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Project Controls Manager – Defence

Cardiff, United Kingdom, gb💼 Full-time🗓 2026-08-19 → 2026-09-25

Core

Leading cross-discipline Project Controls teams on high risk, high complexity, and high value projects in the defence and infrastructure sectors.

Role type

Senior IC Project Controls Manager

Builds

Production project controls frameworks, performance baselines, and delivery insights for defence/infrastructure programmes.

Domain

Defence and Infrastructure

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | client delivery

Required skills

Project lifecycle management, Earned Value Management, Quantitative Risk Analysis, Cost Estimation, Cost Control, Planning and Scheduling, Supplier performance analysis, Resource deployment, Governance process design, Stakeholder influence

Preferred skills

Experience in highly regulated sectors, Proactive attitude in uncertain environments, Leadership and team coaching, Professional body membership (APM/PMI)

Technologies

Project controls software tools

Responsibilities

Define project scope and establish Work Breakdown Structures, Manage change control and Performance Measurement Baseline, Integrate supplier performance data, Analyse performance data to facilitate delivery decisions, Generate cost and cash estimates, Oversee risk identification and treatment, Support resource deployment, Establish governance processes, Mentor team members

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities

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