Project Controls Manager – Lead Planner

WGM Engineering Ltd; Lancashire; Hybrid; GBP 77,000 - 94,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

32 days’ holiday

Pension scheme (6%)

Life assurance 3x salary

Salary sacrifice options (EV)

Health cash plan

Discounted gym membership

Remote and hybrid working

Enhanced maternity/paternity leave

Sick pay

Employee discount

Job summary

WGM Engineering Ltd is seeking a Project Controls Manager – Lead Planner to join the Projects team on a permanent, full-time basis. The role will be based from an affiliated office in Scotland or England with hybrid working, supporting delivery across the UK water-sector portfolio.

You will lead preparing, maintaining and analysing project schedules in Primavera P6, collaborating with Design Managers and Project Delivery Managers to ensure robust planning before and after contract award.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in planning for large-scale infrastructure projects.
• Proven ability to develop and maintain high-quality project schedules.
• Strong understanding of schedule risk analysis and baselining.

Responsibilities

• Lead the preparation and standardisation of detailed tender programs.
• Explain schedule risk analysis and TRA factors in the schedule (P0, P20, P50, P80).
• Facilitate workshops and engage with project teams during initiation and kick-offs.
• Report monthly progress and provide insights to PMO knowledge share.

Skills

P6 Primavera

Schedule management

PMO involvement

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Degree or equivalent qualification

Tools

Primavera P6 admin

Job description

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The Vacancy

WGM Engineering, part of RSK Group, is looking for a Project Controls Manager – Lead Planner to join our Projects team on a permanent, full-time basis. This role will be based from one of our affiliated offices in Scotland or England and will benefit from Hybrid working. You will support project delivery across WGM’s growing UK water-sector portfolio. This is an opportunity to join a growing engineering business delivering essential infrastructure across the UK.

At WGM, planning and project controls play a key role in keeping complex work moving safely, commercially, and effectively. With secured long-term frameworks across the UK water sector, our teams need clear schedules, strong reporting, and practical insight to support delivery across live projects and multi-year programmes.

This is an opportunity to lead from the front—partnering closely with project teams, shaping key decisions needed to drive sustainable, long-term growth.

As Project Controls Manager – Lead Planner you will play a pivotal role in driving effective project planning across WGM’s business streams, with a particular focus on the Projects division. You’ll work closely with Design Managers and Project Delivery Managers to develop and maintain high-quality, accurate project schedules in Primavera P6, ensuring robust planning both before and after contract award. As a subject matter expert in Primavera P6, you’ll take ownership of creating, managing and maintaining project baselines, providing the insight, structure and planning expertise needed to support successful project delivery and keep projects on track.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Manage and standardise the production of detailed and accurate tender programs, liaising with the Delivery Managers and Project Managers throughout the bidding process that become the accepted contract programme at award.
• Provide a basis of schedule document that explains how schedule risk analysis has been undertaken and any TRA factored into the schedule to enable categorisation as P0, P20, P50, P80 etc.
• Facilitate workshops and 1:1 engagement during project initiation, at Kick-off meetings and the scheduling subject matter expert.
• Report monthly progress of schedule performance - Manage production of updates across the P6 portfolio and generate insights in support of WGM’s PMO knowledge share (Lead and Learn) process.
• Participate in project assurance reviews as a subject matter expert.
• Undertake a Primavera administration / Super-User role when required.
• Support training and development of junior planners and other PMO team members in project controls.

What You’ll Bring

• Extensive experience in Planning,ideally working on medium to large scale infrastructure projects/programmes, bringing experience in all aspects of planning and scheduling and fluent in the use of P6 Primavera including project, activity and cost coding.
• A relevant degree or equivalent qualification is desirable
• Experience undertaking a Primavera administration / Super-User role.
• A strong understanding of design, engineering & construction
• Proven skills gained from working within Programme Management Office (PMO) environments and knowledge of the wider Project Controls systems, reporting practices and having led or participated in independent project and schedule assurance.

Salary And Benefits

We are offering a salary up to £85,000 plus Car Allowance and benefits. Salary offered will be aligned to skills and experience demonstrated for this role. Full salary banding available on request.

At WGM, We Offer a Competitive Benefits Package Designed To Support Our People Both Inside And Outside Of Work. This Includes:

• 32 days’ holiday, increasing to 36 days based on length of service
• Pension scheme, with WGM contributing 6%
• Life assurance scheme that pays 3 x salary
• Salary sacrifice options, including electric vehicle scheme, annual leave purchase and cycle to work schemes
• Flexible benefits programme, including health cash plan and discounted gym membership
• Remote and hybrid working options, subject to role requirements
• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
• Company sick pay, available after a qualifying period
• Employee discount programme

RSK Group is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

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WGM and RSK will not accept unsolicited CVs from agencies other than PSL agencies.

About Us

Based in Scotland, we are an engineering business providing mechanical, electrical and civil engineering services to clients across the UK. We are one of the UK’s leading engineering solution providers, recognised for outstanding client service, quality solutions and our commitment to health and safety. From our HQ in Glasgow, we deliver sustainable solutions to the water and renewables sectors. Supplementary services include project management, technical engineering, design, and off-site modular build.

We have partnered with innovative technology providers in the renewables sector, including solar PV, hydroelectric and heat networks. We are a progressive, people-orientated business driven by our values to deliver workable and cost-effective solutions in the communities we work. When you work for WGM you join a dynamic team and have the opportunity to be part of our ambitious plans for future growth.

WGM is part of the RSK Group, a leading integrated environmental, engineering, and technical services business providing dynamic, multidisciplinary services to a wide range of sectors. RSK was founded in 1989 and has grown considerably since then.

At RSK, we operate as a group of businesses that work together seamlessly, aiming for growth through diversification. Our strategy helps us build a strong and resilient business, capable of weathering external challenges, while also providing greater value to our clients and more opportunities for our employees.

Since the beginning, our philosophy has remained the same: employ, develop and reward talented individuals. People are crucial to our company, and we recognise that our success hinges on our colleagues' growth. We're committed to preserving RSK's people-first culture, promoting innovation, and fostering a supportive and caring environment for collaboration. At RSK, we want you to be part of our successes and help you reach your career aspirations. We take pride in offering employees fulfilling and challenging careers by promoting ongoing growth and empowering individuals to excel.

We are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace that welcomes individuals from all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We firmly believe that embracing and celebrating the diversity in our workforce makes us a stronger and more innovative company.

By providing workplace adjustments, we make it easier for people to confidently explore and pursue our career opportunities and recognise that flexibility is key to fostering a dynamic and thriving workplace. Many of our office-based positions benefit from a flexible working arrangement, allowing our team members to achieve a balance between professional and personal commitments.

We actively encourage applications from candidates of all genders, races, ethnicities, ages, neurotypes, religions or beliefs, sexual orientations, and those with disabilities.

If you're passionate about making a difference, join us as we work together to build a brighter, more equitable, and sustainable future for all. Do you have what it takes?