Energy Project Controls Manager Chepstow, Wales
Job description
RPS is a leader in delivering projects in complex marine environments, including offshore wind farm developments. Our experience includes 20 years at the forefront of the industry, working across the UK, wider Europe, America, Australia and Asia.
When you join RPS, you’ll become a member of a deeply experienced Energy team who have been selected as the lead Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) consultant for some of the offshore wind industry’s major “firsts”. These include the world’s largest offshore wind farms: Orsted’s Hornsea One, Two and Three, the first offshore wind farm in Australia – CIP’s Star of the South, and once constructed, one of the world’s and Scotland’s largest offshore wind farm - SSE’s Berwick Bank offshore wind farm.
We are now looking for a Project Controls Manager to work alongside our Technical Consultancy team, working across a range of offshore renewable and oil and gas projects in the UK and Ireland, and globally as we continue to expand into new markets.
What you’ll be doing
The Project Controls Manager will provide strong project governance (both internal and external) to help deliver EIA projects to client expectations and within agreed budgets and timescales.
You will be responsible for managing and controlling cost estimates, actuals and forecasts, variations, commercial, risks and programmes across a portfolio of projects. These will be regularly reported to Project Managers and the Client to keep them up to date on project status.
This role also works closely with our Programme Management Office (PMO), bid, legal, project, and finance teams through the project life cycle from bid to project close out and de-brief, to ensure information is up to date, processes and systems run smoothly, and any issues are quickly resolved.
- Proposals, bids and variation – Input into proposals, bids and variations with the bid team, Commercial Manager and technical consultancy team.
- Project controls execution support - Manage complex projects throughout the project lifecycle including project set-up, finances, scheduling and reporting, to timely completion of projects, within scope, and on budget. To include:
- Define and establish a robust work breakdown structure
- Coordinate and lead workshops to compile the master project/programme schedule baseline, ensuring an achievable duration and identifying critical path.
- Review / management of project budgets (including fixed, time and expense and capped budgets).
- Manage change systems and facilitate project risk management processes
- Analyse spend to date and forecast to actively evaluate potential risks.
- Financial control including invoicing, cash flow management and budget control
- Reporting - Setup and update internal and external progress reporting, including Power BI reporting where required
- Continuous improvement – Analyse project data to support continuous improvement. Seek and implement improvements to internal processes related to project management.
Who we’re looking for?
A Degree level or equivalent education is desirable along with an industry recognised Project Management qualification such as APM or Prince2.
Strong database and data management skills, with in-depth knowledge of Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Projects (Primavera P6 or similar). Knowledge of Power Bi reporting is desirable.
Significant experience within a consulting, professional services, marine or construction organisation managing complex multi-disciplinary projects would also be advantageous.
What’s in it for you?
If you’re interested in how we use and manage the marine environment, want to help meet NetZero targets and support projects that tackle climate change through the development of offshore renewable energy, then talk to us about our career opportunities in this area.
We encourage and value different ideas, perspectives, and styles of thinking. We need a mix of experiences and skills to develop the most innovative ideas. We respect one another and recognise the potential and contribution of everyone. You’ll be joining a diverse community and a company that puts its people first and prioritises their well-being.
We’re proud to be an accredited ILM training provider, internationally recognised and providing robust fully accredited professional training programmes - to master’s degree level professional qualifications in leadership & management, we support learning and development for everyone
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