Senior Project Controls Engineer – Scheduling, Cost & Risk

NUVIA; Retford; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Nuvia in the UK seeks a Project Controls Engineer to support planning, scheduling, cost management, risk management, and change control across STEP construction partner projects. You will establish and maintain effective controls to enable informed decisions and improve programme performance, working with project managers, engineering teams, and client stakeholders.

The role covers dashboards, KPIs, and weekly/monthly reporting; you will manage risk registers, schedule risk analysis, and ensure

Qualifications

• Degree qualified in Engineering, Construction Management, Quantity Surveying, Project Management or a related discipline.
• Experience in project controls within large-scale infrastructure, nuclear, energy or major construction projects.
• Advanced proficiency in Primavera P6.
• Experience in developing and managing complex integrated construction schedules.
• Experience undertaking QSRA.
• Knowledge of Earned Value Management (EVM).
• Experience with QSRA tools such as PRA, Safran Risk, Acumen Risk, Primavera Risk Analysis, @Risk or equivalent.
• Professional membership with APM, ACostE or PMI.
• Project Controls, Planning or Risk Management certification.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain integrated project schedules, baselines, WBS, and execution plans using Primavera P6 or equivalent tools.
• Monitor progress, analyse schedule performance, and conduct critical path analysis to identify risks and recovery opportunities.
• Facilitate progress reviews and produce short, medium, and long-term look-ahead programmes.
• Maintain project cost control systems and monitor budgets, expenditures, commitments, and forecasts.
• Perform earned value analysis and assess cost variances against approved baselines.
• Prepare cost reports and forecasts while ensuring compliance with financial governance requirements.
• Produce project dashboards, KPIs, and performance reports for management and client stakeholders.
• Analyse schedule, cost, risk, and progress data to identify trends, issues, and improvement opportunities.
• Deliver accurate weekly and monthly project controls reporting to support decision-making.
• Support the identification, assessment, and monitoring of project risks and opportunities.
• Maintain risk registers, mitigation plans, and associated tracking mechanisms.
• Facilitate risk workshops and contribute to qualitative and quantitative risk analysis activities.
• Support and administer project change management processes and controls.
• Assess schedule and cost impacts of proposed changes and maintain change records.
• Ensure approved changes are incorporated into project baselines, schedules, and forecasts.
• Collaborate with project, engineering, commercial, procurement, and construction teams to ensure alignment.
• Build effective relationships with clients, suppliers, and subcontractors to support project delivery.
• Contribute to governance reviews, project meetings, and programme reporting activities.
• Support the development and enhancement of project controls processes, systems, and standards.
• Promote best-practice project controls methodologies across the project team.
• Contribute to lessons learned activities and continuous improvement initiatives

Skills

Project controls

Planning & scheduling

Cost control

Risk management

Change control

Stakeholder engagement

Dashboard reporting

EVM

Critical path analysis

Education

Engineering degree

Construction management

Quantity surveying

Project management certification

Tools

Primavera P6

PRA

Safran Risk

Acumen Risk

Primavera Risk Analysis

@Risk

NEC contracts

Job description

Nuvia in the UK seeks a Project Controls Engineer to support planning, scheduling, cost management, risk management, and change control across STEP construction partner projects. You will establish and maintain effective controls to enable informed decisions and improve programme performance, working with project managers, engineering teams, and client stakeholders.

The role covers dashboards, KPIs, and weekly/monthly reporting; you will manage risk registers, schedule risk analysis, and ensure