Senior Project Controls Lead

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Benefits offered by this job

Health cash plan

Critical illness insurance

Dental insurance

Life assurance flex

Partner cover

Retail savings scheme

Online GP service

Cycle to work scheme

Gym membership discounts

Wellness days

Job summary

Yorkshire Water is looking for a Senior Project Controls Lead to join the Asset Delivery PMO on a 12‑month fixed term contract. The role is based in Buttershaw, Bradford with hybrid working (2–3 office days per week) and a 37‑hour week.

You will drive proportionate project control, financial forecasting and RAID across AMP8, mentor junior staff, and report performance to senior leaders. The package includes a salary of £52,955–£67,891, plus a strong benefits package, pension up to 12%, and

Qualifications

• Experience in a PMO environment with project controls.
• Ability to analyse and present project performance data to senior leaders.
• Experience enforcing control processes in large programmes.
• Understanding of financial reporting and project planning.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Drive proportionate project control processes across assigned work streams.
• Facilitate regular sessions with delivery teams on project health and performance.
• Identify threats to performance and support risk reduction.
• Follow agreed project control processes: forecasting, Change control, RAID, milestones.
• Draft programme status reports and present metrics to senior leaders.
• Provide integrated performance approach with aligned forecasts and schedules.
• Ensure consistency of project control across sub-programmes and share best practices.
• Carry out assurance activities and report outputs to leadership.
• Support development and delivery of project control training.

Skills

Project controls

PMO experience

Financial forecasting

Change control

RAID management

Stakeholder comms

NEC contracts knowledge

Primavera P6

Team leadership

Job description

Senior Project Controls Lead

*** 12-month fixed term contract ***

Hello! Thanks for stopping by. Let us tell you about all the great reasons to join us here at Yorkshire Water:

• We offer a competitive salary, 4a, £52,955 - £67,891, depending on experience
• Annual incentive related bonus (£1000 maximum bonus opportunity for the performance year)
• Attractive pension scheme (up to 12% company contribution)
• Development opportunities in line with the Senior Project Controls Lead progression plan
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays – plus 2 extra wellness days!
• Life assurance cover of 4 times pensionable salary
• A great benefits package – choose from health cash plan scheme, critical illness insurance, dental insurance, life assurance flex and partner cover.
• Retail savings scheme
• Online GP service, cycle to work scheme, gym membership discounts and many more!

Location: Buttershaw, Bradford, hybrid working (2 to 3 office days per week), pending office move to Leeds (LS10) from Summer, 2026.

Work type: Permanent. 37 hours per week, Monday – Friday

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Project Controls Lead to join the Asset Delivery PMO at Yorkshire Water and be a part of helping Yorkshire Water to provide the best service to our customers. Could this be you?

What we do:

Everyone has an idea of what a water company does. Here in Yorkshire, we make sure that over 5.4 million people living in the region and the millions of people who visit our region each year, can rely on our services, and have clean and safe drinking water on tap and that their wastewater is taken away. But for us, it’s so much more than this.

We look after communities, protect the environment, and plan to look after Yorkshire’s water, today, tomorrow 24/7, 365 days a year. We provide essential water and wastewater services to every corner of the Yorkshire region, and play a key role in the region’s health, wellbeing, and prosperity.

New environmental legislation, unprecedented levels of investment and changing expectations from customers means that this is an exciting time to discover opportunities within the water industry. The Alliance PMO within the Storm Overflows Alliance function are a key part of how we plan to meet the changing expectations of customers and regulators.

In AMP8, Asset Delivery PMO will support a multi-billion-pound programme of capital investment across YW’s clean and wastewater assets. The Capital Programme is growing by over 50% as we move into AMP8. The Senior Project Control Leads are integral members of the Asset Delivery PMO and will play a critical role in the successful delivery of this programme through the coordination of project and programme control activity for the programme of work that they are assigned to.

Where you fit in:

As our Senior Project Controls Lead you will;

• Drive the application of proportionate project control processes across the programme of work to which they are assigned and support more junior members of the team to do the same.
• Facilitate regular sessions with the delivery team to discuss project/programme health, provide appropriate challenge and contribute to solutions that will improve performance.
• Proactive approach to identifying potential threats to performance and work with project teams to reduce this risk.
• Ensure projects are following the agreed upon project control processes including financial forecasting, Change control, RAID, milestone management. Identifying where processes are not being followed and taking responsibility to increase adherence.
• Draft Programme status reports and measure progress of key metrics. Confidently present this to Senior Leaders.
• With the support of the Project Planners, provide a fully integrated performance approach and ensure that financial forecasts and schedules are aligned.
• Ensure consistency in delivery of project control activity across multiple sub-programmes. Working closely with the other Senior Project Control Lead to ensure consistency and best practice
• Carry out assurance activities including Project Assurance Reviews and Post Project Reviews and report outputs and actions to senior leaders.
• Support in the development of Project control training packages and the implementation of this training across the project delivery community.
• Line management responsibilities for Project Control Leads. Provide training and guidance to more junior members of the project control team
• Drive continuous improvement with the project control team, identifying and taking ownership of specific initiatives.

What skills & qualifications you will need:

• Experience of working in a PMO environment, specifically in project controls.
• The ability to analyse and articulate key messages from project performance data and present confidently to senior leaders
• Experience enforcing control processes within large complex programmes of work
• Experience of tracking and reporting project cost, time and quality with a robust understanding of project management principles.
• Good understanding of financial reporting and project planning principles.
• Excellent communication skills
• Experience of supporting colleagues to improve team capability
• Ability to challenge undesired behaviours appropriately.
• Good IT skills and the ability to use multiple systems.
• Ability to collaborate and build relationships across the wider teams.

You will also benefit from having:

• Experience of leading a team and/or line management responsibility
• Previous experience gained within the water industry or within the broader utilities or construction industry.
• Experience of working with complex commercial and contractual challenges specifically under NEC.
• Knowledge of Primavera P6

We embrace a flexible working model, where our hybrid setup typically requires an average of 2 days in the office per week. This could be slightly more when collaborative efforts, training or meeting deadlines demand it. For those who prefer to work on-site, our office is open Monday-Friday during working hours.

Closing Date - 16th August

If successful for the role, you will be required to undergo pre-employment checks that will include a Basic Disclosure Check, carried out through a Third-Party Company, prior to commencing employment. Depending on the role, you may also be required to go through the security vetting process for either a Counter Terrorist Check or Security Check clearance.

All our roles are subject to a medical questionnaire, and further medicals when required.

We are committed to removing barriers and ensuring our recruitment process is accessible to everyone. We offer a range of adjustments to make your application experience as comfortable and straightforward as possible.

If you have an accessibility need, disability, or condition that requires changes to the recruitment process, please include this information in your application. We will then discuss any reasonable adjustments required.

No agencies please.