Project Controls Engineer

Role overview

Cost and performance management

• Develop and maintain bottom-up forecasts and performance baselines.
• Analyze cost variances, trends, and forecast movements across work packages.
• Produce monthly and weekly performance reports for senior stakeholders.

Programme and progress

• Deliver Earned Value Management reporting, including SPI/CPI and forecast-versus-actuals.
• Track quantities, site progress, and production outputs against plan.
• Use Primavera P6 to align programme logic with cost and progress.

Commercial and governance

• Challenge subcontractor forecasts, cost assumptions, and productivity.
• Support cost reporting, accruals, and change control; work with commercial, delivery, planning, and risk teams.
• Support reporting cycles and client submissions; present insights, mitigation plans, and recovery strategies.
• Ensure compliance with project governance processes.

Person specification

• Strong background in cost control, project controls, or cost engineering.
• Experience on major infrastructure or complex construction projects.
• Ability in cost forecasting, variance analysis, EVM, programme integration, quantity tracking, and progress measurement.
• Confident working across commercial and delivery functions; analytical and able to challenge data and assumptions.

Qualifications and desirable experience

• Degree or equivalent in Quantity Surveying, Civil Engineering, or Project Controls.
• Primavera P6 is preferred.
• NEC contract experience (Options A, C, E), Project Controls/EVM/Planning certifications, and rail or major infrastructure experience are desirable.

Employment and hours

• Permanent, full-time role with 40 hours, Monday to Friday.

Work arrangements

• The employer says flexible working arrangements, including working from home, are available across many roles; no specific arrangement is stated for this position.