Project Controls Manager – Operations / Technical / E2E / Integration

Purpose of the Job

The Project Controls Manager is responsible for providing leadership in the planning and reporting of project controls within the designated part of the organisation. The individual aligns the project controls to the project requirements, schedule and budgets. They ensure compliance with appropriate codes, standards and regulations to deliver a completed project. They provide a key leadership role acting on behalf of the relevant accountable Director for the department, as well as the Programme Controls Director for the Programme and the organisation as a who

Principal Accountabilities

Support the business in relation to the following:

• Lead, track and report on delivery project works and planning activities
• Direct the implementation of the delivery project and integrate with associated directorates
• Oversee and provide guidance to the directorate on project controls and matters
• Prepare communications and insights of project delivery based on controls outputs
• Provide functional direction to controls resources deployed on projects
• Work with Programme Controls Heads of Function to implement improvements and sharing of best practice
• Responsible for engagement with deployed controls resources, liaising with PMs to understand resourcing requirements and deployment.
• Work with Head of Project Controls to conduct workforce planning for deployed controls resources
• Work with Accountable Director(s) to use controls insight to drive performance
• Oversight of critical assumptions relating to relevant programme areas, and their upkeep
• Work closely with other Project Controls Managers (Technical, Operations, E2E, and Programme Integration) to maintain alignment and integration of management information and to share lessons
• Take reasonable care of your own and others’ health and safety and of those who may be affected in the day-to-day delivery of this role by taking personal responsibility for working to Target Zero principles.
• Co-operate in all matters relating to health and safety, including following safe working procedures at all times
• Act as a role model for vision and values, behaving in ways that are in alignment with Ways of Working. Encourage and support others to do so too
• Promote equality in the workplace and adopt appropriate behaviour when interacting with colleagues
• Take necessary care to properly protect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of corporate information from unauthorised disclosure, modification or destruction. Never knowingly information or information systems at risk

Main challenges of the job

• Supporting the successful completion of the Programme
• Effective and timely communication of project controls data and insight
• Integrating information across multiple sources
• Driving controls improvement on a period by period basis.

Person Specification

• Detailed understanding of delivery strategy and priorities, and their application
• Exceptional experience with project controls in supporting large scale complex programmes of work
• Detailed understanding of the delivery requirements and timeline of the Programme