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Associate Director - Project Controls Manager (Sizewell C)

Job Category:  Project Management / Controls
Contract Partner Company:  Mace
Employing Company:  Mace Consult Ltd

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Associate Director - Project Controls Manager


Location: Based in our Suffolk office with hybrid working available


Vacancy Overview:


Are you looking for a career which is rewarding, at the cutting edge of project development and where you can really make a difference? Come and join our expanding Sizewell C (SZC) team and work on one of the most exciting and largest megaprojects in the UK, whilst being at the forefront of the UK's climate change agenda and energy policy. Following on from the success of Hinkley Point C (HPC), the SZC Project is a nuclear new build project in Suffolk, which has obtained planning approval and Government financing support. The project has started construction and is now seeking private investment. When completed, it will provide dependable electricity to 6 million homes for 60 years, which along with renewables, will support Britain to achieve Net Zero by 2050.
 

Job Purpose / Overview:


Working for the PMO lead functionally and embedded within one of the Delivery Programmes to take responsibility for all aspects of Project Controls. To help lead the establishment, development, maintenance of timely, accurate cost data, and reports, including forecasts, performance analysis, earned value, Estimates to complete, and monthly reports on the Actual Cost of Work Performed (ACWP).


It is the overarching objective of the Project Controls Function to act as a centre of excellence: the intelligent owners of the single source of delivery performance information, operating as an integrated enabler for the successful delivery of the SZC Project.


Principal Accountabilities:


Day to day management of the team of Controls functions within the Programme.
Responsible for liaising with the supply chain and the central client finance team to establish and agree annual budgets and reporting of financial performance in line with shareholder requirements and those set by the PMO.
To support the Programme Director with progress reporting including; schedule updates, forecast to complete, variance identification and opportunities for improvement.
Ensuring the Project controls team produce weekly / monthly reports in line with the PMO reporting 
calendar, providing details on progress, actuals, forecast and explanation of variances.
Ensure that Project controls processes are consistently applied across the Delivery Programme.
Support and advise Project Managers and the Supply chain with the application of Project Controls requirements, policies, procedures and the standards required to deliver projects.


Knowledge, Skills, Qualifications, Experience


Knowledge & Skills:


Substantial professional work experience in one or more specific disciplines in the Programme, Project, or Commercial Management disciplines
Detailed understanding of governance, strategic planning techniques, strategic risk analysis, construction technology, delivery, site logistics, commercial & legal / contract issues
Demonstrates an understanding of how to drive performance improvement
Excellent presentation, influencing and facilitation skills


Qualifications & Experience


Essential:


Educated to at least degree level, or equivalent training and experience.
Experience of shaping and developing strategic changes through management of large programmes
Experience of managing contractors, consultants, and other advisors throughout large and complex construction programmes, in a regulated environment


Desirable:


Achieved Membership / Fellow / Certified Fellow status with one or more professional institutions.

 

For this role you must have evidence of right to work in the UK. As a project, we do not discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, race, colour, religion, disability or sexual orientation, and we welcome applications from all sections of the community.

The SZC Jobs Service supports local people into exciting, long-term careers across our Project. #SZCJobs

Associate Director - Project Controls Manager


Location: Based in our Suffolk office with hybrid working available


Vacancy Overview:


Are you looking for a career which is rewarding, at the cutting edge of project development and where you can really make a difference? Come and join our expanding Sizewell C (SZC) team and work on one of the most exciting and largest megaprojects in the UK, whilst being at the forefront of the UK's climate change agenda and energy policy. Following on from the success of Hinkley Point C (HPC), the SZC Project is a nuclear new build project in Suffolk, which has obtained planning approval and Government financing support. The project has started construction and is now seeking private investment. When completed, it will provide dependable electricity to 6 million homes for 60 years, which along with renewables, will support Britain to achieve Net Zero by 2050.
 

Job Purpose / Overview:


Working for the PMO lead functionally and embedded within one of the Delivery Programmes to take responsibility for all aspects of Project Controls. To help lead the establishment, development, maintenance of timely, accurate cost data, and reports, including forecasts, performance analysis, earned value, Estimates to complete, and monthly reports on the Actual Cost of Work Performed (ACWP).


It is the overarching objective of the Project Controls Function to act as a centre of excellence: the intelligent owners of the single source of delivery performance information, operating as an integrated enabler for the successful delivery of the SZC Project.


Principal Accountabilities:


Day to day management of the team of Controls functions within the Programme.
Responsible for liaising with the supply chain and the central client finance team to establish and agree annual budgets and reporting of financial performance in line with shareholder requirements and those set by the PMO.
To support the Programme Director with progress reporting including; schedule updates, forecast to complete, variance identification and opportunities for improvement.
Ensuring the Project controls team produce weekly / monthly reports in line with the PMO reporting 
calendar, providing details on progress, actuals, forecast and explanation of variances.
Ensure that Project controls processes are consistently applied across the Delivery Programme.
Support and advise Project Managers and the Supply chain with the application of Project Controls requirements, policies, procedures and the standards required to deliver projects.


Knowledge, Skills, Qualifications, Experience


Knowledge & Skills:


Substantial professional work experience in one or more specific disciplines in the Programme, Project, or Commercial Management disciplines
Detailed understanding of governance, strategic planning techniques, strategic risk analysis, construction technology, delivery, site logistics, commercial & legal / contract issues
Demonstrates an understanding of how to drive performance improvement
Excellent presentation, influencing and facilitation skills


Qualifications & Experience


Essential:


Educated to at least degree level, or equivalent training and experience.
Experience of shaping and developing strategic changes through management of large programmes
Experience of managing contractors, consultants, and other advisors throughout large and complex construction programmes, in a regulated environment


Desirable:


Achieved Membership / Fellow / Certified Fellow status with one or more professional institutions.

 

For this role you must have evidence of right to work in the UK. As a project, we do not discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, race, colour, religion, disability or sexual orientation, and we welcome applications from all sections of the community.

Why Join Us?

For more than 60 years, nuclear power stations in the UK have been quietly keeping Britain fuelled with massive amounts of home-grown energy.

Our teams up and down the country are proudly continuing to serve the nation – but they also have an eye on the future.

EDF is leading the UK's nuclear renaissance with the construction of a new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point C and plans for a new power station at Sizewell C in Suffolk.

Nuclear power is the most reliable, low-carbon energy source currently available to the UK. EDF is playing a key role in the development of nuclear sites, while Hinkley Point C will provide low-carbon electricity to meet 7% of the UK demand. The project is already making a positive impact on the local and national economy as well as boosting skills and education.

We’re not just building new nuclear power stations. We’re developing careers, upskilling generations and creating thousands of employment and apprenticeship opportunities across a variety of skills areas.

It takes a special kind of person to work in the nuclear energy industry and although we have thousands of them there’s always a need for more.

Our industry has a mind-boggling range of opportunities and more jobs, and in more places, than you might think. But it’s also an industry which is changing.

We’re a responsible business and proud to be Britain’s biggest generator of zero carbon electricity. With size, age and experience, we believe we can do even more.

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