Project Controls Analyst

London Permanent £40,000 - £45,000 per year View Job Description
The role of Project Controls Analyst involves supporting the delivery of key projects through effective planning, monitoring, reporting and analytics. This is a permanent role, and would require candidates to be on-site 3 days per week in East London
  • Rapidly growing Utilities business based in East London
  • Are looking for a Project Controls Analyst to join the team

About Our Client

Our client is a rapidly growing Utilities business. This is a permanent role, and would require candidates to be on-site 3 days per week in East London

Job Description

Project Controls, Governance & Ways of Working

  • Support adherence to the company's delivery governance framework, lifecycle, phase‑gates, mandatory artefacts, controls standards, and approvals.
  • Ensure controls processes for schedule, cost, risk, issues, changes, and reporting are consistently applied across all projects.
  • Assist Project Managers in preparing high‑quality governance materials and decision‑ready information.



Planning, Scheduling & Baseline Management

  • Develop, maintain, and quality‑check project schedules aligned to scope, dependencies, milestones, and resource plans.
  • Track progress, analyse variances, and provide timely early‑warning indicators.
  • Support integrated planning across the programme, ensuring alignment to the company's project lifecycle and stage‑gate controls.



Cost Management & Financial Controls

  • Support development and maintenance of cost baselines, budgets, and forecasts.
  • Track actuals vs. budget, validate variances, and collaborate with Finance to ensure alignment and accuracy.
  • Support period‑end reporting including accruals, commitments, and approved changes.



Risk, Issue & Change Control

  • Maintain project risk and issue logs ensuring mitigations, owners, and due dates are current and effective.
  • Administer change control processes and support impact assessments on scope, cost, schedule, and risk.
  • Escalate emerging risks and deviations through Project Services and governance forums.



Reporting, Analytics & Data Quality

  • Produce periodical project reporting packs, dashboards, KPIs, and performance insights.
  • Ensure data accuracy across schedules, costs, risks, milestones, and change logs.
  • Develop high‑quality analytics to support trend analysis, forecasting, governance reviews, and executive reporting.
  • Champion improvements in data quality, document control, and audit‑readiness across Project Services.



Cross‑Portfolio Delivery Support

  • Use and enhance PPM tools to improve accuracy, automation, and reporting speed.
  • Support the continuous improvement of controls processes, templates, dashboards, and governance routines.
  • Participate in lessons‑learned reviews and help embed improvement actions across Project Services.

The Successful Applicant

Technical Skills

  • Strong working knowledge of project controls disciplines (schedule, cost, risk, change, reporting, and governance).
  • Strong analytical capability with experience in Power Platform, Power BI (preferred) or similar reporting tools.
  • High accuracy in data handling, documentation, and numerical analysis.
  • Familiarity with PMO/controls standards in capital, operational, or transformation environments.
  • Ideally, proficiency in scheduling tools (MS Project; Primavera desirable).



Soft Skills

  • Structured thinker with strong analytical/problem‑solving skills; resilient under ambiguity and competing priorities.
  • Structured, analytical thinker with strong attention to detail.
  • Able to communicate clearly with technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
  • Strong organisational skills with ability to prioritise and manage multiple tasks.
  • Confident collaborating across matrixed teams within Project Delivery, Controls, Commercial, and Operations.

What's on Offer

A competitive salary and benefits package, as well as a hybrid model (3 days per week on-site)

Contact
Lucy McPhail
Quote job ref
JN-052026-7016315
Phone number
+442072691740

Job summary

Job function
Technology
Subsector
PMO
Sector
Industrial / Manufacturing
Location
London
Contract type
Permanent
Consultant name
Lucy McPhail
Consultant phone
+442072691740
Job reference
JN-052026-7016315