Senior Project Controls Manager

Senior Project Controls Manager

Country: United Kingdom

Position Location: London, UK / Reading, UK

Contract Type: Permanent

Work Pattern: Full Time

Sector: Advisory

Discipline: Project controls

Job Ref: 5603

Recruiter Contact: Sacha Kelly

Mott MacDonald

We’re a global engineering, management, and development consultancy. Our purpose is to improve society by considering social outcomes in everything we do, relentlessly focusing on excellence and digital innovation, transforming our clients’ businesses, our communities and employee opportunities.

A fundamental part of this is respecting each person’s differences and striving to meet their needs.

Our values: Progress, Respect, Integrity, Drive, Excellence.

Overview of the role

Mott MacDonald are looking to hire a Senior Project Controls Manager to join our existing team, providing an extensive range of purpose-driven PMO and Controls services to a wide range of clients across infrastructure and the built environment, including multiple global programmes.

What you will contribute to the team;

Analytical skills to prepare and critically evaluate performance measures (inc. 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

Candidate Specification

Essential

Due to the nature of this role, you must hold existing Secuirty Clearance (SC) or be eligable for SC.
A background working on Nuclear Energy projects or on other large scale, highly regulated projects in industries such a Oil & Gas.
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

Desirable

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.

Mott MacDonald Ltd. are not currently offering sponsorship to candidates under the Skilled Worker visa route in the UK. This decision is as 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 care givers
Annual bonus scheme
Flexible benefits that suit you, including ability to buy/sell annual leave entitlement, cycle to work & 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

Apply now, or for more information about our application process, click here.