Full-Time DE&S/SDA Project Controls Manager
Job Description
Salary
£46,750 – £55,000, per annum (plus benefits). Internal candidates/existing Civil Servants should refer to the Further Information leaflet for salary details.
Job description
Are you looking for a challenging and interesting opportunity? Does being a key member of the Project Controls team supporting the Armed Forces & Submarine Delivery Agency excite you?
If so, this could be the perfect opportunity for you! DE&S and the SDA are integral parts of UK Defence supporting our Armed Forces across Strategic, Land, Sea, Air and Nuclear Submarines; responsibilities include procurement, in service support and disposal. Our work is of unparalleled strategic importance and delivers some of the most technically complex programmes in Defence.
As a Project Controls Management expert and holding a Senior Management position within Project Controls, this high-level opportunity could see you working on a diverse and exciting variety of tasks, including – major once-in-a-lifetime projects, helping to shape Project Controls teams, developing new ways of working, and managing and developing the people.Due to security requirements, posts may be reserved for sole UK Nationals only.
Do you have the experience to:
•Manage and Lead PC cost, schedule and risk specialisms, ensuring that they work as an integrated team and produce and analyse the data to produce coherent outputs
•Offer strategic advice and influence senior stakeholders on complex issues regarding project performance
•Manage pan project resource planning with Project Managers and Operations Managers, managing and demanding project resource in line with the project schedule
•Ensure effective operation of PC across the DE&S/ SDA & industry interface, working with industry counterparts to build and sustain strong relationships and they deliver to time, cost and quality
Due to security requirements some of the posts will require more in depth security checks (Developed Vetting)
Responsibilities
This position will work closely with other Projects disciplines and be the “right hand” to the Project/Programme Managers responsible for developing and delivering high quality and professional Project Controls services across a variety of high value and complex projects and portfolios.
As a Project Controls Manager, you will be responsible for setting and maintaining performance measurement baselines, directing and integrating all aspects of Earned Value Management (EVM), cost management, estimating, scheduling and risk management as well as providing analysis of progress and driving agreed recovery actions.
Your responsibilities may include;
• To act as the focal point and to integrate all project controls activities on the Major Projects Portfolios
• Analyse performance of projects and portfolios to drive effective delivery• Work closely with Project Managers, Portfolio Managers, Senior Stakeholders and Commercial teams to ensure that contractors and suppliers data is received in a timely manner, in an appropriate format and to the required quality
• Analyse performance of projects and portfolios and communicate it clearly and simply to ensure understanding and effective delivery
• Manage and co-ordinate portfolio resource planning in line with the project schedule
• Manage and drive the assurance and control of scope and change through robust assumptions management and change control mitigation to ensure that only documented authorised changes are made at the right level
• Writing, maintaining and embedding policy, processes and procedures to ensure team compliance.
What you will be assessed against
To be found successful you must demonstrate the following essential criteria:
• Experience in at least one of cost control, scheduling or risk management sub functions or equivalent experience in another project role. Must also have experience of a Project Support role, or a previous PCM assignment
• Proven team leadership, management and development skills
It would benefit your application should you be able to demonstrate the following desirable criteria:
• APM or PMI qualifications to underpin PC experience
If you are invited to an interview, you will be assessed against the following technical competencies:
• Controlling a Project (Practitioner)
• Stakeholder Management (Practitioner)
If you are invited to an interview, you will be assessed against the following behaviours:
• Leadership
• Communicating and influencing
What’s in it for you?
You will receive a generous benefits package including market leading employer pension contributions of around 21% of your salary (not including any personal contribution), annual bonuses, a flexible working pattern to fit you where possible, 25 days holiday +1 additional day every year you work up to 30 days with opportunity for movement and promotion. Some of our sites include an onsite gym, onsite restaurants, cafes and much more.
Find out more about what we offer by clicking here or by using ‘The Little Book of Big Benefits’ booklet PDF at the bottom of this page.
Applicants should be aware that any move across the Civil Service may have implications on an employee’s ability to carry on claiming childcare vouchers.
About your team
The Project Controls Function is responsible for providing the right information, at the right time, to support better-informed decisions. Driving accountability, responsibility and efficiency across DE&S, our Project Controls teams are involved in all phases of every project helping to predict and oversee the time and cost management of these projects. From Estimating, Risk Management and Cost Control, to Planning and Scheduling and Project Controls Management, our people are crucial to the successful delivery of our work.
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