Job Overview
We are seeking an experienced Project Control Specialist to join our team at Blackwell Earthmoving Limited. This role is integral to our business, fulfilling key operational and commercial functions.
The successful candidate will be responsible for producing and maintaining the Accepted Programme for our projects, ensuring all planning processes required by NEC contracts are undertaken.
Key Responsibilities:
• Programme Management: Produce and maintain the Accepted Programme, ensuring alignment with the overall project plan.
• Short-Term Planning: Provide rolling 3-week-look-ahead plans for operations staff, derived from the main programme.
• Data Consistency: Maintain key date information and ensure consistency across all planning and controls data sets.
• Reporting: Develop and maintain weekly progress reports, EOT assessments, and resource-loaded forecasts for cash-flow and expenditure.
• Performance Monitoring: Lead targeted performance monitoring to improve site productivity and provide time-related reporting for board-level review.
• Compliance: Ensure submissions of programme information are timely and accurate, including Cl32, CE assessments, and monthly updates.
Knowledge, Skills, and Key Competencies:
The ideal candidate will possess strong planning fundamentals, engineering/site experience as an engineer/site agent or similar, and proficiency in MS Office, particularly Excel.
Additionally, they should have eagerness to learn and experiment with new tools/processes, strong fundamentals ideally accredited with APM, and technical skills with project management software (P6 and Asta). Demonstrated experience in NEC planning roles is also essential.
Desirable Qualifications:
A degree or higher in Civil Engineering or related discipline would be beneficial, along with proficiency in P6 and/or Asta, experience with Power BI dashboard production and maintenance, and knowledge of last planner systems/lean construction methods.