Project Controls Manager

Overview

Oversee project controls, performance monitoring, reporting, forecasting & risk for a civil project.

Key Responsibilities

• evm monitoring
• progress dashboards
• risk management
• schedule coordination
• reporting
• stakeholder liaison

Tasks

Contribute to project review meetings and monitor overall delivery progress. Monitor project performance using tools such as Earned Value Management (EVM), KPIs, and progress dashboards. Offer project controls insights to support decision-making, performance reviews, and continuous improvement. Prepare clear monthly reports and dashboards for senior management and project stakeholders. Act as a key link between project management, delivery teams, and third parties. Our client is seeking a Project Controls Manager to support the successful delivery of a new civil engineering project. The role involves overseeing performance monitoring, reporting, forecasting, scheduling coordination, and risk management while acting as a key link between project leadership, delivery teams, and external stakeholders. Work closely with planners to maintain accurate project schedules and forecasts. Coordinate project risk activities including risk identification, assessment, mitigation, and tracking. Support the wider project team with collaboration documentation and updates. Provide coordination across planning, cost control, design, estimating, and reporting functions. Develop and maintain organisational structures, project maps, and reporting frameworks. Support management of scope, change control, and contract variations. Constructively challenge teams to drive efficiency, consistency, and performance improvements. -Contribute to project review meetings and monitor overall delivery progress. -Monitor project performance using tools such as Earned Value Management (EVM), KPIs, and progress dashboards. -Offer project controls insights to support decision-making, performance reviews, and continuous improvement. -Prepare clear monthly reports and dashboards for senior management and project stakeholders. -Act as a key link between project management, delivery teams, and third parties. -Work closely with planners to maintain accurate project schedules and forecasts. -Coordinate project risk activities including risk identification, assessment, mitigation, and tracking. -Support the wider project team with collaboration documentation and updates. -Provide coordination across planning, cost control, design, estimating, and reporting functions. -Develop and maintain organisational structures, project maps, and reporting frameworks. -Support management of scope, change control, and contract variations. -Constructively challenge teams to drive efficiency, consistency, and performance improvements.

Requirements

• scheduling
• complex projects
• change control
• power bi
• bim
• relevant degree

What You Bring

Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK. Strong understanding of scheduling, forecasting, dashboards, and senior-level reporting. Experience in large or complex construction, engineering, or infrastructure projects. Practical understanding of change control, commercial procedures, or contract management frameworks. Good knowledge of construction methodologies and project delivery processes. Degree in Business, Finance, Construction Management, Engineering, or a related discipline Experience working within design-and-build or multidisciplinary project environments. Familiarity with BIM processes and document or information management systems. If this role is something of interest then do apply with a copy of your CV asap. Are you an experienced Project Controls Manager? Are you thinking about your next move or just curious what else might be out there? This could be the right role for you! Full driving licence. Confident using Excel (including queries), data analysis tools, and Power BI. -Strong understanding of scheduling, forecasting, dashboards, and senior-level reporting. -Experience in large or complex construction, engineering, or infrastructure projects. -Practical understanding of change control, commercial procedures, or contract management frameworks. -Good knowledge of construction methodologies and project delivery processes. -Degree in Business, Finance, Construction Management, Engineering, or a related discipline -Experience working within design-and-build or multidisciplinary project environments. -Familiarity with BIM processes and document or information management systems. -Full driving licence. -Confident using Excel (including queries), data analysis tools, and Power BI.

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About Aldwych Consulting Ltd

-Emerging as a boutique recruitment partner for built-environment professionals. -Consultants specialize in placing talent across civil engineering, project management, structural design, surveying, and more. -Serve main contractors, property firms, and blue-chip consultancies with repeat client engagement. -Planted a native UK tree for every candidate placed to reflect their commitment to sustainability. -Moved into a Monument office to align with their growing ambitions. -Host annual retreats in locations like Berlin and Vienna, showcasing a culture of growth and team spirit.

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