Project Controls Lead
North-West | Hybrid Working
Permanent | Full-Time
£75,000 - £85,000k Per Annum, DOE + Benefits Package
About the Role
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Project Controls Lead to join a growing infrastructure-focused consultancy environment delivering major capital programmes across the UK.
This is a senior leadership position with responsibility for Project Controls delivery, business growth, team leadership and commercial performance. Reporting into senior leadership, you will play a key role in shaping strategy, developing capability and ensuring successful delivery across complex infrastructure programmes.
This role is ideal for a commercially aware and client-focused leader who combines strategic thinking with hands-on delivery expertise.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and develop the Project Controls function across planning, cost, risk, change and reporting
- Provide leadership across complex infrastructure programmes, ensuring high-quality delivery and governance
- Take ownership of Project Controls commercial performance including forecasting, utilisation and pipeline management
- Build and maintain strong client relationships while supporting bids and business development activity
- Recruit, mentor and develop a high-performing Project Controls team
- Drive consistency, continuous improvement and best practice across systems, tools and reporting
- Lead business development activity including bids, proposals and client presentations
- Support the strategic growth and expansion of the Project Controls service offering
About You
Essential Experience & Skills
- Proven experience establishing and leading Project Controls teams within consultancy or complex delivery environments
- Expertise across programme controls, cost management, risk management and change management
- Experience leading teams within infrastructure or consultancy environments
- Demonstrable experience managing service-line performance and commercial outcomes
- Strong stakeholder management and business development capability
- Experience delivering across large-scale infrastructure programmes
- Strong leadership capability with experience building and managing teams
- Strategic mindset with a strong track record of winning work and growing services
- Experience within infrastructure, construction or regulated sectors
Desirable
- Experience within Nuclear & Defence, Power & Energy, Water or Transport sectors
- Chartered status or working towards chartership (APM, RICS, ICE or equivalent)
Personal Attributes
We are looking for someone who is:
- A strategic thinker with a pragmatic, hands-on approach
- Highly organised, detail-oriented and outcome-driven
- A confident communicator able to influence and challenge constructively
- Collaborative, people-focused and passionate about developing capability and teams
What’s on Offer
- Opportunity to shape and lead a growing Project Controls function
- Exposure to nationally significant infrastructure programmes
- Collaborative and ambitious consultancy environment
- Clear career progression opportunities
- Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package
- Hybrid working arrangement
Start: June 2026
Duration: Permanent
Rate: £75,000 - £85,000k Per Annum, DOE + Benefits Package