Project Controls Specialists - All Levels - Planning

Overview

In this role you will support project controls for high-profile infrastructure programmes in Scotland, collaborating within a PMO and broader project controls community. You will help establish robust schedules, progress and cost baselines, and produce performance reports with actionable recommendations. You will work across sectors such as Power, Rail, Water and Defence, often as the main client contact or within a larger team. This is an opportunity to grow into leadership while shaping control practices across major projects.

Pay / Benefits

• flexible working environment
• focus on work-life balance
• opportunity for career progression in leadership roles
• equal opportunity employer

Responsibilities

• Develop work breakdown structures and robust performance baselines with cost/planning engineers
• Establish progress and cost monitoring methods and produce project control reports
• Provide performance analysis and recommendations to clients
• Support schedule construction and baseline management, monitoring, and progression data collection
• Conduct assurance reviews to ensure high-quality schedules (e.g., Schedlog, Acumen Fuse) and adherence to checks
• Engage in planning workshops, variance reporting, and issue escalation
• Drive a positive can-do culture within the schedule management scope

Key requirements

• Experience in a project controls environment within infrastructure (Energy, Defence, Rail, Airports, Highways, Water/Utilities)
• Experience in Programme Controls Management, Earned Value, Change & Risk Management, Planning, Project Controls or PMO
• Graduate in a relevant discipline with some project control exposure
• Experience using Primavera (P6), Power BI, and Microsoft Office
• Ability to work autonomously and in a team, strong time management and communication skills
• Knowledge of best practice planning principles and schedule construction
• Experience with schedule assurance and quality checks using Schedlog, Acumen Fuse, or DCMA 14 Point Checklist
• Experience in schedule monitoring, baseline management, progress data collection and variance reporting
• Ability to deliver or control at project/programme/portfolio level
• Ownership of proactive, can-do approach to schedule management

• Strong verbal and written communication
• Reliability and team collaboration
• Time management and deadline-driven
• Primavera P6
• Power BI
• Microsoft Office applications

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