Associate Director - Project Controls in Birmingham

AtkinsRéalis is a world‑leading design, engineering and project management organisation. We connect people, data and technology to transform infrastructure and energy systems across the globe. Our purpose is simple: to engineer a better future for our planet and its people, creating sustainable solutions that shape the world around us.

Our teams deliver some of the most complex and transformative programmes worldwide. By combining multidisciplinary expertise, global best practice and deep sector knowledge, we help clients achieve ambitious outcomes. Our success is powered by talented people whose diverse thinking and creativity drive innovation every day.

As an Associate Director - Project Controls, you will manage the establishment and assurance of project time, cost and quality targets for the Project, ensure performance against those targets are measured and reported regularly, and lead the communication and monitoring of project governance controls to enable the successful delivery of the Client Programme.

Your role:

• Manage the establishment of contractor requirements through early supply chain engagement to support the time, cost, and quality targets for the programme of works and monthly business reporting.
• Development, Maintenance, Management and Assurance of Integrated schedule and cost Baselines to support contractual and performance metrics.
• Chair and coordinate meetings and workshops to challenge the progress and performance of projects.
• Manage Planning / Project Controls Managers to maintain schedules and their interfaces.
• Develop and assure advanced hierarchical reporting outputs such as Earned Value Management (EVM).
• Lead the coordination and communication of the period reporting cycle ensuring correlation to the Phase’s executive reporting lifecycle.
• Lead business reporting taking ownership for its quality and robustness and provide periodic project progress updates to the Head of Project Controls and other senior stakeholders as required.
• Sustain governance processes and review policies to ensure they are in line with strategic business objectives.
• Lead a team by setting individuals’ objectives, reviewing performance, undertaking appraisals and providing ongoing feedback on a formal and informal basis.
• Undertake self-assessment of procedural compliance, sharing lessons learned and best practice within the Project Controls community.

Rewards & benefits:

Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career. Enjoy competitive salaries, employee rewards and a brilliant range of benefits you can tailor to suit your own health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle choices. Make the most of a myriad of opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise.

This role may require security clearance and offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance. We are committed to creating a culture where everyone feels that they belong - a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop to be the best we can be.