Project Controls Manager Location: Warrington, GB, WA3 6YD Company: Cavendish Nuclear Onsite or Hybrid: Hybrid
Job Title: Project Controls Manager
Location: Bristol, Warrington, Leicester or Newbury + Hybrid Working (if applicable)
Compensation: Competitive + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF61703
At Cavendish Nuclear we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Project Controls Manager at our Bristol, Warrington, Leicester, or Newbury site.
The role
As a Project Controls Manager, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You will ensure effective planning, monitoring, and governance of key projects within our PP&E programme. You’ll be responsible for cost and schedule forecasting, risk management, and progress tracking, providing independent oversight to drive project success. You will work closely with Project Managers, Senior Project Controls Managers, and internal teams, you’ll lead PMO functions, ensuring projects remain on track and meet key objectives.
Day-to-day, you’ll oversee scheduling, reporting, and cost control, while ensuring compliance with governance standards and communicating project requirements across the supply chain.
* Establish and maintain PMO governance, processes, and controls across the project.
* Develop and manage project baselines (scope, cost, and schedule), ensuring compliance with governance standards.
* Lead scheduling and project controls staff, overseeing cost, risk, and change management.
* Provide accurate management reporting to internal and external stakeholders, ensuring visibility of project status and forecasts.
* Manage stakeholder relationships, ensuring clear communication and alignment on project objectives.
This role is full time 37 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with 2/3 days in the office and 2/3 days working from home. It is adaptable and can be delivered from various locations including Bristol, Warrington, Leicester, or Newbury.
Agile working may be available to employees in some instances, applying the principles of fairness and consistency whilst ensuring that the overriding business needs can be appropriately met. We are happy to consider flexible, blended working, including part-time, condensed hours, and job sharing. Please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.
Essential experience of the Project Controls Manager
* Extensive recent and relevant experience in a similar environment or industry.
* Strong understanding of project controls, including cost control, scheduling, risk management, and governance.
* Experience with various contracting methodologies (e.g., FIDIC, NEC3, NEC4, JCT).
Qualifications for the Project Controls Manager
A bachelor’s degree in engineering, project management, construction management, or a related field.
Membership in a professional body (preferred).
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
What we offer
* Generous holiday allowance
* Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
* Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
* Employee share scheme
* Employee shopping savings portal
* Payment of Professional Fees
* Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
* Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
* ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
* Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.
Cavendish Nuclear
As a leader within the UK nuclear industry, Cavendish Nuclear, part of Babcock International Group, provides a comprehensive range of critical nuclear solutions in clean energy, defence and civil new build and decommissioning projects. Together, we’re innovating to make nuclear safer, faster and cost-effective across the nuclear energy life cycle. Your career with us could take you anywhere within Babcock International Group – from Canada, the USA to Japan. Work with us to create a safe and secure world, together.
We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email careers@babcockinternational.com with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.
Closing date: 10/02/2025
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