Project Controls Manager

Glanua; Bishop's Stortford; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Glanua UK is seeking a Project Controls Manager to lead planning, cost control and risk across wastewater treatment projects. You will drive governance, assurance and transformation while coordinating across tender and live delivery stages.

The role requires advanced Primavera P6 proficiency and leadership of cross-disciplinary teams. You will develop dashboards, manage programme health, perform delay analyses and ensure NEC compliance, supporting continuous improvement and client satisfaction

Qualifications

• Substantial demonstrated experience in planning, project controls or programme management within infrastructure, utilities, water, civil engineering or a comparable project environment.
• Proven experience leading multi-disciplinary Project Controls or Planning teams across multiple projects, frameworks or business units.
• Advanced capability in Primavera P6, including governance and administration, with the ability to act as a super user or technical authority.
• Demonstrated experience of baseline assurance, schedule health reviews, collaborative planning, critical delay analysis and recovery planning.
• Experience integrating planning, cost, progress, quantity, resource, risk and change information.
• Experience of Earned Value Management, trend analysis, cost forecasting and quantity-based progress measurement.
• Working knowledge of the NEC suite of contracts, including programme, early warning, compensation event and reporting requirements.
• Practical experience of tender governance, buildability reviews, contract compliance, change management and stakeholder liaison.
• Experience of quantitative schedule risk analysis using Primavera Risk Analysis or an equivalent platform.
• Relevant qualification in Construction Management, Engineering, Quantity Surveying, Project Management or a related discipline.
• APM, PMI, RICS or an equivalent professional qualification is desirable.
• Competent in Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Project, together with data-led reporting tools.
• Demonstrable knowledge of construction methods, temporary works, buildability, logistics and safety through planning.
• Experience within the UK water sector, regulated utilities or major framework delivery is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Author, develop, implement and maintain the Glanua UK Project Controls strategy and governance framework.
• Provide overall leadership for project planning, cost control, programme risk, change control and performance reporting.
• Oversee tender, mobilisation and live-project programmes, ensuring they are logic-linked, achievable and aligned with contractual and framework requirements.
• Assure baseline, updated, revised and recovery programmes, including critical path, float, milestones, constraints, interfaces and resource requirements.
• Lead collaborative planning sessions with project teams, clients, designers, commercial teams and supply-chain partners.
• Establish and maintain appropriate Primavera P6 governance, coding structures, calendars, access controls and administration standards.
• Carry out schedule health checks and project deep dives, including critical delay analysis and recovery planning.
• Integrate programme, cost, quantity, resource and progress data to support cash flow, cost-to-complete and forecast reporting.
• Establish proportionate Earned Value Management and performance measurement approaches for major projects and frameworks.
• Oversee quantity and progress tracking against bills of quantities, activity schedules and contractual payment mechanisms.
• Lead quantitative schedule risk analysis and ensure risk and opportunity outputs are translated into practical mitigation actions.
• Implement robust change-control processes to capture scope movement, programme impact, cost impact, ownership and contractual status.
• Support the review of compensation events, variations and claims, including programme impact and delay assessments.
• Monitor scope creep and emerging change and provide early visibility to Project, Operations and Commercial leadership.
• Ensure project controls outputs comply with NEC requirements and other applicable forms of contract.
• Lead planning input to tenders and proposals, including pre-submission governance, tender programme assurance, resource and cost loading, programme narratives and risk reviews.
• Coordinate buildability, methodology, logistics, temporary works, sustainability and resource reviews during tender and delivery stages.
• Develop project, framework and portfolio dashboards and KPIs for operational, commercial, executive and client audiences.
• Provide trend analysis and early-warning insight, ensuring reports identify root causes, decisions required, actions, owners and deadlines.
• Manage the utilisation and deployment of project controls resources across the UK portfolio and identify capacity gaps early.
• Support recruitment, onboarding, technical training, mentoring, succession planning and capability development.
• Chair or support project governance forums, ensuring actions are assigned, tracked and closed.
• Drive continuous improvement, standardisation, lean thinking and digital adoption across the Project Controls function.
• Promote safety through planning by addressing safe sequencing, temporary works, access, interfaces and delivery constraints.

Skills

Primavera P6

Project controls

Cost forecasting

Earned Value Management

Risk management

Stakeholder liaison

Microsoft Office

Data reporting

Team leadership

Education

Construction Management

Engineering

PM/Project Management

APM/ PMI/ RICS desirable

Tools

Primavera Risk Analysis

MS Project

MS Office Suite

Job description

Project Controls Manager - (Wastewater Treatment Projects)

The Role:

• Lead the Project Controls function across Glanua UK, covering Planning, Cost, Risk, Change and Performance Reporting.
• Develop and maintain consistent project controls governance, procedures, templates and assurance standards across all projects and frameworks.
• Provide strategic and practical support from tender and pre-construction through delivery, commissioning and project close-out.
• Integrate programme, cost, progress, resource, risk and change information to improve forecasting and decision-making.
• Lead tender and live-project planning assurance, including baseline reviews, project deep dives, buildability reviews, delay analysis and recovery planning.
• Promote planning as an integrated management discipline and support a culture of accountability, collaborative delivery and continuous improvement.
• Lead, mentor and develop planners and project controls personnel across the UK business.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• Author, develop, implement and maintain the Glanua UK Project Controls strategy and governance framework.
• Provide overall leadership for project planning, cost control, programme risk, change control and performance reporting.
• Oversee tender, mobilisation and live-project programmes, ensuring they are logic-linked, achievable and aligned with contractual and framework requirements.
• Assure baseline, updated, revised and recovery programmes, including critical path, float, milestones, constraints, interfaces and resource requirements.
• Lead collaborative planning sessions with project teams, clients, designers, commercial teams and supply-chain partners.
• Establish and maintain appropriate Primavera P6 governance, coding structures, calendars, access controls and administration standards.
• Carry out schedule health checks and project deep dives, including critical delay analysis and recovery planning.
• Integrate programme, cost, quantity, resource and progress data to support cash flow, cost-to-complete and forecast reporting.
• Establish proportionate Earned Value Management and performance measurement approaches for major projects and frameworks.
• Oversee quantity and progress tracking against bills of quantities, activity schedules and contractual payment mechanisms.
• Lead quantitative schedule risk analysis and ensure risk and opportunity outputs are translated into practical mitigation actions.
• Implement robust change-control processes to capture scope movement, programme impact, cost impact, ownership and contractual status.
• Support the review of compensation events, variations and claims, including programme impact and delay assessments.
• Monitor scope creep and emerging change and provide early visibility to Project, Operations and Commercial leadership.
• Ensure project controls outputs comply with NEC requirements and other applicable forms of contract.
• Lead planning input to tenders and proposals, including pre-submission governance, tender programme assurance, resource and cost loading, programme narratives and risk reviews.
• Coordinate buildability, methodology, logistics, temporary works, sustainability and resource reviews during tender and delivery stages.
• Develop project, framework and portfolio dashboards and KPIs for operational, commercial, executive and client audiences.
• Provide trend analysis and early-warning insight, ensuring reports identify root causes, decisions required, actions, owners and deadlines.
• Manage the utilisation and deployment of project controls resources across the UK portfolio and identify capacity gaps early.
• Support recruitment, onboarding, technical training, mentoring, succession planning and capability development.
• Chair or support project governance forums, ensuring actions are assigned, tracked and closed.
• Drive continuous improvement, standardisation, lean thinking and digital adoption across the Project Controls function.
• Promote safety through planning by addressing safe sequencing, temporary works, access, interfaces and delivery constraints.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

The main knowledge, skills and experience required of the Project Controls Manager are outlined as follows:

Experience/Qualifications Needed

• Substantial demonstrated experience in planning, project controls or programme management within infrastructure, utilities, water, civil engineering or a comparable project environment.
• Proven experience leading multi-disciplinary Project Controls or Planning teams across multiple projects, frameworks or business units.
• Advanced capability in Primavera P6, including governance and administration, with the ability to act as a super user or technical authority.
• Demonstrated experience of baseline assurance, schedule health reviews, collaborative planning, critical delay analysis and recovery planning.
• Experience integrating planning, cost, progress, quantity, resource, risk and change information.
• Experience of Earned Value Management, trend analysis, cost forecasting and quantity-based progress measurement.
• Working knowledge of the NEC suite of contracts, including programme, early warning, compensation event and reporting requirements.
• Practical experience of tender governance, buildability reviews, contract compliance, change management and stakeholder liaison.
• Experience of quantitative schedule risk analysis using Primavera Risk Analysis or an equivalent platform.
• Relevant qualification in Construction Management, Engineering, Quantity Surveying, Project Management or a related discipline.
• APM, PMI, RICS or an equivalent professional qualification is desirable.
• Competent in Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Project, together with data-led reporting tools.
• Demonstrable knowledge of construction methods, temporary works, buildability, logistics and safety through planning.
• Experience within the UK water sector, regulated utilities or major framework delivery is desirable.

Personal Attributes / Values

• The following are the key personal attributes and values we are looking for:
• A structured and methodical leader with excellent attention to detail and the ability to maintain a holistic portfolio view.
• Commercially aware and contractually informed, with the confidence to challenge assumptions constructively.
• An organiser who can coordinate multiple projects, disciplines and stakeholders.
• Client-focussed and able to build collaborative relationships with delivery teams, clients and supply-chain partners.
• Analytical and able to translate complex project data into clear actions and decisions.
• Accountable, inclusive and committed to mentoring and developing others.
• A strong communicator with excellent written, verbal, facilitation and presentation skills.
• Ability to prioritise a varied workload and demonstrate effective time management to meet deadlines.
• Able to work in a busy environment under pressure while maintaining sound judgement.
• A practical problem solver who supports innovation, lean delivery and continuous improvement.
• A strong team player who is also able to work independently and provide hands‑on support when required.
• Possess a can‑do attitude and lead by example.

About Us

Glanua are industry leaders in providing project solutions for the water and wastewater industry including design, construction, commissioning, operation and maintenance. At Glanua, we believe that innovation is key when it comes to creating value for our clients and so we continue to lead the way when it comes to providing innovative designs and integrating global technologies.

Glanua UK, as part of the Glanua Group, offers turnkey solutions through its process, MEICA, civil and structural design/build capabilities. This allows us to take our clients' problems, find a solution and deliver to completion as a single entity. Glanua operates and maintains a wide range of water and wastewater treatment facilities nationwide, supporting the provision of safe drinking water and environmental compliance.

We have a talented team across Ireland and the UK and are rapidly expanding our workforce across several disciplines to meet our ambitious growth plans.