Project Controls Manager

Location Manchester
Discipline: Infrastructure and Civils
Job type: Permanent
Salary: £60000 - £65000 per annum
Contact name: Roger Mills

Contact email: rmills@monroe-international.com
Job ref: BH-2204
Published: about 6 hours ago
Startdate: 2026-03-16
Location: Hybrid (North West England / Remote)
Salary: Up to £65,000 + Benefits


Are you a Project Controls expert ready to step into a role where innovation meets infrastructure? This is your chance to shape major capital programmes while working with a trailblazing digital delivery team transforming how the construction and engineering sector operates.

We’re seeking a Project Controls Manager who thrives on clarity, structure, and intelligent decision?making—someone who can bring order to complexity and drive programme performance using best?in?class controls, data, and technology.

Why This Role?
This is more than a Project Controls position. It’s an opportunity to join a forward?thinking organisation that uses cutting?edge digital tools to redefine how programmes are delivered across the UK. You’ll help lead the controls environment on a major utilities capital programme, ensuring cost, schedule, risk, and change are seamlessly integrated to support confident, strategic decision?making.

What You’ll Do
  • Lead the implementation and management of programme?wide project controls.
  • Build and optimise core project structures (WBS, CBS, RBS, OBS) to ensure robust governance.
  • Ensure schedule, cost, budgets, and forecasts remain aligned across multiple workstreams.
  • Review contractor and internal delivery plans to ensure consistency with programme strategy.
  • Produce clear, data?driven performance reports for senior stakeholders.
  • Manage risk, change, dependencies, KPIs, and document control across the programme.

What You Bring
  • Strong background in Project Controls or Programme Delivery within major infrastructure or capital projects.
  • Proficiency with leading controls systems (e.g., Primavera P6, SAP, cost management tools).
  • Solid understanding of industry best practice in integrated controls.
  • Excellent stakeholder engagement skills and a collaborative mindset.
  • Ability to interpret complex data sets, support rapid decision?making, and drive improvements.

What’s in It for You
  • Competitive salary and benefits.
  • Work on high?profile, future?shaping programmes.
  • Professional development and clear progression pathways.
  • A supportive, inclusive, and innovation?driven environment.

Ready to Build the Future?
Apply now and take the next step in your project controls journey.