Nuclear Project Controller — Cost & Schedule Lead

Mott MacDonald; Altrincham; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

Health cash plan

Peppy menopause support

Wellbeing programme

Flexible salary benefits

Pension matching (4.5–7%)

Life assurance (4x)

Income protection

Annual bonus

Job summary

Mott MacDonald is seeking a Project Controller for the Energy unit’s Nuclear, Defence and Civil division in the UK. You will support the project management function, delivering cost schedules and forecasts while working with multi-disciplinary teams to ensure safe, efficient project delivery.

You will engage in change control, planning, and progress reporting, collaborating with engineering leads to meet deadlines and maintain high quality outputs.

Qualifications

• Experience in cost/control with detailed cost schedules and EAC forecasts.
• Clear and confident stakeholder communication across levels.
• Mentoring junior team members and supporting process execution.

Responsibilities

• Build, maintain, and deliver accurate cost schedules and EAC forecasts.
• Interpret stakeholder requirements and tailor cost information.
• Provide cost engineering support in change control, estimating, planning.
• Analyze data to create EAC forecasts and progress reports.
• Collaborate with project teams to ensure on-time delivery.

Skills

Cost control

Stakeholder communication

Mentoring junior staff

Proactive & collaborative

Education

Degree in mathematics or related science

Tools

ACostE accreditation

Job description

Mott MacDonald is seeking a Project Controller for the Energy unit’s Nuclear, Defence and Civil division in the UK. You will support the project management function, delivering cost schedules and forecasts while working with multi-disciplinary teams to ensure safe, efficient project delivery.

You will engage in change control, planning, and progress reporting, collaborating with engineering leads to meet deadlines and maintain high quality outputs.