Job Description
Role Title: Senior Principal Project Controller
Location: Bristol or Farnborough- 2 to 3 days per week onsite
Duration: 12 months
Clearance required: SC Cleared
Day rate: £500 per day via umbrella company
Overall Purpose of the Job:
The role is responsible for the delivery of Project Control, scheduling and EVM administration & support
across all projects and programmes
Key Accountabilities:
* Leading by example, communicating purpose and expectations, developing and motivating the team,
* creating inclusivity, participation and involvement and encouraging innovation and creativity
* Undertaking tasks and activities, as required, in the delivery of planning & scheduling
* Championing Best Practice and applying lessons learned within the team, with programme and project
* teams and other key delivery partners
* Developing and maintaining regular, open and positive lines of communication within the team, with the
* leadership, programme and project teams and other key delivery partners
* Managing, motivating and coordinating the team to achieve specified objectives
* Engaging, mentoring and supporting the team in their career development and providing guidance that
* enables the transfer of learning into effective practice for the team
* Working knowledge of programme management principles and how project planning, scheduling and
* control activities underpin them
* Maintain project schedules and keep project resources on track, provide regular project updates to
* stakeholders, and maintain contact with the team to monitor job progress.
* Integrate multiple schedules into a master project schedule, including baselining, status and
* performance measurement baselines
* Execute EVM using the company tool (Cobra)
* Produce EVM reports and execute project controls in alignment with ANSI 748 32 guidelines
* Analyse EVM and provide EVM analysis support and guidance to the Project Team
* Using EVM techniques such as Cost Performance Index (CPI), Schedule Performance Index (SPI),
* Estimate at Completion (EAC) and Estimate to Complete (ETC)
* Support customer/internal IBR's
* Detailed knowledge of a number of technical areas, such as: project controls, EVM, governance and
* assurance, risk analysis and management, cost management/control/reporting, benchmarking, data
* analysis and reporting.
* Significant knowledge of the development and delivery of complex project schedules using proprietary
* planning tools, specifically PPM2016 or Primavera P6 - to enable the definition and implementation of
* software management processes and procedures
* Development and reporting of project schedule data to senior stakeholders (operating at IDT lead,
* Director level and above) in a complex projects environment
Successful outcomes of this role:
* Up-to-date, accurate, reliable and timely outputs that are trusted and accepted by the leadership,
* programme and project teams in support of projects up to LCM Level 4
* Planning & Scheduling outputs that contribute to meeting or exceeding business plan revenue and
* margin targets for projects up to LCM Level 4
* Troubleshoot and monitor potential scheduling problems
* Execute EVM and produce timely reports
* Provide detailed explanations of project variances and propose corrective actions to keep the project on
* track.
* Development, introduction and implementation of project schedule analytics and reporting
* methodologies and techniques (such as Critical Path analysis)
* Established and regular engagement with the leadership, programme and project teams for projects up
* to LCM Level 4
Person Specification
* Essential Education and Qualifications:
* Bachelor degree or equivalent or 10 years' relevant experience
* Programme or Project Controls Qualification - Practitioner or equivalent
* Project management qualification; APM membership desirable.
* Experience of operating as a project or programme scheduler in a complex environment
* Experience of managing a complex project or programme is desirable
* Strong understanding of EVM principles and metrics
Competencies:
* Has an in-depth knowledge of the following competence in complex situations:
* Schedule Management
* Resource Management
* Consolidated Planning
* Reviews
* Change Control
* EVM
Has a detailed knowledge of the following competence in complex situations:
* Ethics, Compliance & Professionalism
* Team Management
* Conflict Management
* Leadership
* Budget & Cost Control
* Contract Management
* Financial & Cost Management
* Resource Capacity Planning
* Stakeholder & Communication Management
* Operating within PMO
* Line Management
* MS Office Software
* Performance Management & EVM
Has a comprehensive knowledge of the following competence in situations of limited complexity:
Frameworks & Methodologies
Capability Development
Operating within P3M
Project Management
Matrix Management