Schedule & Project Controls Lead - Hamina - 145462

Jones Engineering; Hamina; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary package

Career progression opportunities

Training and CPD support

Work-life balance

Job summary

Jones Engineering in Hamina, Finland seeks a Schedule & Project Controls Lead to oversee all project controls activities for a major site project. You will collaborate with construction managers, commercial teams, and the client to ensure schedule integrity, risk mitigation, and timely reporting.

The role requires a strong background in mechanical M&E project controls, advanced Primavera P6 skills, and a track record of leading large teams.

Qualifications

• Relevant third-level qualification in Engineering, Construction Management, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 5-7 years’ post-qualification experience in project controls, ideally in a mechanical M&E contracting environment.
• Advanced experience using Primavera P6 for planning, scheduling, and resource management.
• Strong track record in project controls leadership, schedule management, Earned Value tracking, and cost control.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and maintenance of detailed, fully resourced construction schedules for client baseline approval.
• Own project schedule control, ensuring accurate, timely updates and alignment with actual site progress.
• Track Earned Value (EV) and other project KPIs, providing senior management with insights into performance trends.
• Monitor workshop fabrication and site installation outputs, managing productivity of craft labour (spent vs earned hours).
• Oversee the identification, assessment, and logging of project issues and changes through formal change control processes.
• Monitor original versus actual budgets, highlighting scope growth, cost variance, and corrective actions.
• Chair and actively contribute to internal and client-facing site meetings, providing expert input on schedule and performance.
• Lead the preparation, coordination, and issuance of weekly, monthly, and ad hoc project controls and construction reports.
• Provide strategic oversight of all project control systems, ensuring accurate records, reporting, and data integrity.
• Act as a key interface between planning, engineering, construction, and commercial teams, ensuring alignment and proactive decision-making.
• Mentor and guide junior project control staff, developing internal capability and promoting best practices across the project.

Skills

Primavera P6

Project controls leadership

Schedule management

Earned Value tracking

Cost control

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Team leadership

Education

Engineering degree

Construction Management

Tools

Primavera P6

Job description

Schedule & Project Controls Lead - Hamina

We are a leading engineering services company with over 130 years of experience delivering high-quality, customer-focused projects across Europe and beyond. Our core divisions include Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Sprinkler & Fire Protection. Our specialist services also include Waste to Energy (BioEnergy), Specialist Lifts, Off-Site Fabrication, Technical Support Services, Maintenance, Asset Management, BIM (Building Information Modelling), and Geo-Surveying. We offer competitive remuneration, financial support for further training, Continuous Professional Development (CPD) leading to chartered status, performance incentives, and excellent career progression opportunities within a world-class engineering contractor.

Role Overview

The Project Controls Lead will lead all project controls activities for the project in Hamina. You will work closely with construction managers, commercial teams, and the client, providing strategic oversight, driving project performance, and ensuring that risks, variances, and issues are identified early and effectively mitigated.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the development and maintenance of detailed, fully resourced construction schedules for client baseline approval
• Own project schedule control, ensuring accurate, timely updates and alignment with actual site progress
• Track Earned Value (EV) and other project KPIs, providing senior management with insights into performance trends
• Monitor workshop fabrication and site installation outputs, managing productivity of craft labour (spent vs earned hours)
• Oversee the identification, assessment, and logging of project issues and changes through formal change control processes
• Monitor original versus actual budgets, highlighting scope growth, cost variance, and corrective actions
• Chair and actively contribute to internal and client-facing site meetings, providing expert input on schedule and performance
• Lead the preparation, coordination, and issuance of weekly, monthly, and ad hoc project controls and construction reports
• Provide strategic oversight of all project control systems, ensuring accurate records, reporting, and data integrity
• Act as a key interface between planning, engineering, construction, and commercial teams, ensuring alignment and proactive decision-making
• Mentor and guide junior project control staff, developing internal capability and promoting best practices across the project

Skills & Requirements

• Relevant third-level qualification in Engineering, Construction Management, or a related discipline
• Minimum of 5-7 years’ post-qualification experience in project controls, ideally in a mechanical M&E contracting environment
• Advanced experience using Primavera P6 for planning, scheduling, and resource management
• Strong track record in project controls leadership, schedule management, Earned Value tracking, and cost control
• Deep understanding of mechanical construction sequences, productivity, and site operations
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and leadership skills
• Proven ability to lead large teams, manage complex schedules, and make strategic project control decisions
• Experience reporting to senior clients and internal executives on schedule, cost, and project risks

Benefits

We offer a competitive senior-level salary package commensurate with experience and qualifications. You will have the opportunity to lead a high-profile campus project in a collaborative, supportive environment, alongside industry-leading professionals. Our company values work-life balance and actively supports professional growth through training, development programs, and long-term career progression.

Recognising contribution and respecting our people are core to our culture and values. We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds.