Senior Project Controls Lead – Energy Programs

Arcadis; Leeds; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Arcadis in Leeds, UK, seeks a Project Controls Consultant to lead planning, integration and control across major energy programmes. You will mentor junior colleagues and apply strong technical and commercial judgement in delivering high quality project controls services.

The role focuses on designing governance processes, improving digital tools, and providing portfolio insights through dashboards and KPI reporting, while building trusted relationships with client teams and internal stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Degree, HND or equivalent professional experience.
• Ability to lead project controls delivery with limited supervision and sound judgement.
• Strong communication skills for client engagement across disciplines.
• Understanding of project or programme management in design/engineering/construction environments.
• Proficient IT with Excel and Office 365; experience with planning, cost or risk tools.
• Experience with Power BI or Tableau for dashboards and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning, integration and control of complex energy projects across full life cycle.
• Review data, resource-loaded schedules, and oversee progress measurement and forecasting.
• Design and improve project control systems, governance, and digital tools.
• Manage information in Common Data Environments with data quality control.
• Support risk management activities and modelling.
• Oversee cost control: budget, forecasting, EV, and data integration.
• Facilitate planning workshops to align delivery teams.
• Provide portfolio-level insight via integrated reporting and dashboards.
• Promote digital tools, analytics and performance dashboards for decision making.
• Manage change control with documentation and governance.
• Build relationships with internal teams, clients and stakeholders.

Skills

Leadership

Project controls

Communication

Industry understanding

Power BI

Education

Degree, HND or equivalent professional experience

Tools

Excel

Office 365

Planning tools

Cost/Risk tools

Tableau

Job description

Arcadis in Leeds, UK, seeks a Project Controls Consultant to lead planning, integration and control across major energy programmes. You will mentor junior colleagues and apply strong technical and commercial judgement in delivering high quality project controls services.

The role focuses on designing governance processes, improving digital tools, and providing portfolio insights through dashboards and KPI reporting, while building trusted relationships with client teams and internal stakeholders.