Project Controls Planner | Primavera P6 Expert

Matchtech Group; Lancashire; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Matchtech Group is seeking a Project Controls Engineer / Planner for an on-site role in Chorley, Lancashire. You will manage detailed, resource-loaded Primavera P6 schedules and align WBS/CBS with NEC contract terms, while delivering earned value reports and managing change control across complex manufacturing projects.

You will partner with Estimators and Project Managers to ensure bid programmes translate into executable schedules and maintain spend forecasts in line with project targets.

Qualifications

• Formal training and hands-on experience using Primavera P6.
• Experience with NEC3 contracts and familiarity with MS Project is advantageous.
• Cost and resource integration within project schedules.

Responsibilities

• Schedule & Baseline Management: Develop detailed, resource-loaded schedules in Primavera P6 with WBS/CBS aligned to NEC terms.
• Earned Value & Performance Reporting: Generate cost and schedule metrics and present for board and client updates.
• Progress Tracking & Variance Analysis: Update progress, identify critical path deviations, communicate impacts.
• Bid-to-Execution Transition: Work with Estimators to convert bids into executable schedules.
• Contractual Change Control: Apply change management to baselines, showing impacts.

Skills

Primavera P6

Resource loading

Cost forecasting

Earned Value

NEC3

MS Project

Change control

Stakeholder comms

Prince2

Tools

Primavera P6

Job description

Matchtech Group is seeking a Project Controls Engineer / Planner for an on-site role in Chorley, Lancashire. You will manage detailed, resource-loaded Primavera P6 schedules and align WBS/CBS with NEC contract terms, while delivering earned value reports and managing change control across complex manufacturing projects.

You will partner with Estimators and Project Managers to ensure bid programmes translate into executable schedules and maintain spend forecasts in line with project targets.