Senior Project Controls Manager in Birmingham

Location: Birmingham

Salary: £73946 to £92433 (inclusive of basic salary + 20% flex fund)

Job Purpose: This role is responsible for the co‑ordinating and supporting the development of the project baseline across scope, time, cost, risk and quality for a development or delivery area of the HS2 Programme, providing strategic insight and analysis of performance against the baseline and highlighting any trends or risks to support decision making. The role will also co‑ordinate and support controls governance and change management to ensure all impacts to the baseline are assessed and managed.

About the Role:

• Responsible for developing and maintaining an integrated baseline across scope, time, cost, risk and quality and tracking performance for project and contract.
• Manage and co‑ordinate 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 data and 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 capture and analyse 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.
• Manage and co‑ordinate the change management process, ensuring impacts to the baseline are effectively assessed and managed.
• Co‑ordinate and communicate the period reporting cycle ensuring compliance with the reporting life cycle, and undertake 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 for a development or delivery area of the HS2 Programme.
• 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 organisational initiatives, policies and procedures on EDI.

About You:

• Clear Direction – Ability to give clear direction, define and prioritise objectives, analyse inputs, assess and challenge data, define strategies and support rationales.
• Stakeholder Management – Ability to manage stakeholders; build and maintain effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills – Ability to present at portfolio level and communicate on project controls updates and processes to project and supply chain teams.
• Influencing and Negotiating Skills – Including internal and external stakeholders.
• 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.
• Problem Solving – Ability to identify multifaceted problems and review related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
• Data Analysis and Presentation – Ability to analyse and interpret data and produce accurate, timely and informative reports in multiple formats targeted to the needs of the audience.

• Knowledge of core project controls disciplines, including schedule management, cost management, change management and risk management.
• Knowledge of baseline development and maintenance of baselines on a programme.
• Knowledge of project and commercial management principles including understanding of cost delivery and schedule targets.
• Understanding of NEC contracts, amendments, early warning notices and the workflows of communications between contractor and client.

• Experience in project controls on major projects/programmes, including the management of multi‑discipline project controls teams.
• Experience in 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).
• Experience of managing and/or influencing governance forums, including project change and investment boards with delegated decision‑making powers of multi‑millions of pounds.