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As a Project Controls Manager, you’ll bring together cost, schedule and risk information to tell the story of project performance-helping senior leaders make informed decisions and enabling successful delivery across a major national infrastructure programme.\nYou’ll act as the conscience of the project: integrating data, ensuring accuracy, and providing meaningful insights that support continuous improvement. Working within the PMO and alongside planners, cost analysts, programme leaders and engineering teams, you’ll be central to the flow of information across a complex matrix environment.\nWhat you’ll be doing\nIn this role, you will:\nLead the collation, validation and integration of cost, schedule and risk information for internal reporting.\n\nPrepare, review and present performance reports to a range of stakeholders, offering clear insight and recommendations.\n\nProduce and manage KPI reporting, ensuring continuous improvement.\n\nMonitor project progress, costings, logic, resourcing and planning quality.\n\nWork closely with work package managers on monthly performance updates.\n\nMentor and support a team of project controls professionals.\n\nCollaborate daily with functions such as Procurement, Commercial and Estimating.\n\nSupport cost planning and contribute specialist expertise to delivery teams.\n\nCreate reporting outputs in Excel (and ideally PowerBI).\n\nChampion positive culture and behaviours across the PMO.\n\nPromote a safe working environment aligned with training and instructions.\n\nWhat you need to bring\nWe encourage applications from candidates who meet around 75% of the criteria-there’s no such thing as the perfect candidate.\nYou’ll bring experience in:\nPMO environments, monthly reporting cycles and enterprise reporting.\n\nIntegrating data to produce meaningful project/programme performance insights.\n\nCommunicating complex project information clearly to diverse audiences.\n\nWorking collaboratively across matrix organisations.\n\nCost and schedule management best practice.\n\nRunning schedule development meetings, critical path analysis and monthly reporting inputs.\n\nProject-specific experience:\nExperience in client-facing environments.\n\nExperience administering NEC4 contracts (ideally Option C).\n\nAdvanced proficiency in Excel, Power Query and cost management tooling.\n\nNEC PM accreditation or CPD desirable.\n\nQualifications & experience\nYou’ll ideally have:\nDegree or equivalent experience\n\nExperience working on large-scale nuclear or other major infrastructure projects.\n\nMembership of (or working toward) a relevant professional body such as APM, CaSA or RICS.\n\nWho you’ll work with\nYou’ll work closely with:\nSenior Project Controls Manager (line reporting)\n\nPlanners and Cost Analysts\n\nHead of PMO, Heads of Programme and senior programme stakeholders\n\nProcurement, Estimating, Commercial and wider support functions\n\nInternal and external project partners and suppliers\n\nWhat you’ll get from the role\nThe chance to shape reporting and delivery performance for a nationally significant programme.\n\nOpportunities to influence senior stakeholders and drive decision-making.\n\nLeadership responsibility and mentoring opportunities within the PMO.\n\nA collaborative, inclusive culture focused on continuous improvement.\n\nFlexibility in working arrangements (including part-time options).\n\nYou’ll receive a salary between £60,000 - £78,750, a £2,200 annual benefit allowance, 12.5% bonus opportunity, 6x pensionable life assurance, 50% income protection, 28 days holiday plus bank holidays, and a £250 new joiner payment.\n\nPay Range:\n£60,000.00-\n£78,750.00\nWhy Join Us?\nYou’ll be joining a forward-thinking organisation that values transparency, fairness, and innovation. 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