Job Description

Planning & Project Controls Manager

Provide leadership and direction for Planning and Project Controls in the Project Team. 

Line management of the Planning & Project Controls leads within the Project Team.

Responsible for technical and assurance support for Planning & Project Controls in the Project Team. 

Ensure an effective Project Planning & Controls Team that delivers to target, is efficient, focused, customer

Key organisational relationships

• Planning & Project Controls leader within the Project Team reporting to the Project Director.
• Undertake day to day management of the Planning & Project Controls team to meet periodic reporting deadlines and key outputs.
• Work with other project functional leads to support project delivery.
• Responsible for Project Planning, Project Controls, Change Management, Risk Management, and document control for the project.
• Work closely with the other support functions on a day-to-day basis providing support as required. Including Project Management, Health & Safety, Business Systems, Procurement, Commercial, Estimating.
• Provide support and technical information to the Project Director & the Alliance Programme Controls Manager for decision making and onward cascade to the Alliance Manager.
• Provide planning and project controls information as required to discipline Project Managers to manage their projects.
• Line management of the Project Planning and Controls team.
• Ownership and management of the control room for the project.

Key skills essential / desirable

Essential

• Member of a relevant professional body with chartered status and / or educated to degree level.
• Relevant experience in the successful delivery of major projects of work in the construction and/or rail industries.
• Expert in all aspects of Planning, Programme Controls; Risk, Change, Earned Value Management.
• Able to coach and challenge management and non-specialists.
• Ability to develop and build a successful team.
• Excellent communication with demonstrable delivery of leadership.

Desirable

• Knowledge of / experience in the UK railway industry.
• Knowledge of / experience in Alliancing.
• Knowledge of full life cycle delivery.

Contact

Please contact Barnie on - 07879116457

barnie.morton@coyles.co.uk