Project Controls Manager

What if you could work with remarkable people on extraordinary things? What if the end result was something a little bit special? What if your role was mission critical?

For nearly 70 years, AWE has been at the forefront of nuclear weapons research and development. We have a critical mission: to provide the warheads for the UK’s ultimate deterrent – Trident. We also use our unique skills to provide wider UK government with counter-terrorism and nuclear threat reduction solutions.

It takes a special sort of person to work at AWE. What if that person was you?

We need a Project Controls Manager to join us at AWE Nuclear Security Technologies as part of the Project Controls Team working on our Trident Programme.

You will be responsible for tasking and developing embedded teams which may include multi-disciplined personnel, i.e., project controls, planning, risk, cost and analytical services, supporting key business delivery streams.

It’s a truly exciting time to join us with a lot of scope for progression and work on fascinating projects.  (And don’t forget, every second Friday off!)

Location: Hybrid and fully flexible working, with our offices based near Reading at RG7 4PR. You will need to be onsite up to 3 days per week

Salary Range starts at: £48,030 this is open to substantial upwards negotiation

Due to the nature of the work you will be doing, You will need to be onsite up to 2 days per week

What’s exciting is:

You will be joining the business as it delivers one of the most complex infrastructure programmes in the country, at the heart of what we do at AWE Nuclear Security Technologies. The UK government has committed substantial investment into improving our infrastructure, so we are building a talented team to make the most of this opportunity.

A typical day for a Project Controls Manager could look like this:

As a Project Controls Manager within Trident, you will head a multi-functional Project Controls teams. It’s vital that we ensure delivery of our Trident project programme, to do this, you will need to engage, negotiate, and influence people across the business to ensure effective controls are in place to monitor progress, manage issues and mitigate slippage.

• Applying procedures, processes and systems to ensure the quality and consistency of data supported by your team
• Line and task managing and deployment of Project Controls team members
• Building great relationships to influence key stakeholders
• Ensuring compliance with Earned Value Management governance
• Providing analysis and insight of project performance data to the Head of Programme
• Leading change control and baseline management for the Programme
• Co-ordinating, validating and providing key commentary supporting production of monthly reports
• Highlighting trends and root causes of deviations against the baseline using lead and lag indicators and reporting effective remedial actions in order to drive best value.

You DO need the following:

• The ability to inspire and motivate your team
• Able to engage, negotiate and influence people across the business
• Application of procedures, processes and systems to ensure high quality and consistent data is delivered by your team
• Building great relationships with key stakeholders
• Production and maintenance of plans, schedules, budgets and forecasts
• Reviewing actuals and analysis of Earned Value variance
• Cost control management
• Delivering Controls in a major project/ programme environment, ideally within Defence, Data Centre’s, Life Sciences, Pharma, R&D facilities, Industrial, Manufacturing, Distribution & Logistics sectors
• Adept with controls/ general software applications such as Primavera (P6), Power BI

We recognise that you may not tick every single box but that doesn’t mean we won’t be interested in seeing an application from you so do go ahead and apply now!

Why work for us?

You can take advantage of a great package of benefits and development opportunities on top of your salary including:

• 25 days annual leave
• Every other Friday off (AWE works a 9-day fortnight)
• A generous pension scheme

To find out more about our excellent benefits and to apply, go to AWE Careers.

You must be willing and able to obtain and maintain UKSV Developed Vetting Clearance (funded by the AWE) in order to start with us in this role. It can take several months for clearance to come through. More info is available on UK.GOV

Important things you need to know:

• Interviews will be scheduled during working hours
• Interviews will be 90 minutes on TEAMS and will include a presentation

For more information about the role or the recruitment process, get in touch with me (Sunflower) at: [email protected]

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Please note that you must be a British Citizen to apply for a role with us.

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