Project Controls Manager

COSTAIN GROUP; Peterborough; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction and engineering firm is seeking a Project Controls Manager for their hybrid role based in Peterborough. The successful candidate will lead a team in managing project controls for a major infrastructure project, collaborating closely with stakeholders and ensuring project health reporting. Ideal qualifications include a civil engineering degree and experience in water treatment plants, alongside strong leadership and organizational skills.

Qualifications

• Experience of major infrastructure projects or programmes.
• Ability to communicate complex data effectively.
• Experience in water treatment plants.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Project Controls team and manage project reviews.
• Provide consultation on project control procedures.
• Ensure effective collaborative planning is carried out for the project.

Skills

Project reporting experience

Communication skills

Stakeholder management

Leadership skills

Organizational skills

Risk management

Education

Civil or engineering degree

Project Control specific qualifications

Tools

Power-Bi

P6 expertise

Job description

Job Description

The Anglian Water Strategic Pipeline Alliance (SPA) project currently involves the planning, design and construction of circa 320km of new strategic, large diameter, clean water interconnector pipelines and associated infrastructure across Anglian Water's region. The SPA Alliance is also taking on responsibility for the future interconnector pipelines, a further 260km of strategic interconnector pipelines and associated infrastructure.

We are looking for an exceptional candidate with the ability to operate and collaborate at a strategic level, whilst exhibiting the attention to detail required to provide robust challenge to ensure the efficient delivery of this major project.

The Project Controls Manager will provide consultation and support services related to project management such as but not limited to cost estimating services, scheduling, best practices solutions, procurement, benchmarking and overseeing and reporting the health of the project. The candidate will be responsible for leading a Project Controls team combining both Client and Delivery partner employees, and will also be responsible for the update / implementation of the Project Execution Plan (and subsequent processes and procedures).

This role will be hybrid with a requirement to attend the office in Peterborough 2-3 days per week

Responsibilities

• Manages the review and contributes to the acceptance of the Contract Programme (working with the EPMO, Programme Director, Head of Operations, Commercial Director, SHEQ Lead, Lead Planner etc) on time completion of work activities and the implementation of project control procedures (Project Controls Plan, Estimating, Planning, Cost Control and Reporting, Safety Performance data).
• Responsible for undertaking project reviews (health checks) and providing reports to be included in the monthly reporting cycle to the Delivery Partner and Client Boards. Ensure effective collaborative planning is carried out for the project.
• Understand and report on the management of float and contingency across the project.
• Advise and consult on the application of effective planning techniques and controls and provide reports and commentary capturing earned value, cost and schedule variance, estimates and completion, critical path analysis, safety performance etc.
• Work closely with the relevant Delivery Partner Project and Commercial managers and their staff across the project.
• Develop, own and continuously improve Project Control processes for the project.
• Provide training to the wider team, where necessary, on Project Control tools and techniques.
• Suggest and implement Project Control systems across the Major Infrastructure portfolio; ensuring alignment with the wider Anglian Water business.
• Responsible for providing reporting and analysis on the project and building and maintaining reports across the project.
• Ensure that reporting is based on accurate, on time, quality and compliant data, ensuring a ‘one version of the truth’ approach.
• Ability to present at senior forums.
• Undertake audits on schedules across the project to ensure that project controls are being effectively implemented, in line with Major Infrastructure policies and best practice.
• Suggest improvements following audits and assist project teams to make these improvements.
• Facilitate Lessons Learnt meetings following key project milestones to ensure that a continual improvement mentality is embedded within the Major Infrastructure team.

Knowledge, Skills, and Experience

• Site based or engineering background
• Experience of major infrastructure projects / programmes
• Experience in water treatment plants
• Computer literate, with significant project reporting experience, including Power-Bi.
• Experience of leading a project controls team
• Good communicator able to communicate detailed data to a non-data literate audience and influence at all levels
• Ability to provide accurate reports, in excel, word, powerpoint and power-bi format
• Ability to work to tight deadlines, manage/prioritise workloads and to adapt and challenge
• Exceptional stakeholder management and leadership skills
• Strong organisational, prioritisation and risk management skills

Qualifications

• Civil or other engineering degree, or Project Control specific qualifications
• Full UK Driving Licence
• P6 expertise
• Formal Project Controls training