Senior/Lead Project Controls Manager - Defence
Core
Leading cross-discipline Project Controls teams for high-risk, high-complexity defence and infrastructure projects, ensuring scope, cost, risk, and schedule integration.
Role type
Senior/Lead Project Controls Manager
Builds
Production project controls functions, performance baselines, and governance processes for complex programmes
Domain
Defence and Infrastructure
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | client delivery | infrastructure
Required skills
Project Controls (Planning, Scheduling, Cost Estimation, Cost Control, Risk Management, Performance Reporting), Earned Value Management, Work Breakdown Structure creation, Supplier performance data analysis, Quantitative Risk Analysis, Resource-loaded schedule management, Governance process design, Stakeholder influence, Team mentoring
Preferred skills
Experience in highly regulated sectors, Proposal creation, Pursuit planning, Recruitment and succession planning, Maturity assessment of organisations
Technologies
Project Controls software/tools
Responsibilities
Setting up and leading cross-discipline Project Controls teams; Defining scope and establishing Work Breakdown Structures; Managing change control and Performance Measurement Baselines; Collaborating with suppliers on contractual requirements; Analysing performance data for delivery decisions; Generating cost and cash estimates; Overseeing risk management and Quantitative Risk Analysis; Supporting resource deployment; Establishing governance processes; Mentoring team members; Contributing to business generation activities
Seniority
Senior/Lead, hands-on IC with strategic growth responsibilities