Energy Project Controls Lead — Data-Driven Forecasting

Arcadis; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Arcadis in the United Kingdom seeks a Project Controls Consultant to lead control activities across major energy programmes, shaping delivery, improving data quality and providing senior guidance to project teams.

You will design and implement project control systems, manage information in data environments, and deliver dashboards and reports using Power BI or Tableau, while supporting risk and cost control with strong commercial judgement.

Qualifications

• Degree, HND or equivalent professional experience.
• Proven ability to lead project controls delivery with limited supervision and strong professional judgement.
• Strong communication skills with confidence in engaging client teams and facilitating discussions across multiple disciplines.
• Understanding of project or programme management, design, engineering or construction environments. Direct experience is desirable.
• Strong IT skills, particularly with Excel and Office 365. Experience with recognised planning, cost or risk tools is advantageous.
• Experience in dashboard and reporting tools such as Power BI / Tableau

Responsibilities

• Leading the planning, integration and control of complex energy projects across the full lifecycle, applying advanced project controls methodologies.
• Reviewing, assuring and gathering key insights from programme data, resource loaded schedules and overseeing progress measurement and forecasting activities.
• Designing, implementing and improving project control systems, governance processes and digital tools, including standard operating procedures and transformation initiatives.
• Managing project information strategies within Common Data Environments and ensuring strong control of data quality and digital deliverables.
• Supporting risk management activities, including risk identification, assessment, mitigation planning and senior support to QSRA or QCRA modelling.
• Overseeing cost control processes such as budget development, cost forecasting, earned value management and integration of cost, schedule and risk data.

Skills

Leadership

Strong communication

Client engagement

Education

Degree, HND or equivalent

Tools

Excel

Office 365

Power BI

Tableau

Job description

Arcadis in the United Kingdom seeks a Project Controls Consultant to lead control activities across major energy programmes, shaping delivery, improving data quality and providing senior guidance to project teams.

You will design and implement project control systems, manage information in data environments, and deliver dashboards and reports using Power BI or Tableau, while supporting risk and cost control with strong commercial judgement.