Project Controls Manager

SCS Railways; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours

Professional development opportunities

Inclusive working environment

Job summary

A leading infrastructure company in the UK is seeking a Project Controls Manager to oversee budget management, monitoring, and reporting for a major project. The ideal candidate will possess strong Project Management skills, with experience in Excel and various Project Control software. You'll work within a collaborative team environment, ensuring effective project execution while maintaining adherence to company policies. This role offers flexibility and opportunities for personal and professional development.

Qualifications

• Experience in Project Management, collaborating with teams.
• Ability to create and manage Excel spreadsheets.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Establish and improve project procedures and tools.
• Manage project costs and resources effectively.
• Develop and produce reports on project progress and issues.
• Lead technical presentations and negotiations with stakeholders.

Skills

Project Management experience

Numeracy and ability to create and use Excel spreadsheets

Strong Communication skills

Ability to work in teams and individually

Education

Civil or engineering degree or Project Control qualifications

Tools

Power BI

P6

PRISM

iTWO

Job description

Job Introduction

The Project Controls Manager will be ultimately responsible for establishing the budget loaded programme, monitoring, control and reporting systems to comply with the Contract and Works Information, and to facilitate the successful delivery of a major project.

Ensure effective execution of Project Controls on the project in accordance with company procedures to achieve best practice project administration which delivers close project control and accurate project forecasting.

Flexible working

We welcome you to ask about the flexibility you need. This might be part-time, remote working, or compressed hours for example. Anyone who applies for a role can ask about flexibility at interview. In return, we will explore what is possible for the role.

Role Responsibility

• Establishing, maintaining and improving project procedures and tools
• Liaise and assist with internal and external stakeholders.
• Schedule development and management
• Resource planning and management
• Cost management
• Change management
• Earned value management
• Risk and opportunity management
• Project reporting - to the client and company
• Development and production of reports on progress, critical paths, resources and earned value and schedule risks and issues.
• Input into the capture and monitoring of project risks, issues, mitigations and resolution
• Lead technical / programme presentations and negotiations with clients, partners and suppliers
• Managing Project Control Engineer(s) and other staff as appropriate
• Understand the Client and Joint Venture Partners' Environment and Sustainability Policies,
• Processes and statutory requirements as they affect the company's operations and ensure that the requirements, as applicable within their discipline, are implemented on the project.

The Ideal Candidate

Essential:

• Project Management experience (as part of a team or otherwise)
• Numeracy and ability to create and use Excel spreadsheets
• Ability and motivation to work both in teams and individually.
• Strong Communication skills, both inter personal and with the written word

Desirable:

• Civil or other engineering degree, or Project Control specific qualifications
• Experience in use of Power BI, P6 and other Project Control software (PRISM, iTWO etc)

About the Company

The role will work on the HS2 project. HS2 is the UK's new high speed rail network. It will be a catalyst for economic growth across Britain, freeing up space on the existing railways and connecting 8 out of the UK's 10 biggest cities with fast, reliable and frequent high speed services.

The Skanska | Costain | STRABAG (SCS JV) is delivering the HS2 London Tunnels Contract. Scope of works includes twin-bored tunnels (TBM), SCL tunnels, shaft sinking, bridge demolition and reconstruction, services diversions, earthworks and the construction of site compounds.

You'll be a welcomed member of the wider team, with opportunities to take on additional responsibility, join one of our networks for women, military or LGBT+ staff, and participate in cultural and social events with the local community (e.g. as a STEM ambassador).

Your personal and professional development is important to us. We welcome a discussion about how we can support you with further study, or professional membership or attainment for example.

HS2 - working with Skanska, Costain and STRABAG, closely monitors job applications, to ensure an inclusive recruitment process. To ensure we are able to maintain this, and to recruit a diverse workforce, we require candidates to complete the diversity form as part of their application so we are able to monitor and improve our approach to diversity. Please note, all responses are anonymous and we will not share any of your data with other parties. All data will be held securely, (as stated within the Data Protection Act 1998) and will be reported to HS2.

It is an SCSJV requirement that all employees, Design House, and Supply Chains must implement and comply with the requirements of ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System, ISO 14001:2015 Environmental Management System with guidance for use", OHSAS 18001:2017 Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems and ISO/IEC 27001:2013 Information Security Management System, Policies, Plans, Procedures and Processes, and statutory requirements as they affect the Joint Venture 's operations and ensure that the requirements, as applicable within their discipline, are effectively implemented on the project. Develop a culture of safety on the project through the absolute commitment to the Zero Accidents target and ethos, and develops a wider awareness of quality, environmental issues and demonstrates commitment to achieve continual improvement and Zero tolerance.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

SCS Railways is a Disability Confident Leader. We want to encourage disabled people to apply for our roles and have an opportunity to display your skills, talent, and abilities. We will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this position will be offered an interview.

Please see the disability confident commitments

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/disability-confident-guidance...

To be considered for an interview under this scheme you have:

• A physical or mental impairment, which has a substantial and long-term effect (over 12 months) adverse effect on your ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities
• Demonstrated in your application and pre-interview stage that you meet the minimum job criteria and person specification for the role

SCS Railways