Project Controls Manager
CV-LibraryBristolpermanentPosted: 16 June 2026
Apply NowProject Controls Professionals
Project Controls professionals are needed for permanent roles in Bristol, supporting complex engineering and delivery programmes where strong controls discipline is central to successful delivery.
This is a multi-level campaign, so applications are welcome from Project Controllers, Project Controls Managers, Senior Project Controls Managers, Programme Controls professionals and PMO professionals with strong project controls exposure.
The salary offered will depend on level, experience and fit.
The key point is breadth. This is not a general Project Manager role and it is not aimed at single-discipline specialists only. The focus is broader project controls including cost, schedule, risk, change, reporting, governance and performance management.
Specialists in areas such as planning, cost, risk or PMO may be suitable at developing or junior levels where there is clear project controls exposure and the appetite to broaden.
The role
You will support the delivery of complex projects and programmes by helping to establish, manage and improve project controls processes across challenging delivery environments.
Depending on your level, this may include:
Managing project controls activity across cost, schedule, risk, change and reporting
Supporting or leading Performance Measurement Baselines and Earned Value Management
Producing project controls reports, KPI packs and project performance information
Working with planners, cost engineers, risk managers, delivery teams and stakeholders
Supporting change control processes, risk integration and governance reporting
Interpreting project performance data to support decision-making
Helping to improve controls processes across complex project and programme environments
Providing clear insight into project progress, performance, risk and delivery confidence
What you will need
Experience in project controls, project control, programme controls, PMO or project performance roles
Clear exposure to broader project controls beyond one isolated activity
A strong understanding of cost, schedule, risk, change, reporting and governance
Experience producing or contributing to project performance information
Confidence working with project data, schedules, cost information, risks, changes, KPIs or delivery reports
Experience using project controls tools such as Primavera P6, MS Project, cost tools, reporting systems or project performance dashboards
Good stakeholder management skills and confidence working with technical, delivery and project teams
A disciplined approach to project controls, data quality, reporting and governance
Who this is likely to suit
This could suit someone currently working as a:
Project Controller
Project Controls Manager
Senior Project Controls Manager
Programme Controls Manager
PMO professional with strong controls exposure
Cost, planning or risk specialist looking to broaden into wider project controlsIt will be a stronger fit for people who can show real involvement in project controls rather than general project management alone. For more senior roles, broader project controls experience across multiple areas will be important.
Why apply?
This is a chance to join a major engineering consultancy working across complex projects and programmes.
You will be joining an environment where project controls is central to delivery. The work is focused on giving delivery teams clear information, better governance and stronger control over project performance.
There are opportunities available at different levels, so the conversation can be shaped around your experience.
Eligibility
Applicants must be currently based in the UK and have the ongoing right to work in the UK.
Due to the permanent nature of these roles and the basic clearance checks required, graduate visas with fixed end dates are not accepted for this campaign
Project Controls professionals are needed for permanent roles in Bristol, supporting complex engineering and delivery programmes where strong controls discipline is central to successful delivery.
This is a multi-level campaign, so applications are welcome from Project Controllers, Project Controls Managers, Senior Project Controls Managers, Programme Controls professionals and PMO professionals with strong project controls exposure.
The salary offered will depend on level, experience and fit.
The key point is breadth. This is not a general Project Manager role and it is not aimed at single-discipline specialists only. The focus is broader project controls including cost, schedule, risk, change, reporting, governance and performance management.
Specialists in areas such as planning, cost, risk or PMO may be suitable at developing or junior levels where there is clear project controls exposure and the appetite to broaden.
The role
You will support the delivery of complex projects and programmes by helping to establish, manage and improve project controls processes across challenging delivery environments.
Depending on your level, this may include:
Managing project controls activity across cost, schedule, risk, change and reporting
Supporting or leading Performance Measurement Baselines and Earned Value Management
Producing project controls reports, KPI packs and project performance information
Working with planners, cost engineers, risk managers, delivery teams and stakeholders
Supporting change control processes, risk integration and governance reporting
Interpreting project performance data to support decision-making
Helping to improve controls processes across complex project and programme environments
Providing clear insight into project progress, performance, risk and delivery confidence
What you will need
Experience in project controls, project control, programme controls, PMO or project performance roles
Clear exposure to broader project controls beyond one isolated activity
A strong understanding of cost, schedule, risk, change, reporting and governance
Experience producing or contributing to project performance information
Confidence working with project data, schedules, cost information, risks, changes, KPIs or delivery reports
Experience using project controls tools such as Primavera P6, MS Project, cost tools, reporting systems or project performance dashboards
Good stakeholder management skills and confidence working with technical, delivery and project teams
A disciplined approach to project controls, data quality, reporting and governance
Who this is likely to suit
This could suit someone currently working as a:
Project Controller
Project Controls Manager
Senior Project Controls Manager
Programme Controls Manager
PMO professional with strong controls exposure
Cost, planning or risk specialist looking to broaden into wider project controlsIt will be a stronger fit for people who can show real involvement in project controls rather than general project management alone. For more senior roles, broader project controls experience across multiple areas will be important.
Why apply?
This is a chance to join a major engineering consultancy working across complex projects and programmes.
You will be joining an environment where project controls is central to delivery. The work is focused on giving delivery teams clear information, better governance and stronger control over project performance.
There are opportunities available at different levels, so the conversation can be shaped around your experience.
Eligibility
Applicants must be currently based in the UK and have the ongoing right to work in the UK.
Due to the permanent nature of these roles and the basic clearance checks required, graduate visas with fixed end dates are not accepted for this campaign