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Senior Project Controls Manager

Mace Group

Manchester

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Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a skilled planning professional to drive project success through effective schedule management and strategic direction. This role involves collaborating with diverse teams and clients to ensure projects meet safety, quality, and sustainability standards. You will be at the forefront of delivering transformative projects, leveraging your expertise in planning techniques and stakeholder management. Join a forward-thinking company that values safety, integrity, and the development of its people while contributing to impactful projects that shape communities.

Benefits

Flexible working options
Professional development opportunities
Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Qualifications

  • Significant experience in planning techniques across various sectors.
  • Membership in APM, RICS, or similar professional bodies is preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Lead planning and schedule management for key projects.
  • Ensure compliance with safety and quality standards.

Skills

Schedule Management
Communication Skills
Problem Solving
Leadership
Project Management
Stakeholder Management

Education

Degree in Construction/Engineering

Tools

Planning Software

Job description

At Mace, our purpose is to redefine the boundaries of ambition. We believe in creating places that are responsible, bringing transformative impact to our people, communities and societies across the globe. To learn more about our purpose, culture, and priorities, visit our strategy site.

Within our consult business, we harness our unique combination of leading-edge practical expertise and project delivery consultancy to unlock the potential of every project.

This role will be based in the clients office 3-4 days per week.

Our values shape the way we consult and define the people we want to join us on our journey, they are:

Safety first - Going home safe and well:

  • You will be an advocate of Mace's value of safety first, and be accountable for leading and maintaining exceptional safety, quality, cost, programme, sustainability and project compliance standards.
  • You will possess expertise in local health and safety rules and regulations relevant to project portfolio.
  • You will champion a diverse and inclusive working environment and understand the importance of the wellbeing of the people you manage.

Client focus - Deliver on our promise:

  • You will manage the delivery of key assignments and defined business areas, providing strategic direction and monitoring delivery aligned with overall vision and objectives.
  • You will support the long-term success of planning performance for specified engines/sectors/hubs, and the overall contribution to the broader company goals.
  • You will support the planning function in ensuring projects and tenders are effectively planned, scheduled, and monitored.
  • Leads application of specific planning/scheduling methods, techniques and tools
  • Good working knowledge of planning/scheduling, earned value management (EVM), project controls methodologies
  • Communicate effectively with the client, project team and stakeholders.
  • Influence on complex requirements and communicate analysis and corrective measures effectively.
  • Leads and manages a team of professionals delivering planning/schedule management services and responsible for team/individual development.
  • Influences client to accept proposals and recommendations
  • Undertakes task/s required to fulfil the requirements of the project/assignment.
  • Works collaboratively towards the common goal of net zero carbon transition and share responsibility for the proactive identification and management of the associated carbon emissions and reductions during the delivery of work.

Integrity - Always do the right thing:

  • You will support senior management in negotiations, contract development and other business development, ensuring that due diligence is applied.
  • You will support the long-term development of strategy for a function or business unit (BU), creating a sustainable business future.
  • You will commit to making a positive impact for our people, our clients, and our planet, and take ownership for holding others to account who do not uphold the Mace values.

Create opportunity - For our people to excel:

  • You will support your project team and provide an environment to share knowledge and experience.
  • You will actively network, innovate, and seek understanding of best practice, utilising the full depth of knowledge of Mace group, the centres of excellence, Mace way control centre and knowledge hub.
  • You will develop and maintain effective communication and collaborative relationships with the client and other project stakeholders, both internal and external.

You’ll need to have:

  • Excellent written communication skills, clear & concise.
  • In depth knowledge of schedule management tools & software.
  • Stays up to date with current key industry/professional trends.
  • Delivers service excellence.
  • Problem solving.
  • Strong management skills and talent development
  • Develop and maintain effective communication and collaborative relationships with the client and other project stakeholders (internal and external).
  • Significant experience in the use of planning techniques in a range of multi-disciplinary sectors.
  • Ideally degree educated, preferably in a construction/engineering discipline (or equivalent).

You’ll also have:

  • Membership of APM, RICS, CIOB, ICE, AACE, IRM, IEMA or equivalent demonstrable professional or personal development.
  • Extensive experience in the successful planning of projects and programmes in the consult sector.
  • Deep property or infrastructure project management expertise.
  • Strong commercial and financial acumen.
  • Leadership and management experience of large, diverse teams.
  • Experience of managing relationships with key senior stakeholders.
  • Knowledge of how carbon and sustainability considerations will shape the outlook of the projects you are working on.

Mace is an inclusive employer and welcomes interest from a diverse range of candidates. Even if you feel you do not fulfil all of the criteria, please apply as you may still be the best candidate for this role or another role within our organisation.

We are also open to discussing part-time, flexible, and hybrid working options if suitable within the role.

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