Project Controls Lead in Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom |
GBP £500 to £545 per day |
Contract
The Land and Property Team are responsible for:
- Acquisition of c£6 billion of land and property over the Phases of delivery
- Assessment of thousands of applications for acquisition under statutory blight and discretionary schemes
- Access to land for surveys and ground investigations
- Negotiation with hundreds of petitioners in the Hybrid Bill process
- Acquisition of Land required for the construction of the railway
- Management of property acquired ACCOUNTABILITIES:
- Responsible for the processes and controls within which the Property Cost Estimate (c£6bn) is managed; ensuring the integrity of forecasts and accuracy of actual cost data.
- Lead the framework within which risks and issues are captured, reported and managed.
- Oversee Quantitative Cost and Schedule Risk Analysis (QCRA/QSRA), and act as the interface with other Project Controls teams across the Phases for programme level QCRA/QSRA exercises.
- Manage the way in which Land and Property develop programme plans, monitor progress and identify dependencies; working with the Programme Management functions to ensure Land and Property plans interface with those from other areas of the business.
- Lead reporting for the Land and Property Directorate, serving both internal and external stakeholders, ensuring the team deliver accurate Management Information and analysis.
- Manage inputs to internal and external reviews, baselining exercises and audits; ensure plans are put in place to deliver on subsequent recommendations and outcomes.
- Oversee how lessons learned are captured, disseminated and implemented in order to drive continuous improvements across Land and Property.
- Ensure that processes, guidance and assurance activities are in place so that Land and Property have confidence it is operating within the limits of corporate governance.
- Oversee the co-ordination and management of formal decision-making bodies to secure the necessary direction to deliver programme objectives.
- Manage and lead team members, developing, motivating and inspiring high performing Project Controls professionals and ensuring each has well-defined personal and developmental objectives that feed into regular performance discussions.
SKILLS
- Ability to assess financial risks, budgets and forecasts and set the direction for how to manage change and reporting
- Ability to identify programme level delivery risks and work with groups of stakeholders to test the relationships between cost and programme
- Ability to design, implement and operate control frameworks and processes
- Ability to communicate effectively and manage strategic stakeholder relationships
- Able to present strategies and solutions through papers, reports and presentations
- Able to determine how IT solutions should be used to analyse and present programme, cost and risk information
- Ability to lead teams of people, both as line manager and through matrixed relationships
- Innovative and critical thinking skills with relation to cost, programme, risk and governance
KNOWLEDGE
- Knowledge of best practice project and programme management techniques
- Knowledge of IT solutions used to analyse cost, risk and programme
- Knowledge of costing models and forecasting techniques
TYPE OF EXPERIENCE
- Project controls experience within a complex project / programme environment
- Experience of managing complex cost estimates
- Experience of implementing and operating governance regimes, processes and assurance activities
- Experience of delivering accurate and relevant reporting
- Experienced in risk management and analytical techniques associated with risk management
- Experience of implementing analytical techniques to understand business data
- Experience of managing a team
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