Senior Project Controller

Location/s:
Altrincham or Bristol, UK
Recruiter contact:
Cassidy Browne

Mott Mac Donald 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 Mac Donald is where people come to be brilliant.

About the business unit
The Energy unit delivers services to clients globally across several sectors including hydropower, nuclear, waste, renewable generation and transmission & distribution networks. Together we provide integrated engineering and project management services across the project lifecycle – from concept and design to construction and operations, to decommissioning or repowering and life extension. Together with our clients, we’re helping to deliver the energy transition globally.

Overview of the role

Mott Mac Donald is looking for a Senior Project Controller to join our Energy Unit within the Nuclear, Defence and Civil division. You will play a key role in supporting the successful delivery of complex and high-profile projects within the nuclear sector, working collaboratively with integrated, multi-disciplinary teams.

This role offers the opportunity to influence project outcomes, apply best-practice cost control, and contribute to safe, sustainable project delivery, while developing your career within a globally respected consultancy known for technical excellence and a strong people culture.

Key responsibilities and duties include:

• Lead the development and application of cost control strategies aligned to client requirements and industry best practice
• Establish, implement and maintain effective cost control systems to manage budgets, commitments, actuals and forecasts
• Develop and manage robust Performance Measurement Baselines (PMB), supporting integrated change control processes
• Produce and maintain Cost Breakdown Structures (CBS) aligned with WBS, work packages and control accounts
• Integrate cost estimates with schedules to support accurate time-phased budgets and earned value performance
• Prepare and manage accruals to ensure timely and accurate reporting of Actual Cost of Work Performed (ACWP)
• Maintain credible and well-evidenced project forecasts, including Estimates to Complete (ETC)
• Manage cost control and reporting in accordance with NEC or FIDIC contract requirements
• Engage with the supply chain to validate cost data, understand variances and improve forecast accuracy
• Provide clear, insightful cost performance reporting to project and senior leadership teams

Candidate specification

Essential:

• Professional experience in Project Controls / Cost Engineering / Cost Control across the full project lifecycle
• Strong knowledge of Earned Value Management (EVM), cost forecasting and performance analysis
• Experience working within integrated project teams on complex infrastructure or energy projects
• Ability to influence and guide cost control processes within complex project or programme environments
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to engage confidently with senior stakeholders
• Demonstrated leadership behaviours, including coaching and developing others in a collaborative environment
• Understanding of how cost control interfaces with planning, risk, reporting and change control
• Membership of, or working towards membership of, a relevant professional body (e.g. APM, PMI)

Please be advised that offers for this role are…