Project Controls Manager - 17914 in Leatherhead

Technical Staffing Resources (TSR) are the in-house agency and master vendor for KBR, a leading global engineering, construction, and services company. KBR supports the hydrocarbon and government services markets on six continents, offering challenging assignments on some of the world's largest and most complex projects.

We are looking to recruit a Project Controls Manager on a 6-month contract, based in Warrington or Cumbria.

On Offer:

• Competitive hourly pay rate
• Inside IR35 work engagement
• Hybrid working; 3 days in office, 2 days from home

NB: We can only consider candidates with the right to live and work in the UK.

Job Purpose:

To provide management oversight to the project controls team, including cost and planning on EPC projects, in addition to monitoring the performance of Consultants and Contractors for CLIENT as required.

Responsibilities:

• Contribute to the development, updating and maintenance of systems and procedures relating to Project Controls Plans, Basis of Schedule to include Project Planning, Scheduling, Progress Measurement, Progress Reporting, Progress Trending, Progress Certification, consistent with CLIENT requirements.
• Deploy and manage resources to achieve financial and business objectives across multiple functional areas.
• Develop, track, update and report on the detailed delivery and installation schedule and budget.
• Follow through active risk management to protect COMPANY and CLIENT Projects from unnecessary risks.
• Work closely with Quality Management to develop, track, update and report on the site quality control and assurance system.
• Organise and ensure that potential project scope, schedule or budget changes are immediately identified and addressed.
• Manage Project Metrics including production and productivity rates and factors.
• Oversee, track, update and report on the detailed delivery and installation schedule and budget.
• Manage project review materials and financial forecasting, working with Project Controls.
• Organise work to meet deadlines.
• Plan, organise, coordinate, and control the project in accordance with established policies and procedures.
• Oversee reports such as Gantt charts, histograms, PERT charts, Baselines Schedules, S Curves & Progress reports, Critical Path Analysis.
• Maintain critical path method and analysis and ensure mitigation plans are proposed to management where appropriate.
• Liaise with CLIENT and associated companies to ensure business objectives are met, keeping them updated on progress, forecasts, and any applicable scheduling changes.
• Supervise daily activities of Project personnel including technical and administrative support and ensure that deliverables are produced on schedule and within budget.
• Provide leadership and direction for multiple functional areas or regions.

Skills / Experience:

• Security Clearance is required. If the candidate is not in possession of this, KBR will assist in seeking the Security Clearance.
• Must hold a UK passport.
• Good interpersonal and people management skills.
• Good communication and presentation skills.
• Good knowledge of spoken and written English.
• Good analytical, planning, organization, and reporting skills.
• Advanced Primavera skills and sound knowledge of other planning software and tools.
• Ability to produce Level -3 schedules, Manpower histograms, Gantt chart, S-curves with minimum guidance and supervision.

If the above opportunity describes you, then I would love to speak with you, get in touch.