Project Controls Manager

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Recruiter contact: Sacha Kelly.

Location/s: Birmingham, Bristol, Glasgow, Liverpool, London, Reading, Cumbria, Manchester.

Contract Type: Permanent

Work Pattern: Full Time

Mott Mac Donald’s Advisory and Programme Delivery (APD) unit delivers project, programme, and commercial management services across the built environment, defence, energy, water, environmental, transportation, health and care sectors. APD handles projects up to £20bn, offering expertise in programming, cost management, estimating, infrastructure finance, digital consulting and more.

• 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 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.

• Offers may be conditional upon obtaining the appropriate level of security clearance.
• Background working on large‑scale infrastructure projects in sectors including, but not limited to, water, transport, nuclear, defence.
• Degree level education and/or 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 use of ARM.
• 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.
• Ability to coordinate and work with other teams, with basic multidisciplinary knowledge.
• Comfortable working as a consultant within a client environment.
• Strong stakeholder‑management experience.

• Support project managers in maintaining effective and timely change‑management processes.
• Monitor and consolidate project plans.
• PMO experience.
• Knowledge or experience using Power
  
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• Pension matched up to 7%
• Life insurance.
• Annual professional institution subscription.
• Continuous development opportunities.
• Agile/flexible working.
• Enhanced parental leave and shared parental leave policies.
• Annual bonus scheme.
• Flexible benefits, 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 learning resources.
• Access to advanced employee networks supporting LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability, and parents/carers communities.
• Opportunity to make a difference; learn more about our social outcomes.

We are actively recruiting a diverse workforce reflective of the communities we serve. We encourage applicants from all backgrounds.

Mott Mac Donald Ltd. is not currently offering sponsorship to candidates under the Skilled Worker visa route in the UK. We welcome applications from candidates eligible for alternative immigration routes that do not require sponsorship.

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