Project Controls Manager

Project Controls Manager

HS2 (High Speed Two) Ltd

Location: Birmingham

HS2 Ltd endeavors 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.

Job Description

As a Project Controls Manager, 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. You will also support controls governance and change management to ensure all impacts to the baseline are assessed and managed.

• Develop and maintain an integrated baseline across scope, time, cost, risk and quality and track performance for project and contract.
• Manage, support and coordinate 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.
• Analyse the data & reports submitted and provide insights and trends on performance and risks to support decision making.
• Manage 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.
• Review supply chain programme submissions and update client schedules.
• Manage 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.
• Support and coordinate the change management process, ensuring impacts to the baseline are effectively assessed and managed.
• Coordinate and communicate 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.
• Ensure assurance of Project Controls Data and adherence with Project Management Office (PMO) and Project Controls policies, processes and standards across development and delivery areas.
• Provide 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 organizational initiatives, policies and procedures on EDI.

Skills

• Prioritisation – Ability to define and prioritize objectives, analyse inputs, assess and challenge 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; confidently communicate on project controls updates and processes to project and supply chain teams, citing a wide range of examples of application; 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.

Experience

• Experience in project controls on projects/programmes.
• Experience in one or more core project controls functions, including baseline maintenance, schedule management, cost performance, change management, risk management and performance reporting.
• Experience in managing and controlling key Project Controls systems (e.g. Primavera P6, Prism, CEMAR, etc.).
• Experience of facilitating and administering project performance reviews and presentations 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 organizational initiatives, policies and procedures on EDI.

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.

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 endeavors to ensure everyone working for us and with us feels included, thrives and achieves their full potential.

Employment type: Full‑time

Seniority level: Mid‑senior level