Project Controls Standards Manager

Project Controls Standards Manager – Urenco Global

Help us to make a world of difference. Urenco is a global leader in the production of low‑carbon energy, working at the cutting edge of the transition to a sustainable, net‑zero world. The project controls function is looking for a Project Controls Standards Manager to be based at our Capenhurst location. The purpose of the role is to ensure adequate and consistent standards in project controls across Urenco’s project portfolio and to take responsibility for the project controls output.

What You’ll Do

• Act as subject matter expert for project controls, with a particular focus on cost management and reporting, maintaining a high level of quality control and promoting a culture of accountability.
• Be a strong project manager when needed, challenging resistance and making tough decisions for the best interests of the function and being a diligent custodian of the role and wider function.
• Maintain an overview of subject‑matter‑expert skills and competencies and provide development of project support resources both contract and staff.
• Ensure alignment between the business objectives and project control standards, ensuring approval of processes for deviations and exceptions from standards.
• Be responsible for maturing existing processes and implementing new processes, policies and procedures around all areas, including training, new system integration, planning, risk and estimating.
• Leverage experience from a number of industry sectors and continuously scan the international market for good practice, analysing developments and assessing how they can be exploited by Urenco to further value creation, delivery, capture and protection.

Qualifications

• Relevant qualification and evidence of project management acumen, ideally backed up with a qualification.
• Experience managing change and overcoming resistance.
• Demonstrable experience working within the entire project lifecycle, from concept development to hand‑over. Experience working in a client organisation operating a gated project process would be advantageous.
• A proven background in a project controls management role and/or a solid background in an aligned job family such as project management.
• A particular flair for shaping and leading cost management and reporting processes.
• Experience mentoring, training and helping to manage the integration of new processes and procedures such as new software packages or ways of working.
• Being able to act as authority and give sound advice and instruction within a wide role remit as and when needed.
• Familiarity with software such as Primavera P6, SAP/SAP S/4HANA, MS Project and reporting software.

What can you expect from us?

• Annual leave starting at 25 days, which increases by one day for every two years of service up to a maximum of 30 days, plus an additional 13 days off to be used flexibly. A newly added scheme allows buying and selling holiday, up to five days.
• A diverse range of family‑friendly policies.
• A generous bonus scheme.
• A defined contribution pension scheme with up to 16% employer contribution.
• Single private medical and dental cover.
• Flexible benefits package including life assurance and income protection, with the opportunity to purchase additional benefits that suit your lifestyle and take advantage of tax and NI savings.

Education and training: We take pride in helping people learn and develop by supporting, accelerating and directing your learning. As well as the completion of mandatory health and safety courses, training packages will be offered to meet your specific needs.

We are creating a diverse and inclusive workforce. As a truly global company with a presence in the UK, USA, Germany and the Netherlands, we know that our individual differences make us stronger. Putting people at the heart of our business we strive to create an open and inclusive workplace that allows every voice to be heard and diversity to thrive. If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process, please let our talent acquisition team know.

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