Project Controls Manager

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Mott MacDonaldLocation/s: Birmingham, Bristol, Glasgow, Liverpool, London, Reading, Cumbria, ManchesterRecruiter contact: Sacha KellyMott MacDonald is a global engineering, management, and development consultancy with over 20,000 employees across more than 50 countries and 140+ offices. We work across incredible global industries, delivering exciting work that is defining our future and making an important societal impact in the communities we serve. Our people power our performance – we succeed when they do. With countless opportunities to collaborate, learn, and grow, the possibilities for excellence are as varied as every individual. Whether you want to grow as a subject matter expert or broaden your experience with roles across our international community, you’re surrounded by global specialists who want to combine their expertise and champion you to be your best. As a proudly employee-owned business, we benefit our clients, our communities, and each other, investing in creating the right space for everyone to feel empowered, included, and valued. Whatever your ambition, Mott MacDonald is where people come to be brilliant.About The Business UnitMott MacDonald’s Advisory and Programme Delivery (APD) unit delivers both project, programme and commercial management (PPCM) services and advisory solutions across the built environment, defence, energy, water, environmental, transportation, health and care sectors. APD delivers services to projects ranging in scale and complexity up to £20bn, through the technical disciplines of programme management, project management, project controls, scheduling, cost management, estimating, infrastructure finance, management consulting, digital consulting and education, health and care management. Our specialist advisory teams offer a range of transformational services that support our core project, programme, and commercial offering, as well as helping clients address their business needs.What you will contribute to the team

Analytical skills to prepare and critically evaluate performance measures (including earned value) and trends across multiple datasets

Ability to focus on key issues and drive out mitigating or recovery actions across the project

Good people management and task facilitation skills

Experience of implementing robust project controls processes and toolsets in relevant industries

Required for the position of Project Controls Manager

Due to the nature of this role, offers may be conditional upon obtaining the appropriate level of security clearance

A background working on large scale infrastructure projects in sectors including, but not limited to water, transport, nuclear, defence

Educated to degree level and/or hold a project controls or management qualification (e.g. APMG Planning and Controls, EVM, PMQ, Prince2)

Flexibility to travel and work in different sectors and clients

Risk management and reporting including the use of ARM

Knowledge and proficiency with Primavera (P6) or Microsoft Project and/or other planning and resourcing software

Create and maintain project schedules that support and align with project requirements

Reduce uncertainty on projects by adapting project methodology

Project reporting including monitoring of KPIs

Undertake project reviews

Able to coordinate and work with other teams and have basic multi-disciplinary knowledge; Comfortable working as a consultant within a client environment

Strong stakeholder management experience

Preferred but not required

Support project managers in maintaining effective and timely change management processes

Monitor and consolidate project plans

PMO experience

Knowledge or and experience using PowerBI

We are actively recruiting a diverse workforce that is reflective of the communities we serve. We recognise that differences in ability, skills and experience are a strength and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds.

UK Immigration

Mott MacDonald Ltd. are not currently offering sponsorship to candidates under the Skilled Worker visa route in the UK. This decision is a consequence of the changes made to the Skilled Worker route by the UK Government in April 2024. We continue to welcome applications from candidates who are eligible for alternative immigration routes in the UK, that do not require sponsorship as a Skilled Worker now or in future.

Equality, diversity, and inclusion

We put equality, diversity, and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they can contribute.

Accessibility

We want you to perform your best at every stage in the recruitment process. If you are disabled or need any support to enable you to apply or attend an interview, please contact us at reasonable.adjustments@mottmac.com and we will talk to you about how we can support you.

Agile working

Happy to talk Flexible Working and how we can support your responsibilities beyond the workplace.

We Offer Some Fantastic Benefits Including

Pension matched up to 7%

Life insurance

An annual professional institution subscription

Continuous development opportunities – because we want you to thrive

Agile/flexible working – because life isn’t 9-5

Enhanced parental leave; shared parental leave policies – for parents and carers

Annual bonus scheme

Flexible benefits that suit you, including ability to buy/sell annual leave entitlement, cycle to work and interest free season ticket loans

Wellbeing support including access to an independent Employer Assistance Scheme, wellbeing champions and access to learning and support resources

Access to our Advanced Employee Networks which support our LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability and parents/carers communities

The opportunity to make a difference; learn more about our social outcomes

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Location(s) : London, Bristol, Reading, Moor Row, Glasgow, Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham

Contract Type:

Permanent

Work Pattern:

Full Time

Discipline:

Project controls

Job Ref:

11155

Recruiter Contact:

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