Project Controls Manager

Morson Edge; Risley; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Morson Edge is recruiting a Project Controls Manager based in Warrington to lead PMO governance, scheduling and cost control across project delivery. The role is hybrid, with two to three days in the office each week, and requires clear governance and strong stakeholder management.

You will establish baselines, manage integrated schedules, and provide regular forecasting and progress reporting to internal and external stakeholders, deputising for the Project Manager when needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering / project / construction management or related field.
• Postgraduate qualification desirable; membership in a professional body.
• APM qualification preferably Chartered Project Professional (ChPP).
• Extensive PMO experience and knowledge of PMO governance frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain PMO governance, processes and procedures.
• Establish project baseline in terms of scope/cost/schedule and governance.
• Manage scheduling staff to develop, manage, revise, and analyse integrated project schedules.
• Manage project controls staff to provide cost management/change management/risk & opportunity management.
• Provide regular management reporting to give accurate status and forecast.
• Manage stakeholders and governance reviews at key points during the lifecycle.
• Plan and control finances; resource allocations and scheduling.
• Deputise for the Project Manager and ensure PMO requirements flow to the supply chain.
• Plan and track benefits; integrate and align project control toolsets.

Skills

PMO governance

Scheduling management

Cost management

Risk & opportunity management

Management reporting

Stakeholder management

Resource planning

Change control

Team leadership

Deputising for Project Manager

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering / project / construction management

Postgraduate qualification desirable

APM qualification preferably Chartered Project Professional (ChPP)

Job description

We are recruiting a Project Controls Manager based in Warrington.

The role can be worked on a hybrid basis (two or three days in the office per week)

Inside IR35

Candidates must be British Nationals and not have worked outside the UK during the past 5 years due to security clearance requirements.

IDEAL CANDIDATE

Responsible for establishing/maintaining or adhering to the specific PMO governance, processes and procedures across a project.

Establish the project baseline position in terms of scope/cost /schedule and the ongoing governance control of these.

Manage scheduling staff to develop, manage, revise, and analyse integrated project schedules including all phases of project execution

Manage project controls staff to provide cost management/change management/risk & opportunity management and document management provision.

Provision of regular management reporting both internal and external to the project to provide relevant, accurate and reliable information on the status and forecast of the project.

ADDITIONAL KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Managing stakeholders, taking account of their levels of influence and particular interests

Establishing governance reviews at appropriate points during the project lifecycle

Planning and controlling of finances

Gathering independent evidence to provide confidence that the project is likely to

achieve the success criteria Collation of lessons learned and onward communication to business process owners.

Develop , implement and update resource allocations plans taking account of availabilities and scheduling

Integration and alignment of project control toolsets

Deputise for the Project Manager

Ensure that PMO requirements are flowed down into the supply chain

Planning and tracking of benefits

Schedule and Cost Risk analysis inputs/outputs

Develop and mentor staff ensuring succession planning is in place

Attending and contributing to communities of practise or forums

KEY OUTPUTS / DELIVERABLES

Input into Delivery/Project/Programme Execution plan

Project Baseline packs

Control Account Plans

Risk and Opportunity Registers

Master Deliverable Register

Weekly Project Progress Reports

Monthly project reports accurately reflecting the project status in terms of HSSE, Quality, Schedule and Cost

Formal minutes/actions from key meetings

Lessons learned outputs

Project Close out reports

INDUSTRY KNOWLEDGE

Extensive recent and relevant experience in a similar environment / business sector

Extensive experience in a PMO position Awareness of various contracting methodologies (e.g. FIDIC/NEC3, NEC4/JCT etc...)

Full project lifecycle experience from bid phase through to close out.

Have expert knowledge of PMO toolsets and the integration of these

QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelors degree in engineering / project / construction management or a related field

Postgraduate qualification is also desirable, as is membership in a professional body

Ideally APM qualified preferably to Chartered Project Professional (ChPP)

KEY TECHNICAL SKILLS

Proficient (applies the competence independently, primarily in complex situations, supervises others applying the competence , has a detailed knowledge in complex situations and can critically evaluate and adapt as required) in the following APM competencies

Requirements Management - the ability to prepare and maintain definitions of the requirements through the project lifecycle including document management of deliverables.

Schedule Management - The process for developing , baselining and monitoring of an integrated schedule to inform the direction of the project

Budgeting and Cost Control - the process for setting agreed budgets and the control of forecast and actual costs against that budget. Use of tolerances and performance management

Risk, opportunity and issue management - Risk and opportunity identification techniques and the ongoing management and control techniques throughout the project

Frameworks and methodologies - the appropriate adoption of specific frameworks and methodologies for the management of projects and tailoring of these.

Change Control - the features of a rigorous change control process, and how to establish, implement and maintain a change control process

Team Management - Different styles of communication and how these can be adapted to the particular circumstances and needs of the project.

Contract Management - The nature of contracts and statements of work, and the implications for the contracting organisations and the suppliers into this. Negotiating and managing contract variances

Reviews - the legal, regulatory and organisational requirements for review, the range of factors that need to be evaluated during reviews, and how these may vary throughout the lifecycle of the project

Governance arrangements (including quality) - the organisational and project specific processes, standards and guidelines for the governance of projects, including the process of initiation, review, handover and close out