Project Controls Manager | Manchester, UK

TSA Riley Infrastructure – UK, Ireland and Canada; Manchester; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare

Employee assistance programme

Group life insurance

Medi Cash health insurance

Enhanced family leave

Cycle to work

Support for professional memberships

Staff events (summer/winter)

Job summary

TSA Riley Infrastructure is seeking a Project Controls Manager to lead controls across major infrastructure programmes in the UK. You will forecast costs, develop robust schedules, and deliver executive-level reporting, while challenging performance and driving improvements.

Working with client stakeholders and delivery teams, you will own risk processes, manage change, and mentor junior staff within a collaborative PMO environment.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a Project Controls Manager role within major infrastructure.
• Strong knowledge of planning, cost, risk, reporting, governance and performance management.
• Experience producing client-facing reporting and presenting insights to senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage project controls across one or multiple infrastructure workstreams.
• Develop and maintain integrated schedules with baseline management and progress measurement.
• Provide accurate cost forecasting and performance analysis to support decisions.
• Own risk and opportunity processes, running workshops and embedding mitigations.
• Deliver regular controls reporting packs with KPIs, dashboards and executive narrative.
• Support change control, capturing schedule/cost impacts and governance approvals.

Skills

Forecasting

Cost reporting

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Change control

Communication

Education

APM/ PMI / RICS qualification

Tools

Primavera P6

Microsoft Project

Excel

Power BI

Job description

As a Project Controls Manager, you will play a pivotal role in providing project controls leadership across key infrastructure projects. You will support the establishment and operation of best-practice controls, ensuring accurate forecasting, transparent reporting, and effective governance throughout the project lifecycle.

You will work closely with senior client stakeholders, delivery teams, commercial leads, and supply chain partners to provide insight, challenge, and drive performance improvement.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage project controls activities across one or multiple infrastructure workstreams.
• Develop, maintain and assure integrated project schedules, including baseline management, critical path analysis, and progress measurement.
• Provide accurate cost reporting, forecasting, and performance analysis to support decision-making.
• Own and maintain risk and opportunity processes, facilitating workshops and ensuring mitigation plans are embedded into delivery plans.
• Deliver high-quality project controls reporting packs (weekly/monthly), including KPIs, dashboards, and executive-level narrative.
• Support robust change control, capturing schedule/cost impacts and ensuring governance and approvals are maintained.
• Provide assurance of programme health, highlighting key risks, issues, and recovery actions early.
• Engage confidently with client and stakeholder teams, presenting insights clearly and influencing outcomes.
• Mentor and support junior project controls resources where required and contribute to continuous improvement across TSA Riley's controls capability.

Requirements:

• Proven experience in a Project Controls Manager / Senior Project Controls role within major infrastructure (rail, transport, utilities, energy, civils, or large capital programmes).
• Strong knowledge of project controls disciplines: planning, cost, risk, reporting, governance, and performance management.
• High proficiency in Primavera P6 and/or Microsoft Project, with strong Excel capability.
• Experience producing client-facing reporting and presenting performance insights to senior stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of programme controls, baseline management, forecasting, and change control.
• A collaborative, proactive approach with the confidence to challenge and influence.
• Experience working in a consultancy / PMO / client-side environment.
• Knowledge of NEC (and/or FIDIC) contracts and how change impacts time and cost.
• Familiarity with Power BI, dashboards, and data-led reporting.
• Professional qualification or working towards (APM / PMI / RICS or equivalent).
• Competitive salary (Salary dependant on experience level)
• 25 days holiday + option to buy 4 days.
• Additional 1 day holiday for your birthday
• Private healthcare and employee assistance programme
• Group life insurance.
• Medi Cash health insurance providing cashback towards everyday healthcare bills.
• Enhanced family leave, including maternity/ paternity/ adoption.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Financial and technical support for professional memberships
• Summer and Winter staff celebration events

Core Values:

We pride ourselves on behaving and delivering to our core values:

• People - We encourage diversity whilst investing in, and developing, the very best talent.
• Integrity - Our reputation, passion, and commitment inspire trust and integrity.
• Community - We are a collaborative community, understanding challenges from every angle, exploring innovative solutions based on our expert knowledge.
• Innovation - We are driven to inspire others with fresh creative ideas based on continuously learning.

About TSA Riley Infrastructure:

TSA Riley is a global multidisciplinary project consultancy with 135 years of independent thinking. We work across the full lifecycle of projects and asset portfolios - from planning to delivery and optimisation. What sets us apart is the ability to navigate the critical decisions that lead to successful projects. This has given us a reputation for delivering successful project outcomes, which includes working on some of the largest infrastructure projects across the UK, Canada and Australia.