Project Controls Manager

CPR; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

CPR in Birmingham is seeking a Project Controls Manager to lead change control and performance reporting on the Hybrid Bill programme. You will own baseline maintenance, schedule and cost performance, and risk management across the project.

The role requires experience in governance forums, mastery of project controls systems (e.g., Primavera P6, Prism, CEMAR), and the ability to guide stakeholders through complex decisions while developing and leading a small team.

Qualifications

• Experience in project controls across projects or programmes.
• Experience in baseline maintenance, schedule management, cost performance, change management, risk management, and performance reporting.
• Experience managing governance forums with delegated decision-making powers.

Responsibilities

• Change Control & Assurance quality assure change requests; review scope, budget, schedule and risk.
• Governance & Reporting: manage Integration & Change Forum; prepare monthly performance reports for stakeholders.
• Process & Systems Management: ensure compliance with change management; improve change toolset; gather feedback for improvements.
• Stakeholder Management: engage with petition managers; guide on process and system usage.
• People Leadership: provide line management and performance reviews for direct reports.

Skills

Prioritisation

Influencing and negotiating

Verbal and written communication

Facilitation

Data analysis

Problem solving

Tools

Primavera P6

Prism

CEMAR

Job description

Responsibilities

• Change Control & Assurance Quality assure all change requests to the Hybrid Bill programme. Review proposals for scope, budget, schedule and risk impact. Ensure correct attribution and incorporation into schedules, cost models and the Work Breakdown Structure.
• Governance & Reporting Manage the Integration & Change Forum (agendas, minutes, action tracking). Prepare monthly performance reports on programme changes for stakeholder decision-making. Monitor the quality of change proposals submitted and provide guidance to functional teams.
• Process & Systems Management Champion compliance with HS2's change management process. Manage and improve the Phase 2 Change Control Toolset (CCT). Gather user feedback and incorporate lessons learned into process improvements.
• Stakeholder Management Engage with Hybrid Bill petition managers and functional stakeholders to maintain forward visibility of impending changes. Advise and guide on process and system usage.
• People Leadership Provide line management, performance management and objective-setting support to direct reports.

What We're Looking For

Experience

• Project controls on projects or programmes
• One or more core project controls functions: baseline maintenance, schedule management, cost performance, change management, risk management, performance reporting
• Managing and/or influencing governance forums with delegated decision-making powers
• Project controls systems (Primavera P6, Prism, CEMAR, or similar)
• Facilitation and administration of project performance reviews with stakeholders

Skills

• Prioritisation: defining objectives, analysing inputs, assessing and challenging data
• Influencing and negotiating: being assertive without unnecessary conflict
• Verbal and written communication: presenting at project level, producing targeted reports for different audiences
• Facilitation: managing workshops, providing clear direction on critical issues
• Data analysis: interpreting data, producing accurate and timely reports in multiple formats
• Problem solving: identifying issues and developing solutions