At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead project controls for complex construction projects and drive innovative solutions.
- Company: Join a high-end consultancy transforming the construction industry with cutting-edge technology.
- Benefits: Enjoy health coverage, pension plans, flexible working, and personal development opportunities.
- Other info: Be part of a dynamic team focused on continuous improvement and societal impact.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on major projects while growing your skills in a supportive environment.
- Qualifications: Construction engineering background with strong leadership and communication skills.
The predicted salary is between 70000 - 90000 £ per year.
Laminar Projects is a high-end project management consultancy and tech developer focused on upgrading how construction projects are delivered. We emphasize transparency, control, and a pragmatic mix of the latest technology, our processes, and common sense to improve delivery. Our people are central to our approach and growth from a small team in 2017 to over 220 today. We pursue a vision of flourishing teams and a mission to digitalise construction and enable a new type of organisation that supports human flourishing while delivering a positive societal impact.
The Role
Purpose of the role
You will enhance the delivery of the world's most complex projects through project controls, serving as a senior leader who pushes discipline improvements within Laminar and across the industry.
Your team
This role is part of our Project Management Consultancy, focusing on:
- Understanding the real problems of projects
- Implementing effective solutions to those problems
- Developing scalable best practices, tools, and technology
You will be part of our Project Controls Discipline Team, led initially by a project controls discipline director.
Your top three objectives
- Make construction projects deliver to near perfection
- Develop yourself and those around you
- Create scalable and repeatable solutions to common problems
Your top five responsibilities
- Own the controls: Own the controls for cost, schedule, change and risk on one or more projects to enable accurate decisions for project teams
- Develop everyone: Maximise development of your team and educate clients to improve as well
- Make scalable solutions: Develop scalable and repeatable best practices and tools in collaboration with the team for long-term impact
- Report and inform: Provide simple actionable reports to stakeholders at all levels to improve delivery efficiency
- Own the outcome: You may not be the project manager, but you are responsible for ensuring the project's understanding and focus on the plan
You must have:
- A construction engineering background: Solid capability in cost, schedule, and change control with experience in developing project controls processes and reporting aligned to objectives
- Communication skills: Ability to engage construction teams, drive adoption of new approaches, and promote best practices
- Leadership capabilities: Proven leader, coach, and developer of teams
- Impact: Track record of implementing scalable, repeatable solutions with positive impact on complex projects
Laminar isn’t the place for you if any of the following is true:
- You want an easy, chilled-out role without challenge
- You prefer to be the smartest person in the room
- You don’t like receiving constructive feedback
- You prefer to work alone rather than as part of a team
Benefits
The standard stuff:
- Health Insurance Scheme: Comprehensive private health coverage for you and your family
- Pension Scheme: Competitive plan with salary sacrifice options
- Bonus Scheme: Discretionary annual bonus based on performance
- Professional body membership: One fee covered per year
- Cycle to Work Scheme: Tax-efficient transportation
The life-changing stuff:
- In-house coaching: Regular 1:1 coaching to support development
- Equity upside: Opportunity to gain equity as the company grows
- Flexible working: Focus on outcomes rather than clock-ins
- Relentless development: Coaching, mentoring, and ongoing growth
Important! Applying properly
We welcome applications that include a letter explaining:
- Why you want to join us
- What you’ll bring to the team
We value people and will schedule a casual conversation to get to know you, followed by technical and personal assessments to align with our development matrix.
