Project Controls Lead

Morson Group; Warton; Remote; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Morson Group is seeking a Project Controls Lead to join the team at our client’s site in Warton. You will oversee the overall project control delivery, ensuring systems are delivered to required standards and supporting line-of-business guidance.

You will manage control account structures, reporting hierarchies, risk and opportunity management, and provide technical guidance to the wider project team. Strong background in MS Project, cost control and EV management is essential.

Qualifications

• 7+ years experience as a project controller or integrated project controls professional.
• Proficient in schedule development and management using MS Project.
• Strong cost control, budgeting and earned value management capability.

Responsibilities

• Schedule task generation
• Resource loading schedules
• Cost loading schedules
• Management of schedule templates (national and international)
• Schedule status
• Earned Value Management – claim criteria
• Work Breakdown Structure Dictionary Statements
• Budgeted Cost of Work Performed into schedule
• Cost accounting and Budget vs Actuals
• Latest Revised Estimates / Estimates to complete
• Cashflow forecasting in line with supply chain direction
• Input to Joint Cost Model resource
• Schedule extract and resource levelling to support resource reviews
• Demand load against configured schedule position
• Enact contract change against configured toolset
• Risk and Opportunity Management
• 3 point schedule and cost impacts
• Risk tagging into schedules
• Integration (National)
• Integration of all Control Account Manager data to provide consistent output to service local reviews
• Generation of Control Account Manager Packs
• Variance Analysis
• Produce Schedule Output Report
• Schedule Analysis
• Milestone / KPI Reporting

Skills

Resilience

Cost Management

Cashflow forecasting

Variance analysis

Integrated reporting

Knowledge transfer

Education

APM PMQ or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Project

Microsoft Excel

PM Compass

Cobra

Predict

Job description

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Project Controls Lead to join the team with our prestigious client at their site in Warton

Job Description

Responsible for the overall project control delivery on behalf of nominated control account

Ensure Project Control System elements are delivered on time to the correct standards as documented in the process standards

Provide informed advice on and manage the creation and operation of all project control mechanisms and processes such as Work Breakdown Structure, Organisational Breakdown Structure, Resource Breakdown Structure, control account structures, reporting hierarchies, levels of planning and planning horizons etc.

Undertake analysis of project performance against critical success criteria, identifying critical events and root causes of variance.

Maintain the integrity of the performance baseline by ensuring effective change control.

Implement and operate appropriate risk and opportunity management practices.

Continuously improve and develop the project control capability on the project/programme and provide advice at Line of Business level.

Provide technical guidance to the wider project/programme team on all aspects of project management

Core Duties

• ScheduleTask generation
• Resource loading schedules
• Cost loading schedules
• Management of schedule templates (national and internation schedules)
• Schedule status
• Earned Value Management – claim criteria
• Work Breakdown Structure Dictionary Statements
• Budgeted Cost of Work Performed into schedule

Cost

• Cost accounting
• Budget vs Actuals
• Latest Revised Estimates / Estimates to complete
• Cashflow forecasting (in line with supply chain direction)
• Input to Joint Cost ModelResource
• Schedule extract and resource levelling to support resource reviews
• Demand load against configured schedule position

Change Control

• Enact contract change against configured toolset
• Risk and Opportunity Management
• 3 point schedule and cost impacts
• Risk tagging into schedules
• Integration (National)
• Integration of all Control Account Manager data to provide consistent output to service local reviews

Reporting

• Generation of Control Account Manager Packs
• Variance Analysis
• Produce Schedule Output Report
• Schedule Analysis
• Milestone / KPI Reporting

Knowledge:

Essential:

• Experienced project controller with approximately 7 years of experience in the field
• Microsoft Project – Proficient
• Microsoft Excel - Proficient

Desirable:

• Previous experience within Aerospace/Defence
• Familiarity with Air Sector Tools (PM Compass, Cobra, Predict

Skills:

• Resilience - high demand role, individual needs to be able to adapt
• Cost Management / Cashflow forecasting, variance analysis and integrated reporting
• Ability to pass knowledge on to other members of team

Qualifications:

• APM Project Management Qualification (PMQ) – desirable or equivalent experience.

Recognising the RESTRICTED nature of the work, suitable candidates will be SC cleared or eligible for this level of clearance