Project Controls Manager

Project Controls Manager

📍 Newcastle upon Tyne
🕒 12‑month contract | Outside IR35

Key requirements:

• EPC experience on multidisciplinary projects
• Experience working for a Tier 1 contractor

The Role

A leading Tier 1 EPC contractor is seeking a Project Controls Manager to support major energy and infrastructure programmes. The role sits within a large-scale delivery environment and involves end‑to‑end ownership of project controls strategy across cost, schedule, and performance.

You will:

• Work closely with Project Planners, Cost Controllers, and Project Teams to define and implement a Project Controls strategy
• Supervise and review all project planning, scheduling, cost estimating, and cost analysis activities
• Identify impacts and support recovery plan development
• Direct and manage the preparation and presentation of integrated cost and programme status reports and forecasts
• Develop, execute, and manage all elements of the Project Controls plan
• Oversee quantitative progress measurement and performance tracking
• Prepare consolidated reports for senior leadership, highlighting risks, issues, and recommended corrective actions

What You Bring

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in Engineering or Project Management
• Professional Project Management certification (desirable)
• Master’s degree in a relevant discipline (desirable)
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
• Advanced Primavera P6 experience (MS Project knowledge beneficial)
• Sound understanding of cost control and basic financial frameworks
• Contract and claims management knowledge (desirable)
• Excellent English communication skills