Project Controls Manager - Major Masterplanned Development

Job description / Role

The company

Mace is an international consultancy and construction company that has delivered world class projects since 1990. Today we employ over 5,000 people across five global hubs in Europe, Middle East North Africa and India, North America, Asia Pacific and Sub-Saharan Africa.

Four simple values guide our behaviour in our pursuit of a better way; Safety first - no compromise, Client focus - deliver on our promise, Create opportunity - for our people to excel, Integrity - always doing the right thing. We aim to attract the best and brightest people, whatever their background, to bring new perspectives to some of the most challenging and inspiring projects around the world.

We support our people who are aiming to achieve an academic or professional qualification that will help them develop personally and deliver to the highest standard for our clients. At Mace you can deepen your knowledge, expand your skills and define your own path.

The opportunity

Be a part of our international consultancy business that spans our five global hubs, where we oversee work for world leading organizations across the public and private sectors.

Our Middle East, North Africa and India hub started in 1998 and has successfully operated in a wide range of countries, delivering project and programme management and cost consultancy services.

The role

Project Controls Manager - Major Masterplanned Development

Establishing, maintaining and controlling the project control system, satisfying reporting requirements and deployment/adherence monitoring of local programme governance, establishing and maintaining the baseline cost loaded schedule, control of change to the baseline, reporting schedule performance, cost performance reporting, risk management and assurance.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Producing and maintaining the project control system processes.
• Deploying and assuring the programme and schedule governance across contractors.
• Managing the interface with the client finance team.
• Managing the interface with commercial team to produce anticipated final cost and produce actual cost data.
• Managing the production of schedule performance data and key performance indices for project progression
• Managing integrated schedules.
• Managing and controlling the change to the performance measurement baseline and budget control management in all controls systems.
• Managing project, schedule risk and opportunities.
• Analyzing and interrogating the control account performance data and production of contract review and other ad hoc project management performance data.
• Coordinating of programme reporting.
• Analyzing the key project performance data.
• Establishing, maintaining and controlling the forecast schedule.
• Managing planners and project managers to enforce schedule standards on contractors programmes.
• Producing of integrated schedule and analyzing the project schedule performance.
• Establishing, maintaining and controlling the baseline budget and cost forecast.
• Enforcing cost reporting standards on contractor’s programmes.
• Establishing, maintaining and controlling the baseline change control process.
• Managing the change process and control of change to the performance measurement baseline.
• Maintaining the central change control log.
• Liaising with client team for all change matters to ensure full sign off of changes.
• Interfacing with risk management to maintain contingency use records.
• Establishing, maintaining and controlling the risk management process.
• Setting and maintaining standards for all project managers to follow for risk management.
• Establishing, maintaining and controlling the reporting calendar and templates.
• Setting and maintaining standards for reporting.
• Enforcing reporting standards on contractors.

Requirements

Your experience, knowledge and skills need to include:

• Experience working with a project or program management consultancy.
• Masterplanned, major development / project experience is essential.
• Complete understanding of design, construction and cost programs.
• Excellent technical grounding in all aspects of schedule and cost controls.
• International project delivery experience is an advantage.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Use of the Microsoft Office suite of programs.
• Substantial experience in the use of computer software products including web based or bespoke client systems.
• Knowledge of Primavera P6 and cost, earned value and/or risk management tools.

Qualifications

• A degree qualification is preferred but is not essential.
• Professional memberships are an advantage but are not essential.

“Mace is an equal opportunity employer. We embrace diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for our people to excel.”

About the Company

Mace is an international consultancy and construction company that has delivered world class projects since 1990. Today we employ over 6,000 people across five global hubs in Europe, Middle East North Africa and India, North America, Asia Pacific and Sub-Saharan Africa.

Four simple values guide our behaviour in our pursuit of a better way; Safety first - going home safe and well, Client focus - deliver on our promise, Create opportunity - for our people to excel, Integrity - always doing the right thing. We aim to attract the best and brightest people, whatever their background, to bring new perspectives to some of the most complex and inspiring projects around the world.

We support our people who are aiming to achieve an academic or professional qualification that will help them develop personally and deliver to the highest standard for our clients. At Mace you can deepen your knowledge, expand your skills and define your own path.