Project Controller

Hitachi Rail; London; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Hitachi Rail as a Project Controller in London, where you will play a crucial role in supporting project delivery across the rail industry. This position involves governance, risk management, and providing critical project control services within a dynamic working environment that embraces change and promotes growth. With a focus on providing exceptional project governance and support, you will have opportunities for career development in a leading global company committed to innovation and sustainability.

Benefits

Market leading training and development

Flexible working arrangements

Qualifications

• Experience in project planning and scheduling.
• Strong skills in risk management and communication.
• Certification in Planning & Controls is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Accountable for governance and reporting of risk management.
• Lead production of monthly project reports.
• Provide guidance to Project Management Office team.

Skills

Project planning and scheduling

Risk and opportunity management

Communication management

Change control

Stakeholder management

Education

Planning & Controls certification

Tools

Primavera Core Model

Power BI

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About Us

A career at Hitachi Rail will help create a legacy. With operations in every corner of the world, our work goes to the cutting-edge of digital transformation and technology. From the multi-cultural strength of our global organisation to the sustainable and innovative ways we work to bring people together, there's something for everyone to get stuck into. And that's where you come in.

About Us

A career at Hitachi Rail will help create a legacy. With operations in every corner of the world, our work goes to the cutting-edge of digital transformation and technology. From the multi-cultural strength of our global organisation to the sustainable and innovative ways we work to bring people together, there's something for everyone to get stuck into. And that's where you come in.

LR Grade: 8

Location: London

Working pattern: Days/Hybrid

Our Opportunity

Hitachi Rail GTS UK is looking for a Project Controller to join us in London, where you will have the chance to work on projects across the rail industry. You will be responsible for supporting the Project Management Office Team by providing an effective Project Control service for your projects.

This role works within our hybrid working policy - with a minimum expectation of two days per week in an office, primarily based in London.

The Planner responsibilities include:

• Be accountable for governance, deployment & reporting of Risk & Opportunity Management
• Be responsible for the independent assurance review and reporting process
• Lead on the assessment of risk and contingency in assurance reviews and activities
• Collect and monitor the use of 'lessons learned' as part of a continuous improvement culture
• Lead on the production of the monthly project reports
• Support the project contract review
• Provide guidance to Project Management Office team on the project comprising Planners and Project Support staff
• Ensure the correct and effective Project Governance is applied
• Ensure all Project activities undertaken comply with the relevant Hitachi processes
  
  
  

Technical skills:

• Project planning and scheduling (P6 scheduling, schedule maturity assessment and Quantitative Schedule Risk Analysis - QSRA)
• Primavera Core Model
• Customer relationship Management
• Estimating & budgeting
• Schedule & resource management
• Risk & opportunity management
• Change control
• Project governance
• Business Intelligence (Power BI)
• Bid governance
• Schedule Construct & Resource Profiling
• Risk Management Concepts & Techniques
• Quality management
• Communication management
• Understanding of NEC contracts
• Knowledge on EVM (Earned Value)
  
  
  

Human skills:

• A positive attitude combined with excellent interpersonal and motivational skills
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
• An ability to embrace and encourage change
• Strong attention to detail
  
  
  

Qualifications

• A relevant certification for Planning & Controls is desirable (example is the Planning & Controls AMPG certification)
  
  
  

What to expect

We will aim to hold in person interviews, in London. We aim to hold a two stage interview process, which will focus separately on technical and behavioural competencies. Reasonable adjustments are available with prior notice so please let the TA partner know if this would be necessary. To find out what reasonable adjustments are, and what might be available, your TA partner will be happy to discuss this with you. We may close this role early if we quickly identify suitably strong applicants.

What We Can Offer

We're committed to giving you opportunities to be your best. We believe in embracing the passion and potential of our people, and to achieve this we offer market leading training, development and experiences, along with the opportunity to be mentored and coached by some of the smartest minds in the industry. We hire from within as our first priority, so you'll have a myriad of opportunities within our diverse, global organisation.

Flexibility

Your health and well-being matters to us and that's why we offer you the flexibility to do what's important to you; whether that's part time hours, job sharing, home working, or the ability to flex your start and finish times. Where possible, we support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your ambitions.

Thank you for your interest in Hitachi Rail. If your application is of interest, we will be in contact. Please do not hesitate to discover more about us and our latest jobs at https://www.hitachirail.com/careers .

At Hitachi Rail, there is a place for everyone. We welcome and value differences in background, age, gender, sexuality, family status, disability, race, nationality, ethnicity, religion, and world view. It is our commitment to create an inclusive environment - we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

We would be delighted if you would be one of our followers at https://www.linkedin.com/company/hitachirail .

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Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Accounting/Auditing and Finance

• Industries

  Rail Transportation

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