Project Control Engineer

Location: Chorley 

Employment Type: Permanent or Contract Considered

Are you an experienced Project Controls Engineer with strong Primavera P6 expertise and a passion for delivering complex engineering projects?

Looking for a Project Controls professional to support a portfolio of major projects from bid development through to project closeout. This is an opportunity to become a key member of the project delivery team, providing planning, cost control and performance reporting that drives successful project outcomes.

This is not a purely planning-focused role. You'll be involved in the full project controls lifecycle, integrating schedule, cost and resource data to provide meaningful insight and support decision-making across multiple projects.

What You'll Be Doing

• Developing and maintaining integrated, resource-loaded project programmes in Primavera P6
• Supporting Bid and Project Managers with programme development and project delivery strategy
• Establishing and maintaining Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) and Cost Breakdown Structures (CBS)
• Monitoring project progress, forecasting performance and identifying schedule risks
• Undertaking critical path analysis and variance reporting
• Producing project controls reports including Earned Value metrics, SPI, CPI and EAC
• Managing programme baselines and change control processes
• Providing resource forecasts, lookaheads and performance analysis
• Facilitating programme review meetings with project teams and stakeholders
• Supporting continuous improvement initiatives within the Project Controls function

What We're Looking ForTo be successful in this role, you'll ideally be able to demonstrate:

• Strong hands-on experience using Primavera P6 in a project planning or project controls environment.
• Experience developing project programmes from scratch as well as maintaining, updating and reporting on existing schedules.
• Proven experience working with resource-loaded programmes, project baselines, critical path analysis and change control.
• A solid understanding of wider Project Controls principles, including Earned Value Management (EVM), SPI, CPI, EAC, cost forecasting, performance reporting and schedule variance analysis.
• Experience working within engineering, construction, infrastructure, defence, nuclear, utilities, energy or other technically complex project environments.
• Familiarity with NEC3 and/or NEC4 contracts would be highly advantageous.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to work closely with Project Managers, estimators, commercial teams and delivery teams
• Ability to communicate effectively with project teams, stakeholders and senior management
• Experience within sectors such as Nuclear, Defence, Infrastructure, Energy, Utilities, Rail or Construction would be highly advantageous

Working arrangements as these projects rely heavily on collaboration and stakeholder engagement, this role does not operate on a fixed hybrid pattern. Flexibility is available; however, candidates should be comfortable with regular onsite attendance and being actively involved with project teams.

Interested?
If you're a Primavera P6 specialist with strong project controls experience and are looking to play a key role in the successful delivery of complex projects, we'd love to hear from you. Apply now or get in touch for a confidential discussion.



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