Project Controls Specialists – All Levels

Overview

In this role you support the Project Controls team on high-profile infrastructure projects across Power, Water, Rail, Defence, Nuclear, Local Authority and Shipyards. You contribute to planning, scheduling, performance reporting and risk management for major programmes, adapting to a regional expansion and diverse client base. You will work closely with cost and planning engineers to establish baselines, monitor progress, and provide analysis and recommendations. This is an opportunity to grow into leadership within a values-driven, collaborative environment that emphasizes bringing out the best in everyone.

Pay / Benefits

• flexible working environment
• healthy work-life balance
• equal opportunity employer
• opportunity to affect change
• supportive team culture

Responsibilities

• Develop work breakdown structures and robust performance baselines with cost and planning engineers
• Establish progress and cost monitoring methods
• Produce project control reports and performance analysis with recommendations
• Act as day-to-day client contact on project controls matters
• Contribute to schedule construction and baseline management
• Support assurance reviews and schedule quality checks using standard tools
• Monitor progress, collect data, and escalate issues as needed
• Drive a positive can-do culture within scheduling and controls

Key requirements

• Experience in a project controls environment within infrastructure (Energy, Defence, Rail, Airports, Highways, Water/Utilities)
• Experience in at least one: Programme Controls Management, Earned Value, Change & Risk Management, Planning, Project Controls or PMO
• Graduate in a relevant discipline with some project control experience
• Experience with Primavera (P6), Power BI and Microsoft Office
• Ability to work autonomously and in a team; strong time management and deadline adherence
• Strong verbal and written communication and knowledge of planning principles
• Technical competence in schedule construction and schedule monitoring
• Awareness of quality control checks (e.g., Primavera Schedlog, Acumen Fuse, DCMA 14-Point Checklist)
• Ability to conduct progress data collection, performance measurement, and variance reporting
• Ownership mindset to foster a positive, proactive scheduling culture

• Strong communication skills
• Autonomy and teamwork
• Time management and reliability
• Primavera P6
• Power BI
• Microsoft Office

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