Project Controls Manager

Balfour Beatty plc; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Balfour Beatty plc is seeking an experienced Project Controls Manager to lead planning, cost, risk and reporting across a national portfolio of major infrastructure projects. You will drive governance, performance insights and data-driven decision making, partnering with senior leaders to ensure safe, efficient delivery.

The role offers flexible, hybrid working arrangements with travel to project sites and client locations across the UK.

Qualifications

• Experience leading project controls across large infrastructure or multi-project portfolios.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with data-driven approach.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Commercial awareness and business acumen.

Responsibilities

• Lead the project controls function across a portfolio of major infrastructure projects.
• Establish governance, standards and best practice across planning, cost, risk and reporting.
• Support and develop project controls teams to drive high performance.
• Drive integrated performance management and portfolio-level reporting.
• Provide assurance on data accuracy, consistency and auditable records.
• Partner with senior leaders and clients to influence delivery decisions.
• Champion continuous improvement and adoption of leading tools and systems.

Skills

Project controls leadership

Planning

Cost management

Risk management

Reporting

Data-driven decision making

Stakeholder management

Communication

Job description

About the role

Balfour Beatty is delivering some of the UK's most significant and complex infrastructure projects, and we're looking for an experienced Project Controls Manager to join our Power Transmission & Distribution business.

This is a fantastic opportunity to play a key role in the successful delivery of a major portfolio of projects, driving excellence across planning, cost, risk, reporting and performance management. You'll provide valuable insight to senior leaders, helping them make informed decisions and ensuring projects are delivered safely, efficiently and predictably.

Whilst our preference is for candidates to be based from either our Leeds or Middlesbrough offices, we're keen to hear from talented individuals located anywhere in the UK.

This role supports projects across a national portfolio, so regular travel to project and stakeholder locations is an integral part of the position. In return, you'll benefit from flexible and hybrid working arrangements, with the opportunity to work from home, one of our offices, and project sites across the country.

What you'll be doing

Leadership & Strategy

• Lead the project controls function across a portfolio of major infrastructure projects.
• Establish governance frameworks, standards and best practice across planning, cost, risk and reporting.
• Support and develop project controls teams to drive high performance.
• Champion a culture of continuous improvement and data-driven decision making.

Integrated Performance Management

• Own and maintain integrated project baselines across scope, schedule, cost and risk.
• Ensure accurate and consistent portfolio-level reporting.
• Provide insight into project performance, trends, opportunities and risks.

Reporting & Analytics

• Develop standardised and automated reporting solutions.
• Drive the production of accurate, timely and reliable project controls data.
• Support executive-level reporting and dashboard development.

Governance & Assurance

• Ensure compliance with project controls standards, business processes and contractual requirements.
• Provide assurance that project data is accurate, consistent and auditable.
• Support governance reviews and performance assurance activities.

Stakeholder Management & Business Partnering

• Partner with Project Directors, Programme Managers and senior business leaders.
• Influence key decisions across delivery and operational teams.
• Build strong relationships with clients, supply chain partners and other stakeholders.

Systems & Continuous Improvement

• Drive the adoption of industry-leading tools and systems.
• Identify opportunities for innovation and process improvement.
• Benchmark performance and implement best practice across the portfolio.

Who we're looking for

Skills & Capabilities

• Strong experience across project controls disciplines including planning, cost, risk and reporting.
• Experience supporting large-scale programmes or multi-project portfolios.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a data-driven approach.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• Commercial awareness and business acumen.
• Experience leading teams and driving performance improvements.

Knowledge

• Strong understanding of project controls, programme management and performance reporting best practice.
• Knowledge of governance frameworks, reporting systems and project delivery methodologies.
• Experience within infrastructure, utilities, construction or engineering environments.

Experience

• Significant experience within project controls on complex infrastructure or construction projects.
• Proven ability to deliver performance improvements and drive efficiencies.
• Experience working collaboratively with senior stakeholders, clients and delivery teams.
• Demonstrable success in implementing continuous improvement initiatives.

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

Why join us?

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

• Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
• 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
• Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
• Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…

About us

Balfour Beatty’s Power Transmission & Distribution teams work with regional, national and international electricity network owners and operators to provide technical engineering solutions across the full spectrum of the electricity grid, including overhead lines, cabling, substations and distribution networks.

From scoping and feasibility, to design, construction and on-going maintenance, our in-house experts, flexible resources and industry-leading innovations support customers in the development of some of the UK’s most ambitious power transmission and distribution projects.

Diversity and inclusion

At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion

To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/

We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at: [e-mail]