Working closely with clients, contractors and multidisciplinary teams, you'll facilitate planning workshops, lead programme reviews and drive collaboration across all stages of project delivery. You'll review contractor programmes, compensation events and extension of time submissions, ensuring programme integrity and alignment with project objectives.

Beyond project delivery, you'll champion planning excellence across the business, helping to strengthen governance, improve reporting standards and embed best practice throughout our Project Controls capability. You'll also provide technical leadership and mentoring to colleagues, supporting the development of future planning talent while helping to shape the continued growth of our team.

This is an opportunity to influence major programmes, work with high-profile clients and play a key role in delivering projects that make a lasting impact on communities and infrastructure across the UK.

You'll be part of a supportive and collaborative Project Controls community working on some of the UK's most challenging and rewarding programmes. We offer opportunities to develop your career, work with industry-leading clients and contribute to projects that make a lasting impact on communities across the country.

If you're passionate about planning, enjoy solving complex challenges and want to be part of a team delivering major projects, we'd love to hear from you.

We have got roles across UK North locations - Manchester, Leeds, Newcastle, Warrington...

This is a hybrid role that requires presence in the office or travel to client site locations on a regular basis (min 2 days in the office if no client visits)

Here's What You'll Need

• Proven solid experience in project planning, scheduling or project controls within construction, infrastructure or engineering environments.
• Degree-qualified in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, or a related discipline, with relevant professional accreditation being advantageous
• Significant construction experience on major multi-disciplinary infrastructure projects.
• Advanced proficiency in Primavera P6 and a strong understanding of schedule risk analysis and planning best practices.
• Experience generating Earned Value reports as well as graphic and tabular progress reports.
• Ability to develop programmes from first principles as well as critical interrogation of suppliers’ programmes.
• Good understanding of design process.
• Knowledge of NEC3 /NEC4 and its application to the programme.
• Knowledge of Project Management techniques as described in APM Guidelines or similar learned society.

At Jacobs, You'll Find More Than Just a Job

• A global network of expertise and opportunity
• A culture founded on safety, integrity, inclusion, and belonging
• Flexible working arrangements that support your well-being and potential
• Opportunities to make a real-world impact through our global giving and volunteering programs
• Up to 10% pension
• 24 days (+10 days bought) holidays
• Free medical and income protection insurance and many more!

Ready for a change? Apply Below Now to Start Your Journey with Jacobs!

Joining Jacobs not only connects you locally but globally. Our values stand on a foundation of safety, integrity, inclusion and belonging. We put people at the heart of our business, and we truly believe that by supporting one another through our culture of caring, we all succeed. We value positive mental health and a sense of belonging for all employees.

With safety and flexibility always top of mind, we’ve gone beyond traditional ways of working so you have the support, means and space to maximize your potential. You’ll uncover flexible working arrangements, benefits, and opportunities, from well-being benefits to our global giving and volunteering program, to exploring new and inventive ways to help our clients make the world a better place. No matter what drives you, you’ll discover how you can cultivate, nurture, and achieve your goals – all at a single global company. Find out more about life at Jacobs.

We aim to embed inclusion and belonging in everything we do. We know that if we are inclusive, we’re more connected and creative. We accept people for who they are, and we champion the richness of different perspectives, lived experiences and backgrounds in the workplace, as a source of learning and innovation. We are committed to building vibrant communities within Jacobs, including through our Jacobs Employee Networks, Communities of Practice and our Find Your Community initiatives, allowing every employee to find connection, purpose, and belonging. Find out more about our Jacobs Employee Networks here.

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As a disability confident employer, we will interview disabled candidates who best meet the criteria. We welcome applications from candidates who are seeking flexible working and from those who may not meet all the listed requirements for a role.

We value collaboration and believe that in-person interactions are crucial for both our culture and client delivery. We empower employees with our hybrid working policy, allowing them to split their work week between Jacobs offices/projects and remote locations enabling them to deliver their best work.

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