Senior Project Controls Lead for Infrastructure Projects

Mott MacDonald; Reading; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

Life assurance

Income protection

Flexible benefits

Annual bonus

Employee ownership

Generous holiday

Job summary

Mott MacDonald is recruiting for a PMO/Project Controls professional to join our advisory and programme delivery team on major infrastructure projects across the UK. You will lead planning, cost, risk, and performance reporting, working across multi-disciplinary teams to improve governance and delivery.

The role requires travel to client sites (2–3 days per week), a degree or equivalent in a relevant field, and a solid grounding in project controls.

Qualifications

• Due to the nature of this role, offers may be conditional upon obtaining the appropriate level of security clearance
• Willingness to undertake regular travel to client sites and project locations, typically 2-3 days per week, including overnight stays where required by client and project assignments
• A background working on large scale infrastructure projects in sectors including water, transport, nuclear and defence
• Educated to degree level and/or hold a project controls or management qualification (e.g. APMG Planning and Controls, EVM, PMQ, Prince2)
• Demonstrable expertise across multiple Project Controls Management disciplines, including planning, cost, risk, health and safety, and quality
• Proven application of project controls principles and practices within consultancy, engineering, construction and/or major infrastructure environments
• Knowledge and practical application of risk management and reporting, including the use of ARM
• Knowledge of cost management, forecasting earned value management (EVM) and project performance reporting
• Proficiency with Primavera (P6), Microsoft Project and/or other planning and resourcing software
• Ability to develop and maintain project schedules that support and align with project requirements
• Ability to apply project controls methodologies to reduce uncertainty and improve project outcomes
• Project reporting capability, including the monitoring and analysis of KPIs, performance metrics and trends
• Understanding of project governance, assurance and reporting within complex project environments
• Ability to undertake project reviews and provide recommendations for improvement
• Ability to work across multi-disciplinary teams, integrating inputs from planning, cost, risk, health and safety, quality and project delivery functions
• Comfortable working as a consultant within a client environment, building trusted relationships and providing project controls advisory services
• Well developed stakeholder management skills and the ability to influence at all levels

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate expertise across planning, cost, risk and reporting within a Project Controls Management environment
• Experience of applying project controls principles and practices within consultancy, engineering, construction, or major infrastructure environments
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to prepare, interpret and critically evaluate project performance measures, trends and key insights across multiple data sources
• The ability to identify emerging issues, challenge constructively, and drive appropriate mitigation and recovery actions
• Experience of establishing and implementing effective project controls frameworks, processes and toolsets across complex construction and infrastructure projects
• Strong stakeholder engagement, people management and facilitation skills, with the ability to influence decision‑making at all levels
• The ability to apply an integrated project controls approach to support project governance, assurance and performance management and successful project delivery

Skills

Planning

Cost management

Risk management

Reporting

Stakeholder engagement

Project controls

Primavera P6

Microsoft Project

ARM knowledge

Governance & assurance

Education

Degree in a relevant field

Project controls qualification (APMG Planning and Controls, EVM, PMQ, Prince2)

Tools

Primavera P6

Microsoft Project

ARM

Job description

Mott MacDonald is recruiting for a PMO/Project Controls professional to join our advisory and programme delivery team on major infrastructure projects across the UK. You will lead planning, cost, risk, and performance reporting, working across multi-disciplinary teams to improve governance and delivery.

The role requires travel to client sites (2–3 days per week), a degree or equivalent in a relevant field, and a solid grounding in project controls.