Senior Project Controller

MAG (Airports Group); Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus scheme

10% company contribution pension

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Free parking / Subsidised public tranp

Huge range of company discounts

2 volunteering days per year

Free Virtual GP service, available 24/

Care Concierge service

Job summary

MAG (Airports Group) is seeking an experienced project controls specialist at Manchester Airport. You will own budget data, schedules, actuals and forecasts using Primavera P6 EPPM, with SAP/Oracle integration, and produce performance reports.

Role involves analysing progress, shaping programme-level plans and leading a small team to tight regulatory deadlines while working in a flexible/hybrid setup at Manchester. Membership of RICS or progress towards APC is desirable.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years’ experience in a similar operational environment with Primavera P6 EPPM and SAP/Oracle integration.
• Strong commercial background with experience delivering complex multi‑stakeholder projects to regulatory deadlines.
• Eligible for or membership in RICS (or advanced APC progress) and related project management qualifications.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain project budget data including schedules, actuals and forecasts.
• Analyse progress vs work schedules and produce reports on progress, performance and forecasts.
• Contribute to programme-level plans, budgets and reports while managing the project team.

Skills

Primavera P6 EPPM

Oracle

SAP

Budgeting

Reporting

Project management

Stakeholder management

Education

RICS membership / APC in progress

Project Management qualification (Prince2 Practitioner / equivalent)

Tools

Primavera P6

Microsoft Office / BI basics

Job description

Job description

Permanent role based at Manchester Airport
Flexible / Hybrid working for a better work / life balance

Why MAG?

At MAG we provide the airport facilities and travel services that people need to connect with the world. As the largest UK owned airport operator, we serve over 60 million passengers a year from Manchester, London Stansted, and East Midlands Airports. With over 270 destinations across the globe, our businesses not only bring people together but also support the prosperity of the regions in which we operate. Sustainability is one of our core values, and it shapes everything we do. We're committed to protecting the environment and supporting our local communities. Our programmes include airport and airline decarbonisation, comprehensive education, skills and employment support and community engagement initiatives including volunteering opportunities. At MAG, we recognise creating a first-class journey for our customers starts by creating a first-class career journey for our colleagues and we are committed to building inclusive environments in which our people can thrive.

You’ll also have access to some great benefits including:

• Bonus scheme
• 10% company contribution pension
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Free parking / Subsidised public transport
• Huge range of company discounts
• 2 volunteering days per year
• Free Virtual GP service, available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
• Care Concierge service

The role

You’ll be the subject matter expert providing Primavera P6 EPPM & Oracle/SAP Financial application knowledge and be accountable for creating and maintaining project budget data including schedules, actuals and forecasts. You’ll be responsible for analysing progress reported against the work schedules and produce reports on projects’ progress performance and forecasts. You’ll also contribute to a number of projects where the outputs of this work will be aggregated to provide programme level plans, budgets, schedules, forecasts and reports, whilst managing the team.

What will make you successful in the role?

You’ll have a minimum 5 years’ experience in a similar operational environment working with Oracle Primavera P6 EPPM enterprise tool and SAP, with the ability to shape & provide bespoke reports from Primavera. You’ll have a commercial background, Quantity Surveying for example, as well as experience in delivering complex multi-stakeholder projects & programmes of work to tight regulatory deadlines. You’ll have membership of RICS (or equivalent) or at least be at an advanced stage of completion (date of APC planned with RICS). A Project Management foundation qualification as recognised by RICS, ICE, IMechE or IEE, a Project Management process qualification - Prince 2 Practitioner, and / or a Primavera P6 user capability to an advanced / administrator level would be desirable.