Head of Project Controls: Programme Delivery Leader

Aureos; Dungeness; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous salary

25 days holiday

Pension

Cycle to work scheme

Free parking

Health & wellbeing programme

Employee benefits portal

On-site parking

Private medical insurance

Referral scheme

Job summary

Aureos is seeking a Head of Project Controls in Dungeness to establish and lead the project controls function for the boiler programme. You will drive schedules, cost control, risk management and governance to ensure safe, on-time delivery within budget.

Responsibilities include developing dashboards, reporting to senior stakeholders, and leading a team of project controls professionals with a focus on continuous improvement and capability development.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in project controls, programme controls or PMO leadership roles.
• Strong expertise in planning, scheduling, cost management and reporting.
• Experience managing complex, multi-disciplinary projects or programmes.
• Knowledge of project delivery methodologies and governance frameworks.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.
• Experience leading and developing teams.
• Advanced proficiency in project controls and reporting tools.
• Knowledge of NEC contract frameworks.
• Extensive experience with Earned Value Management (EVM).
• Experience within Nuclear or Nuclear Decommissioning programmes.
• Experience implementing project controls systems and digital reporting solutions.
• Experienced user of Power BI and data analytics platforms.
• Proficient in P6

Responsibilities

• Implement and maintain integrated project schedules.
• Establish project baselines and monitor progress against schedule commitments.
• Analyse critical paths, dependencies and resource requirements.
• Conduct schedule risk assessments and recommend mitigation plans.
• Ensure consistency of planning standards across projects and programmes.
• Support and maintain project budgets, forecasts and cost control processes.
• Monitor actual expenditure against approved budgets.
• Manage earned value management (EVM) processes and produce reports.
• Provide accurate cost forecasting and variance analysis.
• Support financial governance and reporting requirements.
• Develop and maintain project control dashboards and management information.
• Produce weekly and monthly project performance reports.
• Analyse trends, risks and opportunities impacting delivery outcomes.
• Present project status, forecasts and recommendations to senior stakeholders.
• Ensure reporting aligns with organisational governance requirements.
• Support project risk identification, assessment and management activities.
• Coordinate project risk and opportunity registers.
• Monitor mitigation and contingency plans.
• Escalate significant risks to project leadership teams.
• Support and coordinate project change control procedures.
• Assess impacts of scope, schedule and cost changes.
• Maintain comprehensive change logs and audit trails.
• Support governance boards with change approval processes.
• Ensure compliance with organisational, contractual and regulatory requirements.
• Support internal and external audits.
• Drive continuous improvement across project controls processes and systems.
• Collaborate with project managers, commercial teams, finance teams and operational stakeholders.
• Provide project controls expertise to programme and project leadership.
• Challenge assumptions and provide independent assurance of project performance.
• Build effective relationships across the organisation and supply chain.
• Lead and develop project controls teams and specialists.
• Coach and mentor team.
• Promote a culture of accountability, transparency and continuous improvement.
• Support capability development across the project delivery community.

Skills

Significant project controls

Planning & scheduling

Cost management

Earned Value Management

Power BI

P6

NEC contracts

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Data analysis

Education

Degree in Engineering/PM related

Tools

Power BI

Primavera P6

EVM tools

Data analytics platforms

Job description

Aureos is seeking a Head of Project Controls in Dungeness to establish and lead the project controls function for the boiler programme. You will drive schedules, cost control, risk management and governance to ensure safe, on-time delivery within budget.

Responsibilities include developing dashboards, reporting to senior stakeholders, and leading a team of project controls professionals with a focus on continuous improvement and capability development.