The Project Controls Lead is responsible not only for maintaining integrated master project schedules and associated artefacts within their delegated area of responsibility, but also owning the tools and processes used to generate this and supporting outputs. These outputs will be one of the core project controls outputs in support of project management and customer/ business reporting requirements, and the role is responsible for ensuring that all outputs produced by junior staff that feed into this are suitable and timely.

This role is expected to produce outputs within the planning sub-discipline but to also engage with other sub-discipline leads to ensure outputs are integrated and aligned. This role is expected to work autonomously with little oversight and guidance, and will coach, support and direct junior staff in producing supporting outputs.

Principal responsibilities:

Maintain master project schedules for large projects/ collections of projects in an area by establishing and maintaining the overall structure, delegating responsibilities to more junior staff, and assuring their outputs before integrating these back into the master programme.

Lead the planning process on large or complex projects, taking the integrated project team from requirement through to WBS through to the baselined schedule.

Lead on integrated master-level schedule reporting and outputs to the business and customer including Earned Value Management (EVM), resource analysis, schedule performance and milestone reporting.

Own the tools, processes, guidance and templates for the Planning discipline used on their projects/ in their area, and being an advocate for these processes by promoting engagement with them across the business to foster buy-in and adoption.

Project Controls Leads are expected to hold the following:
- APMG Project Planning & Controls (PPC) Practitioner
- APM Project Fundamentals Qualification
- APMG Earned Value Management Practitioner
- ECITB Planning & Scheduling Practice (or other equivalent Planning qualification)
- APM Full Membership

It is desirable they hold, or aim to gain within 2 years, the following:
- APM Project Management Qualification (PMQ)
- ILM Level 3 Award in Management
- NEC3/4 Training

In return, we are offering a salary of  up to £75.400 plus excellent benefits to include:

25 days annual leave per year raising to 30 (1 day for every 2 years service)
8% Employer pension contribution (salary sacrifice) – 1% min Employee
Individual and family private health care
Life assurance (4x salary)
Cashplan
Income Protection
Professional Body Membership (1 per year)
Plus more including access to training and development opportunities. 
We are an equal opportunity employer.  We value and plan to continue to build on the benefits of our diverse working environment and recognise a priority to improve gender mix.

Everyone will be considered without attention to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or disability status.