Project Controls Manager

4 weeks ago


Birmingham, United Kingdom HS2 Full time €40,750

Job Description

Base salary: £40750 pa to c.£50950 pa depending on skills and experience. In addition, we offer flexible benefits fund of 20% which is paid on top base salary and is fully pensionable, as well as a range of competitive benefits - check them out in the Benefits section on our website.

HS2 Ltd endeavours to ensure everyone working for us and with us feels included, thrives and achieves their full potential. In practice, this means we are positive and inclusive about making adjustments, providing flexible working, encouraging our staff networks to flourish and providing personal and professional development opportunities.

As a Project Controls Manager at HS2, you will be responsible for the development of the project baseline across scope, time, cost, risk and quality for a development or delivery area of the HS2 Programme, providing analysis of performance against the baseline and highlighting any trends or risks to support decision making. It will also support controls governance and change management to ensure all impacts to the baseline are assessed and managed

About the role:
  • To be responsible for developing and maintaining an integrated baseline across scope, time, cost, risk and quality and track performance for project and contract
  • To be responsible for managing, supporting and co-ordinating project controls activities within the supply chain, for projects or contracts to assure the accuracy and quality of cost, risk and schedule information being captured
  • To be accountable for analysing the data & reports submitted and providing insights and trends on performance and risks to support decision making
  • To be responsible for managing the periodic correlation of schedule, cost, quality and risk to drive expedient programme delivery and manage performance whilst capturing and analysing cost data, including inputting cost data into HS2 data capture systems
  • To be responsible for reviewing supply chain programme submissions and updating client schedules
  • To be accountable for managing risks for a development or delivery area of the HS2 Programme, leveraging SME advice and technical knowledge from specialists to respond to project delays, issues and other challenges throughout the project
  • To be responsible for supporting and coordinating the change management process, ensuring impacts to the baseline are effectively assessed and managed
  • To be responsible for managing the co-ordination and communication of the Period reporting cycle ensuring compliance with the reporting life cycle and undertaking self-assessment of procedural compliance, sharing lessons and best practice within the Project Controls community
  • To be responsible for managing the assurance of Project Controls Data and ensuring adherence with Project Management Office (PMO) and Project Controls policies, processes and standards across development and delivery areas
  • To be responsible for providing functional line management, performance management and objective setting support to direct reports
  • Actively promote and embed Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and support and comply with all organisational initiatives, policies and procedures on EDI


About You:

Skills:
  • Prioritisation - Ability to define and prioritise objectives, analyse inputs, assess and challenging data, define strategies and support rationales
  • Influencing & Negotiating Skills - Ability to be assertive without causing unnecessary conflict
  • Effective verbal and written communication skills - Ability to present at Project level; Ability to confidently communicate on project controls updates and processes to project and supply chain teams, citing a wide range of examples of application; Ability to produce and present documents and reports to project and supply chain teams
  • Facilitation - Ability to manage workshops to solve critical problems and provide clear direction to team members on the actions needed to manage and mitigate any critical issues
  • Data analysis - Ability to analyse and interpret data and produce accurate timely and informative reports in multiple formats targeted to the needs of the audience
  • Problem Solving - Ability to identify problems and review related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions


Knowledge:

  • Knowledge of one or more of the core Project Controls disciplines, including; Schedule Management, Cost Management, Change Management and Risk Management
  • Basic knowledge of baseline development and maintenance of baselines
  • Basic level of knowledge of the fundamentals of Project and Commercial Management including understanding of cost delivery, schedule targets


Type of experience:

  • Experience in project controls on projects/programmes
  • Experience in one or more the core project controls functions, including; baseline maintenance, schedule management, cost performance, change management, risk management and performance reporting
  • Experienced in the management and control of key Project Controls systems (e.g. Primavera P6, Prism, CEMAR, etc.)
  • Experience of facilitating and administering project performance reviews and presentation with stakeholders.
  • Experience of managing and/or influencing governance forums including project change and investment boards with delegated decision-making powers.


The post-holder is expected to behave at all times in a manner consistent with the HS2 values of Safety, Leadership, Integrity and Respect

It is expected that you will actively promote and embed Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work and support and comply with all organisational initiatives, policies and procedures on EDI.

As HS2 Ltd do not hold a sponsorship license from the Home Office, we are not able to provide sponsorship to any applicant. Applicants must already have the Right to Work in the UK at the time of application and our process involves a Right to Work validation prior to the interview stage. Note, there are certain types of time-bound visas that we cannot accept.

Any offers made to applicants will be subject to satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks which include Nationality & Immigration Status, employment references, DBS, Financial and Education checks.

We ask for a variety of detail in your online application, however we perform the first assessment of suitability for a role based solely on the information in your CV. In a further development of our efforts to create a more diverse workforce, your CV will be anonymised and personal information will be removed during the first stage of the application review. This removes bias from the process and makes it even more important that you attach an updated word version of your CV for each new application ensuring you include evidence directly related to the criteria in the job advert.

Any applications received after the closing date will not be considered. About Us

High Speed 2 (HS2 Ltd) will be the UK's new high speed rail network. As well as improving capacity, the new scheme will shorten journey times between a number of Britain's major population centres, boost the economy and create thousands of jobs.

HS2 Ltd will create a skills legacy and develop a diverse range of talent. We aim to be a leader in EDI practice by creating a safe & inclusive working environment for all our staff - living our values of Safety, Respect, Integrity and Leadership.

In practice, this means we are positive and inclusive about making adjustments, providing flexible working, encouraging our staff networks to flourish and providing personal and professional development opportunities.

HS2 Ltd is also a safety-critical organisation. Employees are required to ensure reasonable care of their own and others' health and safety by taking personal responsibility for working to our 'Safe at Heart' programme principles and following safe working procedures at all times.

HS2 Ltd endeavours to ensure everyone working for us and with us feels included, thrives and achieves their full potential. #J-18808-Ljbffr

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