Associate Director - Project Controls

Description

• Integrate schedule, cost, scope, quality, change and risk data to provide a full picture of project health and provide interpretation of the data contained in monthly reporting pack to support prompt decision making.
• Support the leadership team by providing specialist advice and technical knowledge to resolve delays, issues, and other challenges throughout the project.
• Where required, management of a Project Controls team. As a leader, you will set individuals' objectives, review performance, undertake appraisals, provide ongoing formal and informal feedback, and ensure all staff know what they must achieve and how they're performing against their objectives. You will be inspirational in creating an environment that allows empowered and creative team members to succeed.
• Lead periodic and ad-hoc reporting, taking ownership for its quality, accuracy, and robustness, and ensure the monthly project review pack is compiled and presented to the management team on time.
• Work closely with Planning, cost management and risk functions and deputise for Project Controls lead to improve/sustain operating policies, procedures & processes, and ensure its proper application by the Project Controls team.
• Establish, monitor, and manage the Performance Measurement Baseline (PMB) and periodically collate KPIs & progress data related to time, cost, risk, change and quality to report to senior leaders of the project.
• Develop, improve where required and implement the change control processes of the project. Chair and/or facilitate the necessary project level change forums, escalate change papers that require additional approvals and ensure all choices are enacted within the change control system and toolsets. Co-ordinate multiple contributors to conduct change impact assessments and support the Programme Management team in driving agreement on ‘best for Programme’ decisions.
• Develop and implement an appropriate performance measurement system such as earned value management and integrate it into periodic reporting.
• Undertake maturity assessment to identify areas of improvements and implement change initiatives to improve maturity of project control functions in a project or programme environment.

Requirements

• Excellent knowledge and proven hands-on experience of leading project controls functions within large, complex infrastructure or construction projects.
• Project controls or project management qualification from APM or similar accrediting bodies.
• Experience in functional leadership of Project controls team and delivering results within a large-scale project environment.
• Possess a strong aptitude to supervise schedule, cost, risk, reporting and change management activities.
• Ability to manage stakeholders and information flow in a matrix environment, possessing a strong aptitude toward working horizontally across business areas and vertically to senior levels of management, providing specialist advice as required.
• Working knowledge of schedule management, cost management and risk management practices.
• Knowledge of transport, energy, major infrastructure, or construction projects (under NEC Forms of Contract), specifically surrounding client and consultancy.

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance