Overview As Project Controls Manager, you guide complex, high-value defence-related programmes by leading cross-disciplinary controls teams. You define scope, establish robust baselines, and integrate cost, schedule, and risk data to support decision-making. You’ll collaborate with finance, project, and supplier teams to ensure governance, change control, and performance reporting. This role combines hands-on delivery with mentoring, shaping control processes and driving continuous improvement within a regulated environment. You will work on-site with clients and stakeholders, contributing to successful, auditable project outcomes.
Pay / Benefits - flexible working environment
- focus on work-life balance
- inclusion networks and diversity
- opportunity to work on-site with clients
- career development and mentoring
- support for professional membership
Responsibilities - Lead cross-discipline Project Controls teams on high risk, high complexity programmes
- Define scope with exclusions, interfaces, dependencies and drive WBS development
- Establish Performance Measurement Baseline and manage change control with IPT
- Collaborate with Project/Commercial Managers to integrate supplier controls requirements
- Ensure scope, cost, risk and schedule alignment
- Analyze performance data (Earned Value) to inform decisions
- Liaise with Finance to produce Cost/Forecast profiles
- Oversee quantitative risk analysis and risk management
- Support resource deployment via resource-loaded schedules
- Establish governance processes for auditable decision-making
- Assure quality and integrity of team outputs
- Foster delivery recovery via stakeholder communication and relationship building
- Promote learning from experience and process improvements
- Mentor and coach team members for capability growth
- Work with clients on-site 2-3 days per week with possible UK travel
- Operate within MoD security clearance constraints
- Contribute to inclusive leadership and diverse teams
Key requirements - Proven delivery experience in defence or infrastructure sectors
- Experience across the full project lifecycle in Project Controls
- Experience in two or more disciplines: Planning/Scheduling, Cost Estimation, Cost Control, Risk Management, or Performance Reporting with related tools
- Strong understanding of Integrated Project Controls
- Proactive, curious, and adaptable in uncertain environments
- Strong communication and leadership abilities with experience developing teams
- Degree in a relevant technical or management field or equivalent
- Membership of a professional body (e.g., APM, PMI)
- Ability to make risk-based decisions under uncertainty
- Competence with role-specific software
- Willingness to work on-site with clients and travel as needed
- Desire to work across sectors and with various clients
- SOX/UK MoD security considerations awareness
- Strong communicator
- Leadership and people development
- Influencing and stakeholder management
- Planning and Scheduling
- Cost Estimation
- Cost Control
