Project Controls Manager in EC1

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Integrated Project Controls Manager - Mega-Project Infrastructure\n\nSector: Nuclear New Build / Major Infrastructure & Energy\n\nLocation: London, England (Hybrid: 3 days per week on-site/office)\n\nPosition Type: Full-Time, Permanent\n\nVetting Requirements: Standard UK Baseline Vetting / Background Checks\n\nThe Opportunity:\n\nWe are partnering with a premier Tier 1 technical services and project controls consultancy to recruit a senior Project Controls Manager. Operating within an expanding mega-project infrastructure division, this role is central to driving high-quality, integrated baseline management across a flagship multi-billion-pound energy development.\n\nThis position serves as a critical strategic link between the central Project Management Office (PMO), engineering delivery programmes, and the international supply chain. You will lead and coordinate a team across cost, scheduling, risk, change management, and performance reporting to ensure all project management data drives forward-looking executive decision-making.\n\nKey Responsibilities:\n\nIntegrated Controls Management: Direct and manage all Project Controls functions for an assigned multi-million-pound work scope, ensuring strict alignment with the project's master Controls Execution Plan.\n\nData Integration & Function Coordination: Harmonise the distinct functions of cost engineering, scheduling, risk management, and change control to produce unified, high-integrity management information.\n\nSupply Chain Assurance: Liaise extensively with tier 1 supply chain partners to review, interrogate, and assure the quality and validity of contractor-submitted project controls data.\n\nPerformance Reporting: Author and deliver high-quality, audit-ready month-end performance reports, steering subsequent project performance review meetings with delivery leads.\n\nVariance & Forecast Analysis: Oversee schedule health, cost variance analysis, accurate Estimate at Completion (EAC) forecasting, and the identification of proactive programme recovery loops.\n\nStrategic Stakeholder Engagement: Present clear, data-driven insights and concise narratives to senior leadership.

Engage with executive stakeholders and represent the project controls function externally as an exemplar of industry best practices.\n\nDigital Innovation: Contribute to the development of cutting-edge project controls techniques, supporting "Digital by Default" analytical ways of working.\n\nWhat We're Looking For:\n\nInfrastructure Pedigree: Robust, proven experience delivering integrated project controls frameworks on large-scale, complex infrastructure or heavy industrial capital programmes.\n\nMulti-Discipline Competence: Deep technical competence across multiple core controls functions, specifically cost control, estimating, critical path scheduling, change management, and quantitative risk analysis.\n\nEarned Value Expertise: Solid, practical understanding of Earned Value Analysis (EVA) and performance measurement baselines.\n\nLeadership in Matrix Environments: Demonstrated experience managing and mentoring controls teams within a complex matrix structure, backed by strong influencing and communication skills.\n\nEducation: Degree or equivalent higher qualification in Business, Finance, Engineering, Construction Management, or a related technical discipline.\n\nOffice Presence: Able to work from the London office a minimum of 3 days per week.\n\nDesirable Attributes:\n\nProfessional membership or formal certification with recognised bodies such as APM, PMI, or AACE.\n\nAdvanced hands-on experience utilising modern reporting and data analytics tools (e.g., Power BI).\n\nStrong contractual awareness regarding the mechanisms of NEC or FIDIC contract suites.\n\nPrevious experience operating within the Nuclear Energy sector or similarly strict high-compliance environments.\n\nWhat's on Offer (Package & Benefits):\n\nSalary: High-tier base salary matching senior project controls leadership appointments.\n\nWork-Life Balance: Comprehensive commitment to modern flexibility, including an established hybrid working framework.\n\nHealthcare: Premium private single medical cover alongside a digital GP service.\n\nFamily Benefits: Enhanced parental leave pay structures and full access to employee assistance and parental wellness programmes.\n\nProfessional Development: Financial reimbursement and corporate backing for relevant professional institutional memberships and continuous professional development (CPD).\n\nCorporate Culture: A highly collaborative workspace backed by extensive employee networks, matched-funding, and paid volunteering schemes