Senior Project Controls Engineer / Senior Controller

Matchtech; Stansted Mountfitchet; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering company in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior Project Controls Engineer to support a high volume of enhancement projects. In a small PMO team, you will provide essential oversight, ensuring effective reporting, governance, and risk management. The ideal candidate has strong experience in project controls, particularly in infrastructure, and is comfortable managing multiple workstreams in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in project controls, ideally in infrastructure markets.
• Comfortable managing high-volume, fast-paced workloads.
• Ability to apply project controls best practices pragmatically.

Responsibilities

• Provide project controls oversight across the enhancements portfolio.
• Maintain accurate schedules, cost tracking, risk logs, and performance reporting.
• Support governance processes, including reports and dashboards.

Skills

Project controls oversight

Analytical skills

Reporting skills

Organisational skills

Risk management

Job description

Leading international engineering and programme management company seeks a proven project controls professional to join them as Senior Project Controls Engineer / Senior Controller.

As Senior Project Controls Engineer / Senior Controller you will support the delivery of a high volume of enhancement projects. As part of a small PMO team (up to six people), this role will provide essential project controls oversight, ensuring strong reporting, governance, risk management, and delivery support across a portfolio of lower‑value but fast‑moving projects.

The Senior Project Controls Engineer / Senior Controller will act as a key point of expertise within a newly formed PMO, advising on best practice project controls while also operating hands‑on, running simple, pragmatic processes that suit a lean delivery environment. The role requires someone confident, structured, and capable of managing multiple workstreams simultaneously.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide project controls oversight across the enhancements portfolio
• Maintain accurate schedules, cost tracking, risk logs, and performance reporting
• Support governance processes, including preparation of reports, dashboards, and assurance artefacts
• Advise on best practice project controls methods and help embed consistent standards
• Work closely with project managers to validate progress, risks, and financial forecasts
• Support continuous improvement of controls processes within the PMO

Ideal Candidate

• Strong experience in project controls, ideally in infrastructure market (airport, rail, highways etc)
• Comfortable managing high‑volume, fast‑paced workloads
• Ability to apply project controls best practice in a pragmatic, proportionate way
• Confident working in a small, newly established PMO team
• Strong analytical, reporting, and organisational skills