Innovative Project Controls Manager; Data Centres​/Buildings​/tech​/Infrastructure - UK; Hybrid

Overview

Laminar Projects is a high-end project management consultancy and tech developer with a focus on upgrading how construction projects are delivered. We bring transparency and control to projects through a pragmatic mix of the latest technology, our processes, and common sense. We invest in developing digital solutions to help deliver projects better. Our people are the core of our business and we aim to design an organisation that enables the flourishing of team members.

We have grown from two people in 2017 to over 220 today with a stable, repeat client base across infrastructure and complex building projects in the UK and internationally. Joining us is a transformative educational experience with diverse challenges and opportunities for growth.

Core values include growing yourself, caring about people, executing to greatness, and building civilisation. Our missions are to fully digitalise construction and to create an organisation that enables human flourishing while delivering a positive societal impact.

Purpose of the role
You will enhance the delivery of the world’s most complex projects through project controls and act as a senior leader within the Laminar team and the wider industry.

Your team
This role is part of our Project Management Consultancy, focusing on understanding project problems, implementing the best solutions, and developing scalable best practices, tools and technology. You will join our Project Controls Discipline Team, led by a discipline director.

Your top three objectives:

Your top five responsibilities:

• Own the controls: manage cost, schedule, change and risk on one or more projects to enable accurate decisions
• Develop everyone: maximise development of your team and educate clients to improve as well
• Make scalable solutions: develop scalable, repeatable best practices and tools with the team
• Report and inform: provide simple actionable reports to stakeholders to improve efficiency
• Own the outcome: drive understanding and focus on the plan to ensure progress

• A construction engineering background: solid capability in cost, schedule and change, with experience in developing project controls processes and reporting aligned with objectives
• Communication skills: ability to engage teams, drive adoption of new approaches, and promote best practices
• Leadership capabilities: proven leader, coach and developer of teams with a track record of building high-performing planning and controls functions
• Impact: history of implementing scalable, repeatable solutions with positive impact on complex projects

Laminar isn’t the place for you if you’re seeking an easy, low-challenge role, prefer to work alone, or dislike receiving honest feedback. You will be part of a team and expected to collaborate.

What kinds of projects would I be working on?
You’ll be exposed to several projects in your first year, including data centres, infrastructure, high tech and complex building projects. Projects are hands-on and dynamic, with lessons captured for our knowledge repository and potential product development.

Where would I be working?
Possible work from home, site visits, London office workshops, and travel to Europe or the Middle East depending on project needs.

How does this connect to long-term impact?
You’ll help document new and evolving solutions, contribute to our knowledge repository, and test products in the field to rapidly iterate and improve them for industry use.

• The standard stuff:
  Health Insurance, Pension, Bonus scheme, Professional body membership, Cycle to Work
• The life-changing stuff:
  In-house coaching, Equity upside, Flexible working, Relentless development

Please include a letter explaining why you want to join us and what you’ll bring to the team. We read every letter and then schedule a casual conversation. A couple of technical and personal assessments follow to align with our development matrix and determine the appropriate level of responsibility.