Project Controller MCE - 15 month FTC in Manchester

This role will support a diverse portfolio of offshore wind, interconnector, energy transition and oil & gas projects across the UK, Ireland, and international markets. Working closely with Project Managers, Directors and Commercial Managers, you will play a key role in the commercial and financial management of projects, helping to drive successful outcomes across a diverse portfolio of energy and marine infrastructure developments.

Purpose & Scope of the Role

As Project Controller, you will act as a trusted commercial and project controls partner to our Project Managers and technical teams. You will provide financial oversight across the project lifecycle, from bid development and project set-up through to forecasting, reporting and project close-out.

Your focus will be on delivering robust financial governance, identifying risks and opportunities early, and supporting informed decision-making to enhance project performance.

You will:

• Support the development of proposals, bids and contract variations, ensuring commercial assumptions and financial information are robust and accurate.
• Provide hands-on project controls support for large, complex or strategically important projects, including project set-up, budgeting, forecasting, reporting and project close-out.
• Act as a Project Controls Advisor to Project Managers across the wider portfolio, providing guidance on forecasting, financial performance, commercial risks and project governance, while enabling Project Managers to effectively manage their own projects.
• Provide contract management support across client contracts, subcontractor agreements and internal governance processes, ensuring contractual obligations, commercial risks, change control requirements and key dependencies are effectively managed throughout the project lifecycle.

Your Impact in this Position

Your analysis and insight will give Project Managers and senior stakeholders the clarity needed to make informed decisions. You will connect financial data from internal systems with project delivery, supporting accurate forecasting and helping ensure work is delivered within agreed commercial, contractual and budgetary parameters.

You will support the effective management of client contracts and subcontractor agreements, helping ensure contractual obligations, commercial risks, change control requirements and key milestones are actively managed throughout project delivery. You will monitor contract scope, deliverables, rates, renewals, variations, change control and expiry dates, working closely with Project Managers, Commercial Managers and internal stakeholders to maintain contract compliance and effective commercial management.

You will also support the commercial management of subcontractors, ensuring appointments are aligned with project and client requirements, expenditure is monitored against agreed budgets, and changes in scope or cost are identified and managed appropriately.

Through clear communication, constructive challenge and proactive problem-solving, you will help identify issues early, support corrective actions and strengthen project performance.

Core Capabilities

• Proposals and Bids: Coordinate financial inputs, support pricing and commercial reviews, and provide clear advice on margins, financial metrics and commercial risks.
• Contract Management: Support the management of client contracts and subcontractor agreements, including contractual obligations, commercial risks, change control and key contract milestones.
• Cost Management and Financial Control: Review project costs, actuals, forecasts and commitments, identifying risks, opportunities and corrective actions to support strong financial performance.
• Forecasting and Revenue Recognition: Support monthly forecasting, revenue recognition, backlog management and margin reporting.
• Project Controls Advice: Provide project controls guidance and independent challenge to Project Managers, supporting effective decision-making and project performance.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Build effective relationships across project, commercial and finance teams, communicating financial performance and risks clearly and effectively.
• Project Governance: Support project governance processes, contribute to lessons learned through the Integrated Management System (IMS), and promote the consistent application of project controls and commercial procedures.

Skills, Qualifications and Experience

You will have experience in project controls, project finance, commercial management, contract management or project accounting, ideally from a multidisciplinary consultancy, engineering, environmental, utilities or infrastructure sector. You will have a strong understanding of project lifecycles, budgeting, forecasting, revenue recognition and financial performance reporting, with advanced Excel skills.

You will be confident influencing and constructively challenging stakeholders while maintaining positive working relationships.

Experience using project and financial management systems would be advantageous.

Working Environment

This role is available from Manchester, Chepstow, Woking or Edinburgh, with hybrid working. We may consider remote working depending on the individual.

This is a 15-month fixed-term contract.

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