Nuclear Waste Services has a vacancy for an experienced Project Controls Manager to join our team flexible working across the NWS estate.
The Project Controls Manager supports the Senior Project Control Manager and Senior Delivery Lead's in the management of P3M controls within the Enterprise Portfolio Management Office. They also manage and engage with a mix of line and matrixed teams to deliver the provision of an integrated controls service (Cost, Planning, Risk and Estimating) for the organisation.
Roles and Responsibilities
- Forecast the demands and appropriately engage the Enterprise PMO (EPMO) resources to support the delivery of Project Controls.
- Manage the process to ensure the accuracy and timeliness of data communicated and reported to all Stakeholders.
- Undertake checking and approval of all cost estimates, schedules and reports prior to issue.
- Resolve any issues as appropriate, and if necessary, escalate through the appropriate Management structure.
- Maintain own and team compliance with approved NWS Procedures and Project Controls systems.
- Active contribution from self and encourage team for continuous improvement of the functional quality and performance of Project Controls.
- Interface and maintain relationships with Internal Stakeholders.
- Demonstrate behaviours that allow a positive challenging attitude and the capacity to learn continually, encourage, motivate, develop and support team.
- Good management, collaboration, communication and team working skills by holding self and others to account.
- Utilise technical expertise from controls discipline leads (e.g. Senior Planning Engineer, Senior Cost Engineer).
- Line Management accountability (where applicable).
- Mentor and coach team members from both the Project Controls profession and other professions.
- Ensure regular communications through team to inform key messages from Project Controls Profession – capability and delivery.
- Embrace the company values.
Experience Required
Essential
- Significant experience of leading Project Controls for a complex programme of work
- Proven experience of helping to establish and implement Project Controls in a complex regulated environment, managing critical interfaces and dependencies.
- Project Management or Controls certificate or equivalent experience (APM Project Planning & Control, P3M3, MSP, Prince2).
- Experience of setting policy and process for Project Controls for a business unit.
- Experience using Project Controls systems and tools.
- Excellent communicator - able to build strong working relationships and work collaboratively with wider stakeholders across all areas and levels of the organisation
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret and generate complex data with the skills to be able to communicate clearly to multiple stakeholders and different levels
- Experience in leadership and managing teams of project professionals
- You will have experience in developing others and leading to drive improvements in understanding, skills and data integrity
- Experience of Earned Value Management processes in a leadership position
Desirable
- Public sector experience, particularly of working within a high value programme forming part of a • Government Major Projects Portfolio (GMPP)/Major Projects Review Group (MPRG) programme in UK government, highly desirable.
- Scheduling and P6 certifications
What is in it for you
- On appointment to NWS you will receive 25.5 days annual leave, plus bank holidays and you can accrue up to 13 extra days leave
- Rewarding performance (annual bonus scheme)
- We offer a generous pension scheme through CNNP
- Learning and development support
- Payment of relevant annual professional subscriptions
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Financial advice assistance
- Flexible working
- Extended family-friendly policies
- Cycle to work scheme
- We welcome flexible and agile working practices
- Flexible working requests can be submitted from day 1 of employment