The Project Controls Manager will be ultimately responsible for establishing the budget loaded programme, monitoring, control and reporting systems to comply with the Contract and Works Information, and to facilitate the successful delivery of a major project.

Ensure effective execution of Project Controls on the project in accordance with company procedures to achieve best practice project administration which delivers close project control and accurate project forecasting.

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The role will work on the HS2 project. HS2 is the UK’s new high speed rail network. It will be a catalyst for economic growth across Britain, freeing up space on the existing railways and connecting 8 out of the UK’s 10 biggest cities with fast, reliable and frequent high speed services

The Skanska | Costain | STRABAG (SCS JV) is delivering the HS2 London Tunnels Contract. Scope of works includes twin-bored tunnels (TBM), SCL tunnels, shaft sinking, bridge demolition and reconstruction, services diversions, earthworks and the construction of site compounds.

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

Establishing, maintaining and improving project procedures and tools
Liaise and assist with internal and external stakeholders.
Schedule development and management
Resource planning and management
Cost management
Change management
Earned value management
Risk and opportunity management
Project reporting – to the client and company
Development and production of reports on progress, critical paths, resources and earned value and schedule risks and issues.
Input into the capture and monitoring of project risks, issues, mitigations and resolution
Lead technical / programme presentations and negotiations with clients, partners and suppliers
Managing Project Control Engineer(s) and other staff as appropriate
Understand the Client and Joint Venture Partners' Environment and Sustainability Policies,
Processes and statutory requirements as they affect the company's operations and ensure that the requirements, as applicable within their discipline, are implemented on the project.

Qualifications

The Ideal Candidate

Essential:

Project Management experience (as part of a team or otherwise)
Numeracy and ability to create and use Excel spreadsheets
Ability and motivation to work both in teams and individually.
Strong Communication skills, both inter personal and with the written word

Desirable:

Civil or other engineering degree, or Project Control specific qualifications
Experience in use of Power BI, P6 and other Project Control software (PRISM, iTWO etc)

Company

Costain helps to improve people’s lives with integrated, leading edge, smart infrastructure solutions across the UK’s energy, water, transportation and defence markets. We help our clients improve their business performance by increasing capacity, improving customer service, safeguarding security, enhancing resilience, decarbonising and delivering increased efficiency. Our vision is to be the UK’s leading smart infrastructure solutions company. We will achieve this by focusing on blue chip clients whose major spending plans are underpinned by strategic national needs, regulatory commitments, legislation or essential performance requirements. We offer our clients leading edge solutions that are digitally optimised through the following five services which cover the whole lifecycle of their assets: future-shaping strategic consultancy; consultancy and advisory; digital technology solutions; asset optimisation and complex programme delivery. Our culture and values underpin everything we do.

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