Senior Project Controls Lead – Infrastructure & Reporting

Rolls-Royce SMR; East Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 79,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

£2,200 annual benefit allowance

12.5% bonus opportunity

6x pensionable life assurance

50% income protection

28 days holiday plus bank holidays

£250 new joiner payment

Job summary

Rolls-Royce SMR is seeking a Project Controls Manager to guide cost, schedule and risk reporting across a major national infrastructure programme. You will integrate data from PMO, planners and cost analysts to inform senior leaders and enable effective delivery.

In this hybrid role, you will mentor a project controls team, collaborate with Procurement, Commercial and Estimating, and deliver high-quality performance outputs. A strong background in Excel and PowerBI is essential.

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent experience required; nuclear or major infrastructure project experience preferred.
• Experience in client-facing environments and NEC4 contracts (Option C) desirable.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel and Power Query; cost management tooling experience a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead the collation, validation and integration of cost, schedule and risk information for internal reporting.
• Prepare, review and present performance reports to a range of stakeholders with clear insights and recommendations.
• Produce and manage KPI reporting to drive continuous improvement.
• Monitor project progress, costing, logic, resourcing and planning quality.
• Work closely with work package managers on monthly performance updates.
• Mentor and support a team of project controls professionals.
• Collaborate daily with Procurement, Commercial and Estimating functions.
• Support cost planning and contribute specialist expertise to delivery teams.
• Create reporting outputs in Excel (and ideally PowerBI).
• Champion a positive culture across the PMO and promote safety.

Skills

PMO reporting

Cost management

Schedule management

Risk management

Excel

PowerBI

Stakeholder communication

Critical path analysis

Education

Degree or equivalent experience

NEC PM accreditation (desirable)

Tools

Power Query

Cost management tooling

Job description

Rolls-Royce SMR is seeking a Project Controls Manager to guide cost, schedule and risk reporting across a major national infrastructure programme. You will integrate data from PMO, planners and cost analysts to inform senior leaders and enable effective delivery.

In this hybrid role, you will mentor a project controls team, collaborate with Procurement, Commercial and Estimating, and deliver high-quality performance outputs. A strong background in Excel and PowerBI is essential.