Associate Director - Project Controls

At Mace, our purpose is to redefine the boundaries of ambition. We believe in creating places that are responsible, bringing transformative impact to our people, communities and societies across the globe. To learn more about our purpose, culture, and priorities, visit our strategy site.

Within our consult business, we harness our unique combination of leading-edge practical expertise and project delivery consultancy to unlock the potential in every project.

Our values shape the way we consult and define the people we want to join us on our journey, they are:

• Safety first - Going home safe and well
• Client focus - Deliver on our promise
• Integrity - Always do the right thing
• Create opportunity - For our people to excel

The project controls lead will work within the programme management office (PMO) on behalf of the programme partner (PrP), liaising with a variety of stakeholders across the programme, reporting to the Head of PMO. This role will require a person who can get SC clearance. This role will require 2 days per week based in Newbury, Berkshire.

You'll be responsible for:

• Supporting the prioritisation and delivery of strategic initiatives.
• Providing oversight of key PMO tasks / exercises.
• Co-ordinating and driving cross discipline integration in support of baseline management and reporting.
• Unlocking cross partnership integration ensuring consistency of approach.
• Deputing for PMO lead as and when required.
• Providing line management and guidance to PMO baseline manager and other disciplines within the PMO.
• Supporting resourcing activities when required.
• Supporting operational aspects of the PRP PMO.

You'll need to have:

• Strong communication skills with the ability to present information and communicate to individuals at all levels of an organisation.
• Outstanding organisational skills, capable of managing multiple activities and timelines.
• Working knowledge of project controls methods, techniques and tools that would support baseline management and earned value.
• Able to interface with multidisciplinary teams and take lead role in creating plan for a plan and driving exercises through to completion.
• Focus on attention to details and checking project controls inputs, recording and reports produced.
• Experience working in a fast-moving project environment essential.
• Qualifications (MSP or APMG - practitioner) or related experience in project controls for example, trend and change management, earned value management or scope management.
• Experience working on large infrastructure project or programmes.
• Experience of nuclear or high security sectors desirable.

You'll also have:

• Passion driven - sense of belonging, aligned to vision and programme ideology.
• Act inclusively, treating all with respect and driving diverse thinking - open minded and act inclusively.
• Delivering excellence - outcome driven, identifying opportunities.
• Integrity - complimentary and collaborative.
• Embed and embrace culture of health, safety, and wellbeing with safety at the heart of everything we do.
• Safeguarding and protecting the planet - adopting a sustainable approach, making the right decisions to protect our world.
• Project-life balance - happiness.
• Challenging the status quo in pursuit of a better future - best in class and ahead of the curve, open to change.
• Value led approach - driven by future needs, bringing a better solution.
• Ever evolving - sustainable economically / people perspective.

Mace is an inclusive employer and welcomes interest from a diverse range of candidates. Even if you feel you do not fulfil all of the criteria, please apply as you may still be the best candidate for this role or another role within our organisation.

We are also open to discussing part-time, flexible, and hybrid working options if suitable within the role.