Project Controls Manager

Job Title: Project Controls Manager
Location: Plymouth, Devon, GB, PL1 4SG
Compensation: £49,640 + Benefits
Role Type: Full Time Permanent
Job ID: SF43841

A Project Controls Manager leads and manages a project controls team, ensure adherence to a common set of practices, principles and templates for projects, portfolios or programmes, in order to ensure tracking of project status for all projects, provision of support resources to support projects, and provide advice and guidance to project and programme managers.

What will you be doing?
* Responsible for establishing/maintaining or adhering to the specific PC 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.

The experience you'll bring
Experience and Company/Industry Knowledge
* Extensive recent and relevant experience in a similar environment / business sector
* Managed project controls of varying type and significant complexity: including varying products, services, across all phases of the lifecycle
* Awareness of various contracting methodologies (e.g. FIDIC/NEC3/JCT etc.)
* Full project lifecycle experience from bid phase through to close out.
* Have expert knowledge of PC toolsets and the integration of these

Qualifications
Academic:
* Ideally 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
* Mandatory (or agreement to attain in 12 months) NEC ECC Project Manager Accreditation (or equivalent) APM Project Professional Qualification (PPQ)
* APM Project Planning & Controls - Practitioner

Desirable:
* APM Project Risk Management Single Subject Certification - Level 2 Earned
* Value Management Certification - Practitioner Project Risk Management Course

What a role with Babcock offers?
* Enhanced employment terms and conditions
* Money purchase pension scheme
* Life assurance
* Share ownership scheme
* Occupational health services
* Flexible working hours (only non-industrials)
* Career opportunities, advice and guidance from our Learning & Development teams
* Additional benefits may also apply for Management posts

About Babcock International and Devonport
For more than a century, Babcock, the Aerospace and Defence Company, has been trusted to deliver bespoke, highly-skilled engineering services. We help customers in the UK and around the world to improve the capability, reliability and availability of their most critical assets within the four market sectors of Marine, Land, Aviation and Nuclear, underpinned by a deep understanding of technology integration, unique infrastructure and specialist training.
You will be based at Devonport Royal Dockyard in Plymouth, Devon. Working at Devonport puts the best of the South West at your fingertips. Amazing scenery, vibrant towns and numerous leisure opportunities - It's why Devon and Cornwall are such a desirable place to live and work.
Comprising of 14 dry docks, four miles of waterfront and 25 tidal berths, Devonport is the base for numerous surface vessels as well as the base and refit centre for the Trafalgar-class nuclear-powered submarines. Devonport has also recently been selected as the base port for the Navy's new Type 26 frigates and will become the maintenance centre for the future submarine programme.

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Application Guidance:

All applications should be made online.
We are committed to building an inclusive culture and strive to attract talent who thrive in an inclusive and flexible working environment. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please let us know and will respond in a way that best fits your specific needs.
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Closing date: 19th May 2022