Project Control Manager - Data Centre

Soben; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Soben, a leading construction consultancy now part of Accenture, seeks a Senior Project Controls Manager to lead Schedule, Cost Reporting and Earned Value across major EPC projects in the EMEA region. The role spans strategy, execution, and governance with extensive stakeholder engagement.

You will develop baselines, manage reporting cadences, and ensure alignment with client requirements. The role offers growth, international exposure, and delivery of complex capital projects on time and budget.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent
• Minimum 10 years' project planning experience
• A recognised Degree in Quantity Surveying, Construction Management, or Engineering
• Sound knowledge of project planning principles, methodologies, and tools
• Support all phases of project execution, particularly around schedule development, progress measurement/reporting, and earned value

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain baseline and monthly schedules, cost reports, portfolio reports, and customer reports for projects
• Produce weekly/monthly reports with progress, actuals, forecast and variance explanations
• Support a regional project planning team across offices and sites
• Use planning IT systems to provide reliable reporting and analysis
• Collaborate with Product Line and Project Execution teams to align schedules with scope and strategy
• Develop and maintain progress and earned value measurement systems for multiple disciplines
• Improve capabilities of the regional team to meet business needs
• Coordinate with global teams to share resources and best practices
• Lead a project controls team on mega projects
• Follow client standard processes for reporting and deliverables
• Perform additional duties as assigned

Skills

Project planning

Earned value

Schedule development

Reporting

Cost control

Education

Bachelor's degree

Quantity Surveying/Construction Management/Engineering degree

Engineering

Job description

Soben is an award-winning construction consultancy with bold ambitions and a clear trajectory for growth. Since launching in 2011, we've built a reputation for technical excellence, client focus, and delivery certainty. Now, we're entering a transformative new chapter.

In March 2025, Soben became part of Accenture's Infrastructure and Capital Projects practice, within its Industry X division. This strategic acquisition combines our deep expertise in cost and commercial management with Accenture's global scale and digital innovation.

For our team, this unlocks a wealth of opportunity:

Access to world-class resources and technology, enhancing how we deliver capital projects

Involvement in high-profile programmes across sectors such as data centres, energy, and pharmaceuticals

Career development at scale, with exposure to international clients and cutting-edge project environments

A platform for innovation, as we continue to challenge traditional consultancy models and lead digital transformation

About the opportunity

We are looking for a Project Controls Manager to join our team. The successful candidate will provide leadership and coordinate all aspects of Project Controls including reporting, cost control, progress measurement, schedule development, and schedule control.

In this role you will:

• Responsible for developing and maintaining the baseline and monthly schedules, cost reports, portfolio reports, and customer reports (when applicable) for custom projects
• During Execution, produce weekly / monthly reports in line with the project reporting calendar, providing details on progress, actuals, forecast, and explanation of variances
• Motivated to support an industry-leading regional project planning team capable of managing internal/external customer projects including EPCs, within both the office and construction site environments
• Use planning IT systems and work processes to provide reliable and consistent reporting and analysis to ensure that we can meet the project, regional/global project portfolio, and business requirements
• Collaborate with the Product Line and Project Execution teams to develop and deliver competitive project schedules aligned to the execution scope and strategy during the bid phase through award and execution, promoting the growth of the client’s businesses while consistently delivering on project commitments in terms of cost and schedule
• Develop and maintain accurate progress & earned value measurement systems for engineering, procurement, manufacturing, construction, and commissioning to provide credible control throughout the project execution phase
• Help maintain and improve the capabilities of the regional team to support the business needs across the broad portfolio of offerings
• Provide close collaboration with and support across the other regional and global teams to ensure effective resource sharing, lessons learned, best practices, and the development of appropriate work processes and procedures across the global execution teams
• Lead a project controls team when assigned to a mega project
• Follows client’s established standard processes, procedures, and formats required for corporate reporting and deliverables
• Perform additional duties as assigned

About you

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent
• Minimum -10 years' project planning experience.
• A recognised Degree in Quantity Surveying, Construction Management, or Engineering
• Sound knowledge, proven skills, and competencies in the application of project planning principles, methodologies, and tools
• Support all phases of project execution, particularly around schedule development, progress measurement/reporting, and earned value, within a large project-oriented EPC or Owner Organization
• Must have a track record of delivering accurate schedule information, reporting, and guidance to senior management
• Organised and detail-oriented

About life at Soben

We're on a mission to rewrite the rules.

We're a diverse team of professionals who consider our work a vocation, not just a job. This sense of purpose and affinity for what we do is what fuels our ambition, driving us to keep learning and seeking new challenges. Inclusion is at the heart of our company’s culture. We're proud of our unique personality, and we know that our diverse team brings a wealth of perspectives that enrich our work.

Grow with us

Our people are our greatest asset, so you'll get ongoing training and personal development to help you flourish, building a long-term and successful career with us. We're small but mighty – you'll have opportunities to progress quickly and be trusted with responsibilities you could only dream of in a larger organization, including the chance to work on some of the industry's most exciting projects

Our Leadership Principles

• We always deliver on our promises, no matter how small
• We are driven to solve our clients’ problems as if paying our rent or mortgage depends on it
• We have a bias for action. Actions make things happen
• We employ the best people who are ambitious, hardworking, humble, and open to feedback. We empower them to "proceed until apprehended"
• We have a business owner mentality to cost management
• We are open, honest, and direct in our communications
• We have a growth mindset
• We reinvest our profits to create a sustainable business for the long term

About us

Soben is an award-winning construction consultancy with bold ambitions and a clear trajectory for growth. Since launching in 2011, we've built a reputation for technical excellence, client focus, and delivery certainty. Now, we're entering a transformative new chapter.

If you're ready to play a key role in delivering exceptional consultancy services across the EMEA region, and want to grow your career in a supportive, dynamic, and high-impact environment, we'd love to hear from you.