Innovative Project Controls Manager (Data Centres/Buildings/High-tech/Infrastructure) - UK (Hybrid)

Overview

Innovative Project Controls Manager (Data Centres/Buildings/High-tech/Infrastructure) – UK (Hybrid) at Laminar Projects.

This role focuses on advancing the delivery of complex construction projects through project controls, leadership, and scalable practices. Laminar Projects is a high-end project management consultancy and tech developer focused on upgrading construction delivery with transparency, technology, and common sense.

Role

Purpose of the role
You will enhance the delivery of the most complex and interesting projects through project controls, acting as a senior leader to push the discipline to new heights within Laminar and the wider industry.

Your team
This role is part of our Project Management Consultancy and our Project Controls Discipline Team. The team focuses on understanding project problems, implementing solutions, and developing scalable practices, tools and technology. Initial leadership comes from one of our project controls discipline directors.

Key objectives

• To make construction projects deliver to near perfection
• To develop yourself and everyone around you
• To create scalable and repeatable solutions to common problems

Responsibilities

• Own the controls for cost, schedule, change and risk on one or more projects to enable accurate decisions for project teams
• Develop your team professionally and educate clients to improve as well
• Develop scalable and repeatable best practices and tools in collaboration with the team for long-term impact
• Provide simple actionable reports to stakeholders to help them deliver their part more efficiently
• Take accountability for ensuring the project’s plan is understood and followed, even when facing resistance

Qualifications and requirements

• A construction engineering background with solid capability in cost, schedule, and change controls; experience in developing project controls processes and reporting aligned with objectives
• Strong communication skills with charisma, presence, and influence to drive adoption of new approaches
• Proven leadership, coaching, and development of teams in planning and controls
• Track record of implementing scalable, repeatable solutions that create positive impact on complex projects

Desirable fit notes

• Laminar isn’t the place if you want an easy role without challenge or prefer to work alone rather than with a team

Frequently Asked Questions

• Projects: You’ll work on some of the most complex and interesting environments in the world, including data centres and major infrastructure projects. You will be involved in dynamic, hands-on environments and help evolve our knowledge repository and products.
• Clients: Major owners/operators and main contractors with project values between £1m and £1bn+ globally.
• Where you’ll work: Hybrid – mix of home, site visits, client sites, and occasional office days in London or other locations as needed.

Benefits

• Health Insurance, Pension, Bonus Scheme, Professional body membership, Cycle to Work
• In-house coaching, Equity upside, Flexible working, Relentless development with coaching and mentoring

Important – Applying properly

As part of your application, please include a letter explaining:

• Why you want to join Laminar Projects
• What you’ll bring to the team

Applications may involve conversations and assessments to determine the right level of responsibility and fit.

Seniority and Employment

• Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
• Employment type: Full-time
• Job function: Management and Manufacturing
• Industry: Construction