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About the Role

As the Project Controls Manager, you will be responsible for developing the project baseline across scope, time, cost, risk, and quality for a specific area of the HS2 Programme. This includes analyzing performance against the baseline, highlighting trends or risks to support decision-making, and managing controls governance and change management to assess and manage baseline impacts.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain an integrated baseline across scope, time, cost, risk, and quality, tracking performance for projects and contracts.
• Manage, support, and coordinate project controls activities within the supply chain to assure the accuracy and quality of captured cost, risk, and schedule information.
• Analyze submitted data and reports, providing insights and trends on performance and risks to support decision-making.
• Manage the periodic correlation of schedule, cost, quality, and risk to drive program delivery and performance, including capturing and analyzing cost data.
• Review supply chain program submissions and update client schedules.
• Manage risks for a development or delivery area of the HS2 Programme, responding to project delays, issues, and challenges.
• Support and coordinate the change management process, ensuring baseline impacts are assessed and managed.
• Manage the coordination and communication of the Period reporting cycle, ensuring compliance and sharing lessons learned.
• Assure Project Controls Data and ensure adherence to PMO and Project Controls policies, processes, and standards.
• Provide functional line management, performance management, and objective setting support to direct reports.
• Actively promote and embed Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) and support organizational initiatives, policies, and procedures on EDI.

Requirements

• Knowledge of one or more core Project Controls disciplines (Schedule Management, Cost Management, Change Management, Risk Management).
• Basic knowledge of baseline development and maintenance.
• Basic knowledge of Project and Commercial Management fundamentals, including cost delivery and schedule targets.
• Experience in project controls on projects/programmes.
• Experience in one or more core project controls functions (baseline maintenance, schedule management, cost performance, change management, risk management, performance reporting).
• Experience managing and controlling key Project Controls systems (e.g., Primavera P6, Prism, CEMAR).
• Experience facilitating and administering project performance reviews and presentations with stakeholders.
• Experience managing and/or influencing governance forums, including project change and investment boards.
• Must have the Right to Work in the UK.
• Must not have certain types of time-bound visas that are not accepted.
• Must be able to pass pre-employment checks including Nationality & Immigration Status, employment references, DBS, Financial, and Education checks.

Skills

• Prioritisation
• Influencing and Negotiating Skills
• Effective verbal and written communication skills
• Facilitation
• Data analysis
• Problem Solving

Location

• Birmingham

Work Type

• Full-time

Experience Level

• Experienced

Salary/Compensations

• £55687 to £65514 (inclusive of 20% flex fund)

Benefits

• Flexible working
• Personal and professional development opportunities

About the Company

• HS2 Ltd will be the UK’s new high speed rail network, improving capacity, shortening journey times, boosting the economy, and creating thousands of jobs.
• HS2 Ltd aims to be a leader in EDI practice by creating a safe & inclusive working environment for all staff, living values of Safety, Respect, Integrity, and Leadership.
• HS2 Ltd is a safety-critical organisation, requiring employees to ensure reasonable care of their own and others’ health and safety by working to 'Safe at Heart' programme principles and following safe working procedures.

Equal Opportunity

• HS2 Ltd endeavours to ensure everyone working for us and with us feels included, thrives and achieves their full potential.
• We are positive and inclusive about making adjustments.
• It is expected that you will actively promote and embed Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work and support and comply with all organisational initiatives, policies and procedures on EDI.