Senior Project Controls Engineer

Overview

In this role you will join the Glasgow-based Infrastructure Project Controls team to support high-profile projects across defence, rail, aviation, highways, water, and marine/ports sectors. You will work with cost and planning engineers to create robust baselines, monitor progress and cost, and deliver performance analysis with actionable recommendations. You will engage with clients and project teams to ensure quality controls, governance, and clear reporting. This is an impactful role for someone who helps shape project outcomes through disciplined scheduling and cost management.

Pay / Benefits

• flexible working environment
• supportive culture
• focus on work-life balance
• equal opportunity employer
• inclusive environment

Responsibilities

• Develop work breakdown structures and robust performance baselines
• Establish progress and cost monitoring methods
• Produce project control reports and conduct performance analysis with recommendations
• Chair weekly progress meetings and contribute to risk reviews
• Coordinate with cost and planning engineers on interfaces and dependencies
• Drive schedule management culture and hold work package owners to account
• Design outputs aligned to stakeholder needs and implement governance for coordination

Key requirements

• Experience in project controls within infrastructure sectors (Defence, Rail, Aviation, Highways, Water, Marine/Ports and Utilities)
• Proficiency in Programme Controls Management, Earned Value (EVM), Change & Risk Management, Planning, Project Controls or PMO
• Strong knowledge of planning principles and life-cycle or procurement impacts on the plan
• Technical competence in schedule construction, WBS, calendars, durations, schedule logic, critical path, resource and cost allocation
• Working knowledge of Primavera, Project Online, Microsoft Project, Asta Powerproject
• Experience in assurance reviews using Primavera Schedlog, Acumen Fuse, DCMA 14 Point Checklist
• Capability in baseline management, progress data collection, variance reporting, issue escalation
• Ability to chair meetings, prepare schedule narratives, manage risk reviews and recovery scenarios
• Experience driving a positive can-do culture and holding interfaces to account

• Proactive mindset
• Strong stakeholder management
• Collaborative, cross-functional communication
• Primavera
• Project Online
• Microsoft Project

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