Project Controller

Role overview

Project controls and governance

• Establish and maintain project control processes across MEP packages.
• Monitor performance against programme, cost, quality, and delivery targets.
• Ensure compliance with project controls procedures, reporting standards, and governance requirements.
• Support project audits and assurance reviews.

Cost, programme, and change controls

• Track MEP package costs, commitments, and expenditure; assist with cost reports, forecasts, and cash flow projections.
• Identify cost variances and recommend corrective action; support earned value management and performance measurement.
• Monitor progress against approved programmes, analyse schedule performance, identify milestone risks, and support mitigation and recovery plans.
• Coordinate with planners to ensure accurate reporting and forecasting.
• Maintain change logs, assess the programme and cost impact of changes, and ensure changes are recorded, approved, and tracked.

Risk, reporting, and stakeholders

• Maintain MEP package risk and opportunity registers, monitor mitigation actions, and support risk workshops and scenario planning.
• Produce weekly and monthly project controls reports, dashboards, KPIs, trend analyses, and performance metrics.
• Provide accurate project data and prepare management presentations and executive summaries.
• Collaborate with project managers, package managers, commercial teams, and subcontractors; attend reviews and communicate performance, risks, and forecasts.

Essential experience and skills

• Experience in project controls, cost control, planning, project management, or a similar construction role.
• Experience working on MEP, building services, or major construction projects.
• Strong understanding of project delivery methodologies and controls processes.
• Experience with cost reporting, forecasting, and performance analysis.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills; excellent analytical, problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder management abilities.

Location and working arrangements

• The role is based in Birmingham; flexible working arrangements are open to discussion in line with project requirements.
• The employer notes that project colleagues may be site-based or office-based.

Benefits

• Benefits include flexible working options, free parking and travel allowance where eligible, family-friendly policies, pension and healthcare, and wellbeing support.

Eligibility

• Applicants must have the right to work in the UK.

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