Project Controls Manager

• Company/Industry Knowledge:
• Extensive recent and relevant experience in a similar environment / business sector
• Extensive experience in a PMO position
• Awareness of various contracting methodologies (e.g. FIDIC/NEC3, NEC4/JCT etc…)
• Full project lifecycle experience from bid phase through to close out.
• Have expert knowledge of PMO toolsets and the integration of these
• Qualifications:
• A bachelor's degree in engineering / project / construction management or a related field;
• A postgraduate qualification is also desirable, as is membership in a professional body;
• Ideally APM qualified preferably to Chartered Project Professional (ChPP)

Ideally applicants should also have:

• Requirements Management - the ability to prepare and maintain definitions of the
• requirements through the project lifecycle including document management of
• deliverables.
• Schedule Management - The process for developing , baselining and monitoring of an
• integrated schedule to inform the direction of the project
• Budgeting and Cost Control - the process for setting agreed budgets and the control of
• forecast and actual costs against that budget. Use of tolerances and performance
• management
• Risk, opportunity and issue management - Risk and opportunity identification techniques
• and the ongoing management and control techniques throughout the project
• Frameworks and methodologies - the appropriate adoption of specific frameworks and
• methodologies for the management of projects and tailoring of these.
• Change Control - the features of a rigorous change control process, and how to establish,
• implement and maintain a change control process
• Team Management - Different styles of communication and how these can be adapted to
• the particular circumstances and needs of the project.
• Contract Management - The nature of contracts and statements of work, and the
• implications for the contracting organisations and the suppliers into this. Negotiating and
• managing contract variances
• Reviews - the legal, regulatory and organisational requirements for review, the range of
• factors that need to be evaluated during reviews, and how these may vary throughout the
• lifecycle of the project
• Governance arrangements (including quality) - the organisational and project specific
• processes, standards and guidelines for the governance of projects, including the process
• of initiation, review, handover and close out
• Role information:
• Responsible for establishing/maintaining or adhering to the specific PMO governance,
• processes and procedures across a project
• Establish the project baseline position in terms of scope/cost /schedule and the ongoing
• governance control of these.
• Manage scheduling staff to develop, manage, revise, and analyse integrated project
• schedules including all phases of project execution
• Manage project controls staff to provide cost management/change management/risk &
• opportunity management and document management provision.
• Provision of regular management reporting both internal and external to the project to provide relevant, accurate and reliable information on the status and forecast of the
• project.
• Additional Key Accountabilities:
• Managing stakeholders, taking account of their levels of influence and particular interests
• Establishing governance reviews at appropriate points during the project lifecycle Planning and controlling of finances
• Gathering independent evidence to provide confidence that the project is likely to achieve

• Collation of lessons learned and onward communication to business process owners.
• Develop, implement and update resource allocations plans taking account of availabilities
• and scheduling
• Integration and alignment of project control toolsets
• Deputies for the Project Manager
• Ensure that PMO requirements are flowed down into the supply chain
• Planning and tracking of benefits
• Schedule and Cost Risk analysis inputs/outputs
• Develop and mentor staff ensuring succession planning is in place
• Attending and contributing to communities of practice or forum

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