Senior Project Controls Lead - Infrastructure & Forecasting

Energy Jobline ZR; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

25 days holiday + option to buy 4 days

Private healthcare

Cycle to work scheme

Hybrid working

Job summary

D2 Global is seeking a Programme/Project Controls Manager to provide leadership across key infrastructure projects in the UK. You will establish best-practice controls, forecast accurately, and deliver transparent reporting and governance throughout the lifecycle.

You will collaborate with senior client stakeholders, delivery teams, commercial leads, and supply chain partners to drive performance improvement, challenge assumptions, and influence outcomes.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a Project Controls Manager / Senior Project Controls role within major infrastructure (rail, transport, utilities, energy, civils, or large capital programmes).
• Strong knowledge of project controls disciplines: planning, cost, risk, reporting, governance, and performance management.
• High proficiency in Primavera P6 and/or Microsoft Project, with strong Excel capability.
• Experience producing client-facing reporting and presenting performance insights to senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage project controls activities across one or multiple infrastructure workstreams.
• Develop, maintain and assure integrated project schedules, including baseline management, critical path analysis, and progress measurement.
• Provide accurate cost reporting, forecasting, and performance analysis to support decision-making.
• Own and maintain risk and opportunity processes, facilitating workshops and ensuring mitigation plans are embedded into delivery plans.
• Deliver high-quality project controls reporting packs (weekly/monthly), including KPIs, dashboards, and executive-level narrative.
• Support robust change control, capturing schedule/cost impacts and ensuring governance and approvals are maintained.
• Provide assurance of programme health, highlighting key risks, issues, and recovery actions early.
• Engage confidently with client and stakeholder teams, presenting insights clearly and influencing outcomes.
• Mentor and support junior project controls resources where required and contribute to continuous improvement across D2 Global’s controls capability.

Skills

Project controls

Primavera P6

Microsoft Project

Cost reporting

Risk management

Forecasting

Governance

Stakeholder engagement

Tools

Power BI

Excel

Job description

D2 Global is seeking a Programme/Project Controls Manager to provide leadership across key infrastructure projects in the UK. You will establish best-practice controls, forecast accurately, and deliver transparent reporting and governance throughout the lifecycle.

You will collaborate with senior client stakeholders, delivery teams, commercial leads, and supply chain partners to drive performance improvement, challenge assumptions, and influence outcomes.