Senior Project Controls Lead – Water & Wastewater Programs

Glanua; Bishop's Stortford; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Glanua UK is seeking a Project Controls Manager to lead planning, cost control and risk across wastewater treatment projects. You will drive governance, assurance and transformation while coordinating across tender and live delivery stages.

The role requires advanced Primavera P6 proficiency and leadership of cross-disciplinary teams. You will develop dashboards, manage programme health, perform delay analyses and ensure NEC compliance, supporting continuous improvement and client satisfaction

Qualifications

• Substantial demonstrated experience in planning, project controls or programme management within infrastructure, utilities, water, civil engineering or a comparable project environment.
• Proven experience leading multi-disciplinary Project Controls or Planning teams across multiple projects, frameworks or business units.
• Advanced capability in Primavera P6, including governance and administration, with the ability to act as a super user or technical authority.
• Demonstrated experience of baseline assurance, schedule health reviews, collaborative planning, critical delay analysis and recovery planning.
• Experience integrating planning, cost, progress, quantity, resource, risk and change information.
• Experience of Earned Value Management, trend analysis, cost forecasting and quantity-based progress measurement.
• Working knowledge of the NEC suite of contracts, including programme, early warning, compensation event and reporting requirements.
• Practical experience of tender governance, buildability reviews, contract compliance, change management and stakeholder liaison.
• Experience of quantitative schedule risk analysis using Primavera Risk Analysis or an equivalent platform.
• Relevant qualification in Construction Management, Engineering, Quantity Surveying, Project Management or a related discipline.
• APM, PMI, RICS or an equivalent professional qualification is desirable.
• Competent in Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Project, together with data-led reporting tools.
• Demonstrable knowledge of construction methods, temporary works, buildability, logistics and safety through planning.
• Experience within the UK water sector, regulated utilities or major framework delivery is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Author, develop, implement and maintain the Glanua UK Project Controls strategy and governance framework.
• Provide overall leadership for project planning, cost control, programme risk, change control and performance reporting.
• Oversee tender, mobilisation and live-project programmes, ensuring they are logic-linked, achievable and aligned with contractual and framework requirements.
• Assure baseline, updated, revised and recovery programmes, including critical path, float, milestones, constraints, interfaces and resource requirements.
• Lead collaborative planning sessions with project teams, clients, designers, commercial teams and supply-chain partners.
• Establish and maintain appropriate Primavera P6 governance, coding structures, calendars, access controls and administration standards.
• Carry out schedule health checks and project deep dives, including critical delay analysis and recovery planning.
• Integrate programme, cost, quantity, resource and progress data to support cash flow, cost-to-complete and forecast reporting.
• Establish proportionate Earned Value Management and performance measurement approaches for major projects and frameworks.
• Oversee quantity and progress tracking against bills of quantities, activity schedules and contractual payment mechanisms.
• Lead quantitative schedule risk analysis and ensure risk and opportunity outputs are translated into practical mitigation actions.
• Implement robust change-control processes to capture scope movement, programme impact, cost impact, ownership and contractual status.
• Support the review of compensation events, variations and claims, including programme impact and delay assessments.
• Monitor scope creep and emerging change and provide early visibility to Project, Operations and Commercial leadership.
• Ensure project controls outputs comply with NEC requirements and other applicable forms of contract.
• Lead planning input to tenders and proposals, including pre-submission governance, tender programme assurance, resource and cost loading, programme narratives and risk reviews.
• Coordinate buildability, methodology, logistics, temporary works, sustainability and resource reviews during tender and delivery stages.
• Develop project, framework and portfolio dashboards and KPIs for operational, commercial, executive and client audiences.
• Provide trend analysis and early-warning insight, ensuring reports identify root causes, decisions required, actions, owners and deadlines.
• Manage the utilisation and deployment of project controls resources across the UK portfolio and identify capacity gaps early.
• Support recruitment, onboarding, technical training, mentoring, succession planning and capability development.
• Chair or support project governance forums, ensuring actions are assigned, tracked and closed.
• Drive continuous improvement, standardisation, lean thinking and digital adoption across the Project Controls function.
• Promote safety through planning by addressing safe sequencing, temporary works, access, interfaces and delivery constraints.

Skills

Primavera P6

Project controls

Cost forecasting

Earned Value Management

Risk management

Stakeholder liaison

Microsoft Office

Data reporting

Team leadership

Education

Construction Management

Engineering

PM/Project Management

APM/ PMI/ RICS desirable

Tools

Primavera Risk Analysis

MS Project

MS Office Suite

Job description

Glanua UK is seeking a Project Controls Manager to lead planning, cost control and risk across wastewater treatment projects. You will drive governance, assurance and transformation while coordinating across tender and live delivery stages.

The role requires advanced Primavera P6 proficiency and leadership of cross-disciplinary teams. You will develop dashboards, manage programme health, perform delay analyses and ensure NEC compliance, supporting continuous improvement and client satisfaction