Project Controls Lead

AWC Group; Stretford; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career progression opportunities

Comprehensive benefits package

Hybrid working arrangement

Job summary

AWC Group is seeking an experienced Project Controls Lead to manage the Project Controls delivery within a growing infrastructure-focused consultancy. This senior role involves leading teams across planning, cost, risk, and reporting to ensure successful delivery across complex programmes.

The ideal candidate will have proven experience in Project Controls, strong leadership capabilities, and a strategic mindset. The position offers a competitive salary and a hybrid working environment.

Qualifications

• Proven experience establishing and leading Project Controls teams.
• Expertise across programme controls, cost management, risk management, and change management.
• Experience leading teams within infrastructure or consultancy environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the Project Controls function.
• Provide leadership across complex infrastructure programmes.
• Take ownership of Project Controls commercial performance.
• Build and maintain strong client relationships.
• Recruit, mentor, and develop a high-performing team.
• Drive consistency and best practices across systems.

Skills

Project Controls

Cost Management

Risk Management

Change Management

Stakeholder Management

Team Leadership

Business Development

Strategic Thinking

Education

Chartered status or working towards chartership (APM, RICS, ICE or equivalent)

Job description

North-West | Hybrid Working
Permanent | Full-Time
£75,000 - £85,000 Per Annum, DOE + Benefits Package

About The Role

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Project Controls Lead to join a growing infrastructure-focused consultancy environment delivering major capital programmes across the UK.

This is a senior leadership position with responsibility for Project Controls delivery, business growth, team leadership and commercial performance. Reporting into senior leadership, you will play a key role in shaping strategy, developing capability and ensuring successful delivery across complex infrastructure programmes.

This role is ideal for a commercially aware and client-focused leader who combines strategic thinking with hands‑on delivery expertise.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the Project Controls function across planning, cost, risk, change and reporting
• Provide leadership across complex infrastructure programmes, ensuring high-quality delivery and governance
• Take ownership of Project Controls commercial performance including forecasting, utilisation and pipeline management
• Build and maintain strong client relationships while supporting bids and business development activity
• Recruit, mentor and develop a high‑performing Project Controls team
• Drive consistency, continuous improvement and best practice across systems, tools and reporting
• Lead business development activity including bids, proposals and client presentations
• Support the strategic growth and expansion of the Project Controls service offering

About You

Essential Experience & Skills

• Proven experience establishing and leading Project Controls teams within consultancy or complex delivery environments
• Expertise across programme controls, cost management, risk management and change management
• Experience leading teams within infrastructure or consultancy environments
• Demonstrable experience managing service-line performance and commercial outcomes
• Strong stakeholder management and business development capability
• Experience delivering across large-scale infrastructure programmes
• Strong leadership capability with experience building and managing teams
• Strategic mindset with a strong track record of winning work and growing services
• Experience within infrastructure, construction or regulated sectors

Desirable

• Experience within Nuclear & Defence, Power & Energy, Water or Transport sectors
• Chartered status or working towards chartership (APM, RICS, ICE or equivalent)

Personal Attributes

• A strategic thinker with a pragmatic, hands‑on approach
• Highly organised, detail-oriented and outcome-driven
• A confident communicator able to influence and challenge constructively
• Collaborative, people-focused and passionate about developing capability and teams

What’s On Offer

• Opportunity to shape and lead a growing Project Controls function
• Exposure to nationally significant infrastructure programmes
• Collaborative and ambitious consultancy environment
• Clear career progression opportunities
• Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package
• Hybrid working arrangement

Start Date

June 2026