Head of Project Controls

Pro-Recruitment Group; Slough; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Pro-Recruitment Group is seeking a Head of Project Controls for London and Milton Keynes on a permanent basis, with a salary of £100,000–£130,000 plus benefits. You will lead a large, multi-disciplinary project controls team and shape the integrated baseline across scope, time, cost, risk and quality.

In this role you will work with the Programme Director and controls director to drive performance insight, oversee risk, scheduling and cost, and influence senior leaders across the Client and JV.

Qualifications

• Experience leading large multi-discipline project controls teams.
• Strong knowledge of baseline, schedule, cost, risk and performance management.
• Familiarity with NEC contracts and governance forums.

Responsibilities

• Own the development and maintenance of integrated baseline across scope, time, cost, risk, and quality, providing strategic insight on inter-dependencies and performance – advising senior leaders.
• Lead and motivate a large team of project controls professionals across multiple sites.
• Oversee baseline management and performance updates including contract integrations up to £3bn.
• Endorse baselines and performance updates to enable informed decision-making at project/portfolio level.
• Coordinate all project controls activities ensuring accurate cost, risk and schedule integration.
• Ensure consistent project controls standards across portfolio and contracts.

Skills

Leadership

Baseline management

Cost management

Risk management

Scheduling

Contract governance

Tools

Primavera P6

Prism

CEMAR

Job description

Head of Project Controls | £100,000 – £130,000 + Benefits | Permanent | London & Milton Keynes

For the largest and most exciting transport projects in Europe, we are recruiting a Head of Project Controls. Working in a high-performing Integrated Programme Team with the Programme Director and Programme Controls Director, this role will lead a large team of Project Controls staff (Risk, Scheduling, Cost, Planning) spread across London and Milton Keynes. Feeding significantly into the programme plan and leading the development / integration of project baseline across scope, time, cost, risk, and quality, this role will develop strategic performance insight, to challenge and influence senior leaders across the Client as well as the JV.

Main Duties:

• Own the development and maintenance of integrated baseline across scope, time, cost, risk, and quality, providing strategic insight on inter-dependencies and performance – providing subject matter expert advice to senior leaders


• Manage, lead, and motivate a large team of 4 Senior Project Control Managers, and their wider-team of 25 – 30 project controls and JV staff


• Lead baseline management and performance management updates including contract integrations of up to £3bn


• Endorsement of baseline and performance updates at Project / Portfolio level to enable decision-making


• Lead and coordinate all project controls activities ensuring accuracy and quality of cost, risk and schedule integration


• Ensure consistent approach to project controls across the portfolio and contract, leading assurance of project controls data


• Accountable for ensuring adherence with PMO and Project Controls standards


• Support, challenge, and influence senior leadership across the Client and JV, holding the supply chain and delivery areas to account


• Provide strategic analysis of data and reports to provide insights and trends on performance to impact decision-making


• Manage the periodic correlation of schedule, cost, quality, and risk to drive programme deliver and manage performance


• Own and manage risks and lead the change management processes

Person Specification:

• Leadership of large multi-discipline Project Control teams across mega-projects and in leading performance reviews with senior stakeholders (Client and Contractor)


• Experience in core project controls functions including Baseline, Schedule, Cost, Change, Risk and Performance Management


• Civils, Transport, Main Works, Aviation, Nuclear, or Engineering experience with understanding of NEC contracts, amendments, and early warning notices


• Experienced with Primavera P6, Prism, or CEMAR


• Experience managing and influencing governance forums including Partnering Boards, Local, Regional and Political stakeholders, and JV Partner Boards.