We are proud to be supporting one of our longstanding consultancy clients as they look to appoint a Project Controls Lead to sit at Director level within their growing Infrastructure division. This is a genuinely exciting appointment not a like for like replacement, but a newly created position driven by real momentum and a healthy forward pipeline.

The business has built a strong reputation for delivering complex infrastructure programmes and is now at a stage where it wants to properly establish and scale its Project Controls service line. That means bringing in a senior leader with the credibility, commercial acumen and drive to shape something from a strong base and take it further.

If you are currently a Principal or Associate Director in a consultancy environment and looking for the step up or you are already operating at Director level and want more ownership over something you can genuinely call your own this is worth your attention.

Reporting directly to the Director of Infrastructure, you will take strategic and operational ownership of the Project Controls service line. This covers the full spectrum planning, cost management, risk, change control and programme reporting across a portfolio of major infrastructure programmes.

The scope of the role is broad and deliberately so. Day-to-day you will be just as focused on client relationships and business development as you will be on delivery governance and team performance. You will hold the P&L, manage utilisation and pipeline, and play an active role in bidding and winning new work.

Key responsibilities of the Project Controls Lead

Leading and growing the Project Controls service offering, setting standards, tools and frameworks across the division
Providing senior oversight across multiple concurrent infrastructure programmes, ensuring quality, governance and client satisfaction
Taking ownership of the service line P&L, managing forecasting, resource utilisation and pipeline to deliver against financial targets
Building and maintaining client relationships at a senior level, and actively supporting bids, proposals and presentations
Recruiting, mentoring and developing a capable team, creating a culture of high performance and continuous improvement
Driving consistency across reporting, systems and processes
Representing the business at industry level and contributing to its profile in the infrastructure market

Requirements of the Project Controls Lead

A solid track record of leading Project Controls functions within a consultancy or complex programme delivery environment
Broad technical expertise across planning, cost, risk, change and programme reporting
Proven experience managing a service line or business unit, including P&L responsibility
The ability to build and sustain client relationships, with demonstrable success in business development and bid leadership
Experience managing and growing teams, with a genuine commitment to developing people
A background in infrastructure, construction or regulated industries with exposure to large scale, high value programmes
Strategic thinking combined with a practical, delivery-focused mindset

On Offer for the Project Controls Lead

A salary in the region of £85,000 – £105,000 depending on experience plus car allowance
A comprehensive benefits package including pension of 6%, private healthcare (family included) 26 days annual leave plus public with the ability to buy/sell 5 and discretionary bonus
The autonomy to shape and build as this is not a role where strategy is handed down to you
Exposure to some of the UK's most significant infrastructure programmes
A collaborative, people-first culture within a business that is genuinely growing
Clear progression within an organisation backed by global capability and resource

What happens next:

On receipt of your application our dedicated Surveying and Project Management recruiter, Rees Allan will contact you to discuss this opportunity in full detail. Rees will disclose the name of our client to you prior to sending your CV to this, or any other company we are working with.

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