Project Controls Manager - Offshore Renewable Energy in Weybridge

Our client is a global market leader in offshore dredging, and renewable energy construction and installation services. They have a long history of performing significant international projects. Offshore Renewable Energy is one of their key strategic growth areas for the company. This is an exceptional opportunity to join a leading organisation as they focus their operations across the UK and Europe.

The Project Controls Manager will be responsible for establishing and leading project controls for subsea rock installation work. This role manages integrated planning, scheduling, cost control, progress measurement, risk/opportunity management, and performance reporting to ensure safe and predictable delivery of scope across vessel and onshore project team.

• Develop and maintain the Project Controls Plan (PCP), including WBS/CBS alignment, progress rules, reporting cadence and change control interfaces.
• Build and maintain an integrated, logic-driven baseline schedule (quarry, loadout, installation), including critical path and float management.
• Set up and manage progress measurement, including quantity tracking, earned value and vessel productivity monitoring.
• Establish cost control processes: budgets, commitments, accruals, forecasts, and variance analysis across engineering, procurement, marine operations and subcontractors.
• Manage schedule and cost change control, including impact assessments, time-impact analyses, and support for claims documentation when required.
• Coordinate weekly/monthly reporting: schedule updates, KPI dashboards, progress curves, cost reports and management narratives.
• Interface with finance, vessel teams, HSE, QA/QC, engineering, procurement and subcontractors.
• Support contract administration along with Director of Contracts per client and vendor reporting requirements, including deliverable registers and milestone certification.
• Ensure project controls data quality and governance across systems (e.g. schedule tools, cost systems, document control), drive continuous improvement and support ISO standards for quality.

• Ideally – but not essential - you will have a Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, project management, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• A proven track record of project controls/cost controls experience on construction/EPC projects, with demonstrated experience supporting offshore or marine construction execution.
• Formal training in project management and cost engineering is highly valued.
• Advanced proficiency with scheduling tools (Primavera P6 strongly preferred); strong Excel skills and experience producing management dashboards.
• Working knowledge of cost control practices (commitments, accruals, forecasting) and progress measurement/earned value concepts.
• Experience integrating multi-discipline schedules (engineering, procurement, fabrication, marine operations) and managing schedule updates and baselines.
• Strong communication skills and ability to influence cross-functional teams, comfortable presenting to project leadership and clients.
• Understanding of offshore execution constraints/delays (weather downtime, marine logistics, permits, vessel utilization) and their impact on schedule/cost.
• Experience with reporting automation and Omega 360.

Hybrid working - the UK Head Office is based in Surrey, but you can be located anywhere in the UK that has good connections to London and the local area, able to work in the office and work in dynamic offshore environments with some international travel.