PMO / Project Management Lead

Role Overview

We are seeking a digitally-enabled Project Management / PMO Lead to support complex, mission-critical programmes. This role goes beyond traditional cost engineering, focusing on data-driven decision making, integrated digital controls, and advanced analytics across major capital projects.

You will play a key role in building intelligent cost and risk insights, leveraging modern project controls tools, data integration, and visualisation platforms to enhance programme performance, predictability, and governance.

Key Responsibilities

Digital Cost & Performance Management

• Develop and manage digitally integrated cost baselines aligned to WBS/CBS structures across complex programmes
• Apply Earned Value Management (EVM) using modern toolsets and automated data flows to track performance in near real time
• Produce Forecast at Completion (FAC) using data-led forecasting techniques and scenario modelling

Data & Analytics

• Design and maintain project controls dashboards and visualisations (e.g. Power BI, Tableau) to provide cost, schedule, and risk insight
• Enable data integration across systems (e.g. Primavera P6, ERP, cost management tools) to establish a single source of truth
• Support the development of predictive analytics models for cost forecasting and programme performance

Change & Cost Control

• Manage digital change control workflows, ensuring traceability across time, cost, and scope
• Implement robust cost control processes, including accruals management, commitments tracking, and variance analysis
• Maintain structured, auditable datasets to support governance in regulated environments

Integrated Project Controls

• Align cost engineering with schedule and risk data to deliver integrated project controls capability
• Collaborate with planning and risk teams to support quantitative risk analysis (QRA) and scenario modelling
• Support programme reporting through automated reporting tools and digital controls frameworks

Governance & Assurance

• Ensure compliance with regulated, safety-critical standards
• Support internal and external audits through structured, high-quality data and reporting
• Contribute to continuous improvement of digital project controls maturity

Candidate Profile

Essential Experience

• 8-12 years' experience in project controls or cost engineering on major programmes
• Strong expertise in:
  • Earned Value Management (EVM)
  • CBS/WBS integration
  • Forecast at Completion (FAC)
  • Accruals and cost reporting
  • Change and cost control frameworks
• Experience working in highly regulated or safety-critical environments (e.g. nuclear, defence, infrastructure)

Digital & Technical Skills

• Experience with project controls and cost tools, such as:
  • Primavera P6 and associated planning systems
  • ERP and cost management platforms (e.g. EcoSys, SAP, Oracle)
• Strong capability in data analysis and visualisation (e.g. Power BI, Tableau)
• Understanding of data integration and working with structured datasets
• Exposure to automation, scripting, or digital transformation initiatives is desirable

Desirable

• Experience in quantitative risk analysis (QSRA/QCRA)
• Familiarity with digital engineering or BIM environments
• Security clearance, or eligibility to obtain it

What Makes This Role Different

• Focus on digital-first project controls rather than traditional cost engineering alone
• Opportunity to work on nationally significant, mission-critical programmes
• Involvement in building next-generation project controls capability, including automation, analytics, and integrated data environments

Success in Role

Success in this role will depend on your ability to:

• Translate complex cost data into clear, actionable insight
• Improve predictability through analytics and integrated data
• Operate effectively in a high-governance, high-stakes environment
• Drive continuous improvement through digital innovation