Senior Project Controls Manager

Senior Project Controls Manager

Location: RG7 4PR, located between Reading and Basingstoke, with free onsite parking.

Package: £64,780 - £102,400 (depending on your suitability, qualifications, and level of experience)

Working pattern: AWE operates a 9-day working fortnight. We will consider flexible working requests so that your work may fit in with your lifestyle. Just let us know your preferred working pattern on your application.

Let us introduce the role

Are you an established senior professional with the gravitas to influence strategic decisions, shape financial performance, and lead multidisciplinary teams to excellence? AWE is seeking a Senior Project Controls Manager with deep expertise across estimating, cost engineering, commercial or project planning paired with the ability to partner with senior leadership, challenge thinking and drive high‑impact business outcomes. In this pivotal role you'll act as the primary advisor on project and programme performance, bringing clarity to complex issues, highlighting risks and opportunities and shaping interventions that deliver real efficiencies. If you thrive at senior level where strategic insight, stakeholder influence and operational oversight meet this is the opportunity to make a significant impact.

Who are we looking for?

We do need you to have a background in the following:

Background in Estimating, cost engineering, Quantity Surveying, Commercial, project planning.
Managing the integration of all required project controls disciplines.
Building effective relationships across the business area and broader business.
Consolidated analysis and commentary of project and programme performance through financial and non financial performance indicators.
Developing and maintaining relationships and awareness with key internal leadership stakeholders.
Creating and aligning business opportunities, including recommendations for performance interventions and efficiency saving.
Highlighting project and programme performance, risks, issues and opportunities to key internal leadership
Managing stakeholders and ensuring that decisions and actions are taken and progress is monitored.
Providing the single point of contact for the Project or Programme Manager for all aspects of P3M performance.

Whilst not to be considered a tick list, we'd like you to have experience in some of the following:

Experience in leading, managing and integrating multi-discipline teams.
Experience of dealing with complex business issues.
Experience in a business or project control leadership role.
Experience of producing, developing and managing a complex performance measurement baseline (PMB) (scope, time, cost, risk, assumptions) and subsequent change control.
Experience of influencing sound business strategies to deliver savings and efficiencies.
Deploying appropriate procedures, processes and systems to ensure the quality and consistency of estimating deliverables.Some reasons we think you'll love it here:

AWE has wide range of benefits to suit you. These include:

9-day working fortnight - meaning you get every other Friday off work, in addition to 270 hours of annual leave.
Market leading contributory pension scheme (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your contributions).
Family friendly policies: Maternity Leave - 39 Weeks Full Pay and Paternity Leave - 4 Weeks Full Pay.
Opportunities for Professional Career Development including funding for annual membership of a relevant professional body.
Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services.
Life Assurance (4 x annual salary).
Discounts - access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending.
Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring.

The 'Working at AWE' page on our website is where you can find full details in the 'AWE Benefits Guide'.

Hybrid working is available for this role on an informal, non-contractual basis.

Next steps:

Everyone who works at AWE brings unique skills and perspectives to the table. We recognise that great people don't always 'tick every box'. That's why we focus on your potential, your fit with our values, your transferable skills as well as your experience. Even if you don't meet every point above, but you feel that this role and AWE are a great fit for you, please go ahead and apply, we'd love to receive your application.

Important things you need to know:

We encourage you to apply promptly to avoid disappointment if applications are high and the role therefore closes.
You will need to obtain and maintain the necessary security clearance for the role. This will be funded by AWE. The nature of our work does mean you need to be a British Citizen who has been resident in the UK for the past 5 years in order to apply for SC clearance and 10 years for DV.
We want you to feel comfortable and able to shine during our recruitment process. Please let us know on your application form if you need any adjustments/accommodations during the process.
Our interviews typically take place over Teams and for most roles are a 1 stage process