Senior/Lead Project Controls Manager - Defence

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Important: Before applying, due to the sensitive nature of these projects, you must be a SOLE UK National who is able to achieve and maintain UK MoD Security Clearance (SC). See Security Clearance Section.  As a Senior Project Controls Manager , of T&T Associate Director or Director grade, you will be adept at, and have proven expertise of, the following:  • Setting-up, and leading, one or more cross-discipline Project Controls teams on high risk, high complexity, and high value projects or programmes.  • Defining the scope through the use of exclusions, assumptions, interfaces, and dependencies, and coordinating the scope’s decomposition to enable the establishment of a Work Breakdown Structure.  • Working with the Integrated Project Team to establish a robust, accurate Performance Measurement Baseline and manage the change control process.   • Working with Project and Commercial Managers to establish the Supplier Project Controls Contract Requirements and collaborating with suppliers to integrate and analyse their performance data in accordance with Supplier Project Controls contractual requirements.  • Ensuring scope, cost, risk and schedule integration and alignment.  • Analysing performance data, including Earned Value Management, to provide insight and to facilitate delivery decisions.  • Liaising with Finance to generate Cost and Cash Estimate to Complete and Estimate At Complete profiles.  • Ensuring effective risk management through the appropriate identification, quantification, treatment, and oversee the application and analysis of Quantitative Risk Analysis.  • Supporting Project Managers in the deployment of resource in-line with the resource-loaded schedules.  • Establishing effective governance processes to enable structured and auditable decision making.  • Assuring the quality, accuracy, and integrity of the Project Controls team’s output.  • Building strong working relationships across the Integrated Project Team.  • Working with the Integrated Project Team to communicate and contextualise delivery performance and influence stakeholders.   • Leading on learning from experience and process improvements.  • Mentoring and coaching team members and stakeholders to ensure continuous capability improvement.  • Contributing to the strategic regional growth of the business through targeted business generation activities, including proposal creation, pursuit planning, recruitment and succession planning.  • Capable of overseeing the running of a Project Controls Function, or aspects of it, including the creation and embedment of standards and processes.  As a Senior Project Controls Manager, you will;  • Have a proven track record of delivering projects in highly regulated sectors such as defence or infrastructure.  • Have Project Controls experience across the whole Project lifecycle.  • Have experience in the application of two or more Project Controls disciplines of Planning and Scheduling, Cost Estimation, Cost Control, Risk Management or Performance Reporting and their associated software / tools.  • Have a variety of proven experience in establishing Project Controls organisations and building teams.  • Have an advanced understanding of the way in which the Integrated Project Controls disciplines operate across various operating models.  • Have experience in assessing the maturity of an organisation and its existing ways of working.  • Hold a proactive, curious and ‘can-do’ attitude, as well as being an individual who is comfortable in uncertain and unclear project environments.   • Be a strong communicator and leader with ability to influence, manage, motivate, coach and develop teams and organisations by creating a diverse and inclusive environment.  • Promote empowerment and team contri

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