Senior Project Controls Manager

1 month ago


Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom Manpower RPO - Babcock Full time

Job Title: Senior Project Controls Manager
Location: Bristol, Warrington, or Newbury + Hybrid Working Arrangement
Compensation: Competitive + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF58306

At Cavendish Nuclear we're working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Senior Project Controls Manager, at our Bristol, Warrington, or Newbury sites.

The Role

As a Senior Project Controls Manager, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. Join us to take on a pivotal leadership role, where you will drive performance and results across multiple teams within our expansive business unit. This senior-level position offers the opportunity to shape departmental strategies and influence key decisions at the executive level.

Day-to-day, you'll be responsible for overseeing and managing all aspects of project controls.

  • Lead and manage multiple related teams within a business unit or central function.
  • Develop and implement departmental plans to achieve business objectives.
  • Ensure effective schedule management, budgeting, and cost control.
  • Oversee risk management, scope, and change management processes.
  • Collaborate with division executives, vendors, and regulators to drive project success.
  • Influence and guide managers and senior professionals to meet performance targets.

This is a full-time agile role and can be based at various sites, including Bristol, Warrington or Newbury.

Essential experience of the Senior Project Controls Manager

  • Extensive recent and relevant experience in a similar highly regulated environment.
  • Proven track record of leading and delivering in a PMO position.
  • Strong experience in governance and accountability, working closely with cost, change, risk management, and document control teams within a project setting.
  • Familiarity with P6 software.

Qualifications for the Senior Project Controls Manager

  • A bachelor's degree in engineering, project management, construction management, or a related field.
  • Membership in a professional body is desirable.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain SC clearance for this role.

What we offer

  • Generous holiday allowance
  • Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
  • Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
  • Employee share scheme
  • Employee shopping savings portal
  • Payment of Professional Fees
  • Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
  • Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
  • 'Be Kind Day' enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
  • Flexible working - we give people more options to better integrate their work and personal life, whilst ensuring that business needs are met.
  • Flexible locations.
  • Opportunity to work with innovative technology.
  • Growth opportunities.
  • Potential to develop skills.
  • Opportunities to travel within the UK.
  • Opportunities to develop your career.

Cavendish Nuclear

As a leader within the UK nuclear industry, Cavendish Nuclear, part of Babcock International Group, provides a comprehensive range of critical nuclear solutions in clean energy, defence and civil new build and decommissioning projects. Together, we're innovating to make nuclear safer, faster and cost-effective across the nuclear energy life cycle. Your career with us could take you anywhere within Babcock International Group - from Canada, the USA to Japan. Work with us to create a safe and secure world, together.

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email with the subject header 'Reasonable adjustments requirement'. We're committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone's free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working - please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Closing date: 02/09/2024

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