Head of Projects

Head of Projects

Port Talbot

£100,000 - £130,000 + Company Car + Private Healthcare + Annual Bonus + Pension + Annual Pay Review + Lifestyle Benefits

A rare opportunity has arisen for a head of projects to join a global engineering giant and have plenty of involvement in an intense transformation project by controlling the project’s performance. Enjoy using your experience to manage change and development in a senior leadership role. Those who are seeking a challenge in a rewarding environment and want to put their name against something that sets industry standards will thrive in this role.

My client has a strong global presence and they dominate their sector as the market leader in the UK. Due to change and transformation my client is seeking a head of projects to focus on controlling project performance. An exciting time to execute something brand new in a well established engineering organisation.

• Deliver daily, weekly, and monthly performance reporting, variance analysis and executive dashboards for senior stakeholders
• Develop and maintain project controls frameworks covering cost, schedule, risk, change, document control, and performance reporting
• Implement risk and opportunity management processes and lead change control
• Standardise tools, processes, and templates across the programme.
• Establish cost and schedule baselines, deploy cost estimating, forecasting, earned value management and schedule tracking using tools (Primavera P6 or similar)
• Lead and mentor a team of cost controllers, schedulers, risk analysts and document controllers.
• Collaborate with procurement, finance, engineering and supply chain teams representing project controls at governance forums and audits.
• Support tender submissions through cost modelling, schedule planning, and risk estimation.

• Degree educated in Engineering, Quantity Surveying, Construction or similar
• Strong leadership experience in project controls on large-scale projects
• Proven experience managing multimillion pound budgets and driving commercial outcomes with familiarity of UK NEC and FIDIC contracts
• Advanced knowledge of planning and scheduling tools (Primavera P6 or similar)
• Experienced in cost control, forecasting, EVM, risk management, and document control
• Strong analytical and data interpretation skills with the ability to negotiate and influence