma, presence and influence to engage construction teams, drive adoption of new approaches, and promote best practices across the board.
• Leadership capabilities: Proven ability to coach, develop teams, and build high‑performing planning and controls functions.
• Impact: Strong track record of implementing scalable, repeatable solutions that create significant positive impact across complex projects.

Laminar isn’t the place for you if any of the following is true

• You want an easy, chilled‑out role without much challenge.
• You like to be the smartest person in the room.
• You don’t like continuously receiving honest, candid feedback.
• You prefer to do your own thing rather than work with a team.

Frequently Asked Questions

What kinds of projects would I be working on? You will be exposed to multiple complex projects in your first year, including data centres, infrastructure (defence, rail, highways), high‑tech (advanced manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, semiconductors) and complex building projects. These projects have high value and strategic impact.

Who are our clients? Major owners, operators and main contractors with project values ranging from £1m to over £1bn worldwide.

Where would I be working? Work may be from home, on‑site or at our London office. You may travel to client sites across the UK and internationally.

How does what I do connect with the long‑term impact on the construction industry? You will identify and document common problems, develop and refine solutions, and add them to our knowledge repository. This repository will be open‑sourced to the industry, informing future products and practices.