Senior Project Controls Manager

AtkinsRéalis; Kincardine; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A major joint venture company is seeking a Senior Project Controls Manager in Kincardine, UK. This role involves overseeing project controls for significant nuclear energy projects, managing budgets, schedules, and ensuring compliance with contract conditions. Candidates should have 10-15 years of experience in project management and be skilled in Earned Value principles. This opportunity offers competitive pay and various benefits.

Benefits

Flexible benefits

Employee share plan

Defined contribution pension plan

Qualifications

• 10-15 years of related experience.
• Ability to work effectively with all levels of management and employees.
• Flexibility to travel to remote job or work location.

Responsibilities

• Manage project cost/control systems.
• Oversee production of detailed schedules.
• Generate project status reports.

Skills

Earned Value principles

Project Management and Project Controls

cost engineering/cost control

organizational skills

interpersonal skills

communication skills

Education

College and/or University degree in a related field

Job description

Senior Project Controls Manager

The Shoreline Power Group is a fully integrated Joint Venture of Aecon and Atkins-Realis located in Kincardine, Ontario. Shoreline Power Group is the centerpiece of the Major Component Replacement (MCR) program which replaces the main components of 6 reactors at the Bruce Power Nuclear Generating Station. The scope of work includes the removal and replacement of calandria tubes, pressure tubes, and feeders as well as construction management and trade labor. This project is part of Bruce Power’s Life Extension Program, which will allow Bruce Power’s CANDU units to continue to operate safely through to 2064.

Reporting to the Project Director, the Senior Project Control Manager will be responsible for providing project control support to ongoing projects and supporting the company’s estimating and construction teams to ensure that the project control system is properly implemented and utilized.

Overview

Summary of the role and context for the Senior Project Controls Manager within Shoreline Power Group and the Bruce Power project.

Responsibilities

• Overall responsibility for compliance of assigned projects with project controls standards - both from applicable contract documents and Shoreline project controls policies/guidelines.
• Manage developing, establishing, and maintaining the company’s project cost/control systems.
• Ensure continuity between project estimates and project baseline.
• Oversee production of a detailed, resource-loaded schedule in P6.
• Oversee the project team in converting project bids to setup the complete, accurate project baseline (budget, schedule) in the PRISM system.
• Assist in setting up project accounting systems (cost codes, job cost processing procedures, project rules of credit).
• Review the project contract and ensure that all contract conditions (invoicing, reporting, change management, etc.) are applied and fulfilled for project setup, tracking, reporting, and closeout.
• Monitor project performance and ensure the project control system is properly implemented.
• Generate required project status reports for internal management and the customer, including the overall project Dashboard and project performance reports (Earned Value, SPI, CPI, etc.).
• Train the project team on how to implement change management procedures.
• Establish and enforce a change management system in compliance with contract conditions and Shoreline procedures; monitor adherence for assigned projects.
• Communicate, train, and ensure project staff understand project controls processes and responsibilities.
• Review and analyze project control reports (progress and productivity) with the project control leads and team; suggest corrective actions to maintain performance.
• Review and analyze scheduling and cost reports; propose actions to stay within cost and schedule targets.
• Prepare and update project cash flows.
• Supervise and mentor project control staff.
• Participate in customer and internal management project status reporting meetings.
• Produce custom reports per request of customer or internal management as required.
• Contribute to ongoing improvements/modifications to Shoreline’s project controls policy & guidelines.
• Other duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Supervise Project Controls planning and scheduling staff.

Why choose AtkinsRéalis as an employer?

Because we offer:

• The opportunity to work on various major projects for internal and external clients.
• An exciting environment where work-life balance is important.
• A wide array of learning and development opportunities.
• Competitive pay, flexible benefits, an employee share plan, and a defined contribution pension plan.
• A work environment focused on health and safety.

The ideal candidate

• 10-15 years of related experience.
• College and/or University degree in a related field, OR applicable work experience.
• Applied knowledge of Earned Value principles.
• Applied knowledge of Project Management and Project Controls principles.
• Applied knowledge of cost engineering/cost control.
• Organizational skills to handle multiple tasks within a high-pressure work site environment.
• Interpersonal and communication skills (written and oral).
• Ability to work effectively with all levels of management and employees.

Fiscal Responsibility

• Direct support of Project management to monitor and report project financial status.
• Fiscal responsibility as required by the Joint Venture agreement.

Extent of Public Contact

• External clients and client groups.

Physical Demands

• Able to travel to remote job or work location.
• Flexibility to relocate or work away from home.
• Variety of jobsite conditions (office, nuclear environment, outdoors).

Other Qualifications

• Due to the nature of work conducted by Shoreline, mandated nuclear export controls requirements must be met for employment.
• Background checks include a full security check and clearance process as well as reference checks. Those with a valid Bruce Power security clearance are strongly preferred.

Are you up for this challenge? Apply today and join our team to help engineer a Better Future for our Planet and its People.

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