Senior Project Controls Reporting & Data Analyst

AtkinsRéalis UK Limited; Manchester; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

AtkinsRéalis UK Limited seeks a Project Controls Reporting & Digital Manager to lead digital reporting, automation and AI-enabled solutions for major construction and infrastructure projects.

You will design and maintain Power BI dashboards for cost, forecast and performance reporting, while embedding automation to improve accuracy and timeliness. The role blends client delivery with internal tool development and governance across project controls.

Qualifications

• Experience in Project Controls within infrastructure sector.
• Proven ability to manage stakeholders including clients, senior leaders and cross-functional teams.
• Experience in a client organisation for complex infrastructure projects/programmes.
• Advanced Power BI skills including data modelling and optimisation.
• Delivery of automation and AI-enabled digital solutions.

Responsibilities

• Deliver digital reporting, dashboards, automation and AI-enabled solutions on client-facing construction and infrastructure projects.
• Collaborate with clients to translate reporting requirements into digital solutions.
• Develop and maintain Power BI dashboards supporting cost, forecast and performance reporting.
• Embed automation and AI to improve reporting efficiency and timeliness.
• Act as a trusted consultant, providing insights and recommendations to client stakeholders.
• Identify opportunities to standardise project controls reporting frameworks, tools and processes across AtkinsRéalis projects.
• Develop reusable dashboards, automation workflows and digital solutions for multiple projects.
• Support data confidence, reporting maturity and digital capability within the organisation.
• Share knowledge and best practices across Project Controls and Digital communities.

Skills

Project controls experience

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Visual reporting

Leadership

Resilience

Client-facing

Infrastructure knowledge

Tools

Power BI

Job description

Job Description Overview AtkinsRéalis is seeking a Project Controls Reporting & Digital Manager or Senior Manager to support the delivery of digital, reporting and automation solutions across client projects, while also contributing to the development of internal tools, standards and processes that enhance AtkinsRéalis' project controls capability. The role sits at the intersection of Project Controls, digital reporting, automation and AI, combining hands‑on client delivery with proactive identification of opportunities to improve how AtkinsRéalis delivers reporting and insights across major construction and infrastructure programmes.

Client Project Delivery (Digital & Reporting)

• Deliver digital reporting, dashboards, automation and AI-enabled solutions on client‑facing construction and infrastructure projects.
• Work directly with clients to understand project controls and reporting requirements and translate them into effective digital solutions.
• Develop and maintain Power BI dashboards that support cost, forecast and performance reporting.
• Embed automation and AI solutions to improve reporting efficiency, accuracy and timeliness.
• Act as a trusted consultant, providing clear insights and recommendations to client stakeholders.

Internal Capability & Tool Development (AtkinsRéalis)

• Identify opportunities to improve and standardise AtkinsRéalis project controls reporting frameworks, tools and processes.
• Contribute to the development of reusable dashboards, automation workflows and digital solutions that can be deployed across projects.
• Support internal initiatives aimed at improving data confidence, reporting maturity and digital capability.
• Share knowledge, lessons learned and best practice across the Project Controls and Digital communities.

Digital, Automation & AI Enablement

• Apply AI-enabled solutions and intelligent automation to reduce manual effort and enhance reporting outputs.
• Use Microsoft Power Platform tools, including: Power Automate Power Apps Microsoft Copilot / AI agents
• Support the standardisation and governance of reporting data and digital workflows.
• Identify emerging digital technologies relevant to project controls and assess their practical application.

Leadership & Collaboration

• Take ownership of reporting and digital workstreams, driving delivery with minimal supervision.
• Mentor and support junior colleagues, building capability across reporting, automation and project controls.
• Collaborate closely with planners, cost managers, commercial teams and digital specialists.
• Confidently challenge existing approaches where improvement is required, both on client projects and internally.

About you

Essential:

• Experience in Project Controls within infrastructure sector, ideally in a consulting environment.
• Exceptional skills and experience at managing stakeholders such as clients, senior leaders, and various colleagues in a matrix and line organization.
• Experience in a client organisation for a complex infrastructure project/ programme.
• Resilience, with the ability to maintain rational thought in a high‑pressure environment.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to present at programme or portfolio level forums or meetings to senior stakeholders.
• Excellent visual communicator, able to provide insights and analysis through dashboards and visual reports.
• Proven expertise in a Project Management or Project Controls Management position, specifically within complex infrastructure projects across sectors such as transport, energy, defence, or water.
• Advanced experience in Power BI, including data modelling and optimisation.
• Demonstrable experience delivering automation and AI‑enabled digital solutions.

Desirable:

• Working knowledge of Python for automation or data processing.
• Working knowledge of SQL for querying and transforming data.
• Experience integrating data from multiple project or enterprise systems.
• Experience working on major or complex programmes.

Rewards & benefits

Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career. Enjoy competitive salaries, employee rewards and a brilliant range of benefits you can tailor to suit your own health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle choices. Make the most of a myriad of opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise. And combine our hybrid working culture and flexible holiday allowances to balance a great job and fulfilling personal life. Be rewarded. Find out more.

About AtkinsRéalis

We are AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We are committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.

Additional information

Security clearance

This role may require security clearance and offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance. If this is necessary, it will be discussed with you at interview. The vetting process is delivered by United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) and may require candidates to provide proof of residency in the UK of 5 years or longer. If applying to this role please do not make reference to (in conversation) or include in your application or CV, details of any current or previously held security clearance.

We are committed to creating a culture where everyone feels that they belong - a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop to be the best we can be.

So, we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and employee resource groups to support all employees.

As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures and ability.

As a Disability Confident Leader, we are committed to offering an interview to all applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria.

If you would like to be considered under this commitment, please let us know at the application stage.

Worker Type

Employee Job Type Regular

At AtkinsRéalis, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world‑class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences. Created by the integration of long‑standing organizations dating back to 1911, AtkinsRéalis is a world‑class engineering services and nuclear company dedicated to engineering a better future for our planet and its people. We create sustainable solutions that connect people, data and technology to transform the world’s infrastructure and energy systems. We deploy global capabilities locally to our clients and deliver unique end‑to‑end services across the whole life cycle of an asset including consulting, advisory & environmental services, intelligent networks & cybersecurity, design & engineering, procurement, project & construction management, operations & maintenance, decommissioning and capital. The breadth and depth of our capabilities are delivered to clients in strategic sectors such as Engineering Services, Nuclear and Capital.

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