Project Controls Lead

Job details

General information

Organization

Orano Limited is the Orano group entity operating in the UK, working with the majority of the UK's nuclear clients and specialising in decommissioning, waste, and special nuclear material management. Orano Limited employs around 85 staff based at its offices in Abingdon, Warrington and Whitehaven. The company acts as the UK gateway to the global capability of Orano and combines this with a 40-year track record in the UK, marrying the group's international know-how with expertise in UK regulations and decades of UK nuclear site experience.

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Reference number

2025-20992  

Job details

Position title

Project Controls Lead

Job description (internal)

The Project Planner will produce, update and maintain the Project Schedule in conjunction with the respective accountable discipline leads and in line with the project controls strategy and schedule management plan.

Responsibilities include:

·       Working with internal and external suppliers to establish new schedules to support bid activities and scope changes.

·       Ensuring on time reporting to the project and management team to display control, progress and understanding in the design, procurement, and execution phases.

·       Developing and delivering project plans in P6.

·       Developing a project schedule in P6, with a robust logic and a detailed fabrication and construction activities.

·       Including key project milestones for Client Deliverables, design materials, sub-contractors etc.

·       Ensuring relevant quality procedures and methodologies are applied, including use of change control processes.

·       Monitoring and identifying program specific risks.

·       Ensuring a plan is kept up to date with any agreed changes to scope, as directed by the Project Management team.

·       Monitoring progress (including sub-contractors) against plans and schedules and report on status.

·       Identifying and presenting schedule updates to Project Managers and Planning Team, communicating progress, changes and critical path/key milestones and highlighting any potential issues.

·       Attending project meetings and presenting progress reports to the client.

·       Liaising and interfacing with team members, clients and sub-contractors.

Supporting Quality and Health and Safety objectives.

Skills and Qualifications (internal)

  • Ability to confidently liaise with external stakeholders and team members, both oral and written.
  • Ability to independently seek out or develop one’s own answer to challenging technical questions.
  • Ability to organise one’s own time and the time of others to ensure internal / external deadlines are achieved and Client expectations are exceeded.
  • Desired Bachelor’s degree in Project Management or related field
  • Minimum of 5 years experience as a Project Planner
  • Experience working in the Nuclear industry is desired
  • Experience working with multi-cultural teams
  • Awareness of and practical experience using project management theory.

The successful candidate must, by the start of the employment, have permission to work in the UK, and be willing to obtain SC clearance.

Employment Classification

Regular/Permanent

Job

G - Project Management

Job location

Job location

Europe, United Kingdom, North West, Cheshire

Geolocation by area (Always put 'Yes')

No

Adress

WA3 6XF

Additional information

Telework/Home-office

Hybrid Options

Handled by

Primary manager

Annie DIGHTON