Project Controls Engineer

Project Controls Engineer

Location: Chorley, Lancashire

Sector: Nuclear

Employment Type: Permanent or Contract

Working Pattern: 37 hours per week, compressed into four days, Monday to Thursday (no Friday working)

Role Purpose

Seeking a Project Controls Engineer to support the delivery of projects for a nuclear client based in Chorley.

Key Responsibilities

Planning and Scheduling

• Support the development, maintenance and monitoring of integrated project schedules.
• Assist with the preparation and updating of project plans, milestones, dependencies and critical path analysis.
• Monitor progress against baseline schedules and identify slippage, emerging delays and potential impacts.
• Work with project delivery teams to validate progress, challenge assumptions and support recovery planning.
• Ensure schedule information is accurate, consistent and aligned with project reporting requirements.

Cost Control and Forecasting

• Support project budget management, cost tracking and expenditure reporting.
• Monitor actual costs, commitments, forecast expenditure and estimates at completion.
• Assist with variance analysis and identify potential cost pressures or emerging trends.
• Contribute to periodic forecasting and performance reviews.
• Work collaboratively with finance and commercial teams to reconcile project cost information.

Risk and Change Management

• Support the maintenance of project risk and opportunity registers.
• Monitor risk mitigation actions and help assess potential impacts on project cost, schedule and delivery.
• Assist with the administration and assessment of project changes.
• Ensure approved changes are reflected in relevant project controls documentation and baselines.
• Maintain appropriate records and audit trails in accordance with client procedures.

Performance Reporting and Governance

• Prepare regular project controls reports, dashboards and key performance indicators.
• Consolidate project data to provide clear visibility of progress, cost performance, forecast outcomes and delivery risks.
• Support project reviews, governance meetings, assurance activities and audit requirements.
• Investigate data discrepancies and ensure reporting is accurate, timely and consistent.
• Escalate material variances and emerging issues to the relevant project controls lead or project manager.

Nuclear Quality and Compliance

• Work in accordance with applicable nuclear site requirements, client procedures and project governance arrangements.
• Maintain accurate records, document control and traceability of project information.
• Support compliance with relevant quality assurance and assurance processes.
• Demonstrate a disciplined approach to change control, data management and procedural compliance.
• Contribute to a strong nuclear safety and quality culture.

Collaboration and Continuous Improvement

• Work closely with project managers, planners, cost engineers, risk specialists and wider engineering teams.
• Support the consistent application of project controls standards and processes.
• Identify opportunities to improve reporting, data quality and working practices.
• Share lessons learned and contribute to continuous improvement across the project controls function.

Essential Experience and Skills

• Experience in a project controls, project planning, cost control or project performance role.
• Understanding of project schedules, budgets, forecasting and performance reporting.
• Experience analysing project data, identifying variances and supporting corrective actions.
• Strong Excel and data analysis skills.
• Good organisational skills, attention to detail and the ability to manage competing priorities.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively with multidisciplinary teams.
• Understanding of formal change control, document management and project governance processes.
• A proactive and analytical approach to problem-solving.

Desirable Experience

• Experience working within nuclear, defence, energy, manufacturing, infrastructure or another highly regulated engineering environment.
• Familiarity with Primavera P6, Microsoft Project or other planning and scheduling tools.
• Exposure to earned value management, cost forecasting and integrated project controls reporting.
• Knowledge of project risk management and change control processes.
• Relevant qualification in engineering, project management, project controls or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience supporting projects subject to formal quality assurance and audit requirements.

Working Arrangements

The role is based in Chorley, supporting a nuclear client, with a 37-hour working week compressed into four days, Monday to Thursday, with no scheduled Friday working.

The opportunity is available on either a permanent or contract basis, subject to the agreed employment or engagement terms.

Key Success Measures

• Accurate and timely project controls reporting.
• Reliable schedule, cost and progress data.
• Early identification and escalation of variances and delivery risks.
• Effective maintenance of project controls records and baselines.
• Compliance with client procedures, governance and quality requirements.
• Positive collaboration with project delivery teams and the wider project controls function.

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