Project Controls Manager

Babcock Mission Critical Services España SA.; Warrington; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading nuclear solutions provider is seeking a Project Controls Manager in Warrington to oversee complex projects. The role involves developing baselines, managing risks, and fostering stakeholder relationships. Ideal candidates should have experience with project control practices and toolsets like MSP and SAP. The position offers a hybrid work model, competitive salary, and various employee benefits including a matched pension scheme and health consultations.

Benefits

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to Digital GP

Employee share scheme

Employee shopping savings portal

Holiday Trading option

‘Be Kind Day’ for volunteering

Qualifications

• Proven experience in project controls for complex projects.
• Strong knowledge of project control practices and governance.
• Experience working with multi-disciplinary teams and suppliers.

Responsibilities

• Develop performance measurement baselines.
• Provide project reporting for informed decision making.
• Manage risk processes and reporting.

Skills

Project controls on complex/major projects

Planning/scheduling management

Cost management

Risk management and analysis

Performance management

Change management

Experience with MSP / P6

Experience with ERP / SAP systems

Tools

MSP

P6

RiskHive

ERP

SAP

Job description

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Project Controls Manager

Location:

Warrington, GB, WA3 6YD Glasgow, GB, G2 1BT Leicester, GB, LE3 1UF Bristol, GB, BS16 1EJ Reading, GB, RG14 2PZ

Onsite or Hybrid: Hybrid

Job Title: Project Controls Manager

Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF60821

At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Senior Project Controls Manager.

The Role
As a Project Controls Manager, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You will support on

Day-to-day, you’ll work closely with both Project and Programme Managers whilst leading a team of project controls professionals. You will be expected to develop strong relationships with a range of stakeholders, including the project team, wider functional teams, suppliers and customers. In addition, you will be expected to support with on-going development of the Projects Controls capability.

• Produce maintain and have ownership performance measurement baseline.
• Provide regular management reporting both internal and external to the project to provide relevant and accurate information on the status of the project to enable project and programme manager to make informed decisions and provide an accurate view of the project status.
• Gather independent evidence to provide confidence that the project is likely to achieve the success criteria.
• Integration and alignment of project control toolsets, including where necessary across contract partnerships and relevant sub-suppliers.
• Establish a reliable and accurate Earned Value Management (EVM) system, and on-going generation and interrogation of earned value reports to enable reporting to be completed in accordance with the contract and the enable to project and/or programme manager to make informed decisions.
• Establish on-going and regular risk management process throughout the team, and risk reporting including schedule risk analysis in accordance with the contract.

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements.

Essential Experience of the Project Controls Manager:

• Experience in project controls on complex/major projects or programmes.
• Knowledge of project controls approaches and practices (planning/scheduling management, cost management, risk management and analysis, performance management, change management).
• Experience of applying and assuring related project controls governance measures.
• Experience in working with common project controls toolsets (such as MSP / P6, RiskHive, ERP / SAP systems).
• Experience in working with multi-disciplinary teams, including external suppliers and customers.
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
• ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing

Cavendish Nuclear
As a leader within the UK nuclear industry, Cavendish Nuclear, part of Babcock International Group, provides a comprehensive range of critical nuclear solutions in clean energy, defence and civil new build and decommissioning projects. Together, we’re innovating to make nuclear safer, faster and cost-effective across the nuclear energy life cycle. Your career with us could take you anywhere within Babcock International Group – from Canada, the USA to Japan. Work with us to create a safe and secure world, together.

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please [e-mail] with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Closing Date: 21/08/25

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