Senior Project Controls Manager

As a Senior Project Controls Manager, you will play a pivotal role supporting the overall project team and providing indirect leadership to those involved in project controls. You will build strong, collaborative relationships with stakeholders—project teams, functional departments, and customers—while contributing to the development and maturity of the Project Controls function.

Location:

Bristol, England, United Kingdom

• Developing and maintaining the Project Controls Plan, ensuring alignment with project objectives and overseeing associated procedures.
• Overseeing the Project Start‑up on Execution projects and monitoring the project team based on internal standard requirements.
• Serving as the primary point of contact for the Project Director, project team, and customer regarding project cost, schedule, and risk matters.
• Leading the integration of schedule, cost, scope change, and risk management processes across the project lifecycle.
• Supporting the Project Planning team in generating the project schedule against the customer requirements, including resource loading, critical path analysis, and progress tracking.
• Overseeing the setup and operation of project controls systems, tools, and interfaces to enable effective management and reporting.
• Engaging and interfacing with key internal and external stakeholders as required.
• Monitoring overall project progress, milestone achievement, and identifying deviations from plan; providing performance forecasts and insights.
• Tracking and reporting on the project’s critical path, offering early warnings of potential delays to the Project Director.
• Conducting budget‑vs‑actual cost analysis in collaboration with finance managers and cost controllers to ensure accurate financial tracking.
• Ensuring all change requests are properly assessed and reflected in project budgets and schedules.
• Facilitating and leading major cost and schedule risk analysis workshops, both internally and with customers when needed.
• Ensuring project‑level risk is managed in accordance with company standards and processes.
• Leading the reporting of project status and KPIs to senior management as part of the Project Governance framework.
• Capturing and implementing lessons learned to support continuous improvement across projects.

• Extensive experience in Project Controls on complex or major projects/programmes.
• Expert‑level knowledge of Project Controls methodologies and practices.
• Demonstrated experience in applying and assuring governance across large‑scale projects.
• Advanced proficiency in tools including MSP, Oracle applications (P6, Unifier, ERP), Active Risk Manager (ARM) or other risk software, Risk Analyzer software, and Power BI.

• Contemporary work‑life balance policies and wellbeing activities.
• Comprehensive private medical care options.
• Safety net of life insurance and disability programs.
• Tailored financial programs.
• Additional elected or voluntary benefits.

We are an energy technology company that provides solutions to energy and industrial customers worldwide. Built on a century of experience and conducting business in over 120 countries, our innovative technologies and services are taking energy forward – making it safer, cleaner and more efficient for people and the planet.

Baker Hughes Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

Job Reference: R158425