Summary

Job Description for Asset Management Analyst:

NNL is where your solutions solve real-world problems. As part of our Engineering team, you'll not only be able to get involved with a huge variety of projects, you'll also have lots of opportunity to drive them through from start to finish - allowing you to see the impact your work has in a real-world environment. This is your chance to use your experience, expertise and ingenuity to collaborate with leading scientists. You'll be part of a team that delivers work to benefit society by advancing cleaner energy, protecting the environment and keeping everyone safe.

The asset management analyst is recognised as a data professional and asset management (AM) practitioner that supports subject matter experts and AM activities within NNL. The role provides analysis and insight
across the asset management landscape, in support of developing data led decision making. They lead on:

• Data quality improvement programmes for master data.
• Supporting the development of information management strategies, plans and processes to improve master data.
• Identification and recommendations for AM system and process improvements.

The role operates across the organisation and there is flexibility in the base location (Warrington, Preston, Sellafield or Workington) with regular travel to the other locations a requirement of the role.

Main Responsibilities

Main Responsibilities for Asset Management Analyst:

• The technical support role is the provision of an asset management practitioner who supports deployment of good practice asset management and continuous improvement capabilities, aligned to ISO55001. They will:
  • Produce and develop processes that can deliver assurance and insight / understanding, to enable systems thinking and situational awareness and promote best practice for asset management and engineering, aligned with industry leading practice.
  • Develop and promote good information and data governance, with analytical rigour and presentation of conclusions, to a range of stakeholders.
  • Offer conclusions and recommendations to identify most cost-effective solutions, identify when performance does not meet expectations and provide insight around causality.
  • Attend on-site performance meetings, supporting the Asset Management Team with the communication and embedment of asset management data, information, and insight.
  • Provide recommendations which can help collate information and data from a range of disparate corporate sources, helping to establish a comprehensive and holistic view of asset and system performance.
  • Contribute to the creation of facility asset care plans and their integration with the integrated planning cycle and CAPEX planning process for NNL.
  • Develop and embed asset management processes in the organisation, to continuously improve the facility and organisational asset management capability.
  • Expected to maintain a close working relationship with the facility team and other departments within the organisation.

Ideal Candidate

Essential Criteria for Asset Management Analyst:

• This role provides the right candidate with significant opportunities to apply their technical skills to make real world difference to NNLs operations, maintenance, and engineering functions. Driving business efficiency and effectiveness within a newly formed asset management function.
• Technical Competencies - Essential
  • Degree calibre candidate in a numerical discipline e.g. data science, scientific or mathematical background or suitable experience within a data driven environment.
  • Demonstrable practical experience of deriving value from master data, from differing architectures, to support organisational decision making and drive data quality improvement programmes.
  • Experience of working in asset intensive, regulated businesses with some knowledge of operational and maintenance practices.
  • Exceptional interpersonal skills with a proven ability to engage stakeholders and translate complex datasets into concise summary reports or presentations, to enable business leaders to make data lead decisions.
  • Ability to independently plan and coordinate own work, within wider team priorities.
• Ability to obtain SC level security clearance (this includes but is not limited to identity, employment, financial and criminal record checks plus 5 years' worth of UK residency).

Desirable Criteria for Asset Management Analyst:

• Technical Competencies - Desirable
  • Highly resilient and comfortable to deal with ambiguity and change.
  • Experience of working with the following or similar analytical applications; PowerBI, Alteryx.
  • Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite; PowerPoint and advanced Excel skills e.g. VBA.
  • Process mapping and process engineering experience, with knowledge of tools such as Microsoft Visio.
  • An awareness of asset management good practice ISO55001, ISO19650 and associated standards.
  • Working experience with Computerised Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS) and Maintenance Reporting Systems (MRS) such as IBM Maximo, Infor M3 and Qlikview.

Why join us?

NNL isn't just a place where you can do career-defining work that makes a real-world impact. It's also a place where you'll feel appreciated and valued. We're creating an inclusive workplace where everyone is free to be themselves and feel like they belong. We put your wellbeing first, we push you to reach your potential, and we do everything possible to help you feel safe, supported and inspired.

We also offer a range of employee benefits:

• Sector leading Family-Focused Policies: celebrate life events, including enhanced maternity and paternity leave and a week off for your marriage.
• NNL offers attractive pension plans. If you contribute 5%, NNL contributes 15%. Alternatively, if you choose not to contribute (0%), NNL will still contribute 10%.
• Annual Leave: Benefit from 25.5 days of leave, plus 4 extra days to be taken during Christmas shutdown, plus Bank Holidays.
• Reduced gym membership with discounts of up to 25% from 3,700 gym and leisure providers across the UK
• Company Bonus: Be rewarded for your contributions.
• Learning Opportunities: Enhance your skills through excellent development programmes.
• Employee Assistance: Access support for personal and professional challenges.
• Cycle to Work: Stay active and eco-friendly.
• Life Assurance: Ensure peace of mind for you and your loved ones.
• Enhanced Sick Pay Benefits: Receive support during illness or injury.
• Access to 'Mydiscounts' which has a range of special offers and discounts from more than 200 suppliers, including medical insurance and dental insurance.
• Health Care: Health savings plan which allows you to claim money back on visits to the dentist, optician and/or physiotherapist (limits apply).

About The Company

NNL is an incredible place to work. A place where people do things that have never been done before. A place where people push boundaries to further themselves, the business and society as a whole.

This is a place where personal and professional opportunities are limitless. If you want to change the world, if you want to tackle climate change, if you want to help advance medical science, if you want to help put things in space, if you want to answer the big questions, if you want to work with extraordinary materials, if you want to meet great people, learn new skills, challenge yourself, work flexibly, and build a long successful career with the power to make a real impact… you can do it all here.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

NNL has a vision for Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity (ED&I) where NNL aims to be an inclusive workplace that attracts diverse talent through transparent and equal policies and procedures. We want you and the diverse mix of people that we employ, customers that we service and stakeholders that we influence to feel valued. We encourage a workplace culture where everyone can thrive with a sense of belonging.

Recruitment Agency Notice

We operate a strict Preferred Supplier List (PSL) for the provision of recruitment services. Only agencies on our PSL may provide CVs and only when the role is released to them by our recruitment team. We will not accept unsolicited CVs from suppliers not currently on our PSL. We explicitly reserve the right to add candidate details from unsolicited CVs from non-PSL agencies into our own candidate database and to pursue/hire such candidate(s) without any obligation, financial or otherwise, to the agency concerned.

Summary

Job Description for Asset Management Analyst:

NNL is where your solutions solve real-world problems. As part of our Engineering team, you'll not only be able to get involved with a huge variety of projects, you'll also have lots of opportunity to drive them through from start to finish - allowing you to see the impact your work has in a real-world environment. This is your chance to use your experience, expertise and ingenuity to collaborate with leading scientists. You'll be part of a team that delivers work to benefit society by advancing cleaner energy, protecting the environment and keeping everyone safe.

The asset management analyst is recognised as a data professional and asset management (AM) practitioner that supports subject matter experts and AM activities within NNL. The role provides analysis and insight
across the asset management landscape, in support of developing data led decision making. They lead on:

• Data quality improvement programmes for master data.
• Supporting the development of information management strategies, plans and processes to improve master data.
• Identification and recommendations for AM system and process improvements.

The role operates across the organisation and there is flexibility in the base location (Warrington, Preston, Sellafield or Workington) with regular travel to the other locations a requirement of the role.

Main Responsibilities

Main Responsibilities for Asset Management Analyst:

• The technical support role is the provision of an asset management practitioner who supports deployment of good practice asset management and continuous improvement capabilities, aligned to ISO55001. They will:
  • Produce and develop processes that can deliver assurance and insight / understanding, to enable systems thinking and situational awareness and promote best practice for asset management and engineering, aligned with industry leading practice.
  • Develop and promote good information and data governance, with analytical rigour and presentation of conclusions, to a range of stakeholders.
  • Offer conclusions and recommendations to identify most cost-effective solutions, identify when performance does not meet expectations and provide insight around causality.
  • Attend on-site performance meetings, supporting the Asset Management Team with the communication and embedment of asset management data, information, and insight.
  • Provide recommendations which can help collate information and data from a range of disparate corporate sources, helping to establish a comprehensive and holistic view of asset and system performance.
  • Contribute to the creation of facility asset care plans and their integration with the integrated planning cycle and CAPEX planning process for NNL.
  • Develop and embed asset management processes in the organisation, to continuously improve the facility and organisational asset management capability.
  • Expected to maintain a close working relationship with the facility team and other departments within the organisation.

Ideal Candidate

Essential Criteria for Asset Management Analyst:

• This role provides the right candidate with significant opportunities to apply their technical skills to make real world difference to NNLs operations, maintenance, and engineering functions. Driving business efficiency and effectiveness within a newly formed asset management function.
• Technical Competencies - Essential
  • Degree calibre candidate in a numerical discipline e.g. data science, scientific or mathematical background or suitable experience within a data driven environment.
  • Demonstrable practical experience of deriving value from master data, from differing architectures, to support organisational decision making and drive data quality improvement programmes.
  • Experience of working in asset intensive, regulated businesses with some knowledge of operational and maintenance practices.
  • Exceptional interpersonal skills with a proven ability to engage stakeholders and translate complex datasets into concise summary reports or presentations, to enable business leaders to make data lead decisions.
  • Ability to independently plan and coordinate own work, within wider team priorities.
• Ability to obtain SC level security clearance (this includes but is not limited to identity, employment, financial and criminal record checks plus 5 years' worth of UK residency).

Desirable Criteria for Asset Management Analyst:

• Technical Competencies - Desirable
  • Highly resilient and comfortable to deal with ambiguity and change.
  • Experience of working with the following or similar analytical applications; PowerBI, Alteryx.
  • Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite; PowerPoint and advanced Excel skills e.g. VBA.
  • Process mapping and process engineering experience, with knowledge of tools such as Microsoft Visio.
  • An awareness of asset management good practice ISO55001, ISO19650 and associated standards.
  • Working experience with Computerised Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS) and Maintenance Reporting Systems (MRS) such as IBM Maximo, Infor M3 and Qlikview.

Why join us?

NNL isn't just a place where you can do career-defining work that makes a real-world impact. It's also a place where you'll feel appreciated and valued. We're creating an inclusive workplace where everyone is free to be themselves and feel like they belong. We put your wellbeing first, we push you to reach your potential, and we do everything possible to help you feel safe, supported and inspired.

We also offer a range of employee benefits:

• Sector leading Family-Focused Policies: celebrate life events, including enhanced maternity and paternity leave and a week off for your marriage.
• NNL offers attractive pension plans. If you contribute 5%, NNL contributes 15%. Alternatively, if you choose not to contribute (0%), NNL will still contribute 10%.
• Annual Leave: Benefit from 25.5 days of leave, plus 4 extra days to be taken during Christmas shutdown, plus Bank Holidays.
• Reduced gym membership with discounts of up to 25% from 3,700 gym and leisure providers across the UK
• Company Bonus: Be rewarded for your contributions.
• Learning Opportunities: Enhance your skills through excellent development programmes.
• Employee Assistance: Access support for personal and professional challenges.
• Cycle to Work: Stay active and eco-friendly.
• Life Assurance: Ensure peace of mind for you and your loved ones.
• Enhanced Sick Pay Benefits: Receive support during illness or injury.
• Access to 'Mydiscounts' which has a range of special offers and discounts from more than 200 suppliers, including medical insurance and dental insurance.
• Health Care: Health savings plan which allows you to claim money back on visits to the dentist, optician and/or physiotherapist (limits apply).

About The Company

NNL is where your solutions solve real-world problems. As part of our Engineering team, you'll not only be able to get involved with a huge variety of projects, you'll also have lots of opportunity to drive them through from start to finish - allowing you to see the impact your work has in a real-world environment. This is your chance to use your experience, expertise and ingenuity to collaborate with leading scientists. You'll be part of a team that delivers work to benefit society by advancing cleaner energy, protecting the environment and keeping everyone safe.

NNL is an incredible place to work. A place where people do things that have never been done before. A place where people push boundaries to further themselves, the business and society as a whole.

This is a place where personal and professional opportunities are limitless. If you want to change the world, if you want to tackle climate change, if you want to help advance medical science, if you want to help put things in space, if you want to answer the big questions, if you want to work with extraordinary materials, if you want to meet great people, learn new skills, challenge yourself, work flexibly, and build a long successful career with the power to make a real impact… you can do it all here.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

NNL has a vision for Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity (ED&I) where NNL aims to be an inclusive workplace that attracts diverse talent through transparent and equal policies and procedures. We want you and the diverse mix of people that we employ, customers that we service and stakeholders that we influence to feel valued. We encourage a workplace culture where everyone can thrive with a sense of belonging.

Recruitment Agency Notice

We operate a strict Preferred Supplier List (PSL) for the provision of recruitment services. Only agencies on our PSL may provide CVs and only when the role is released to them by our recruitment team. We will not accept unsolicited CVs from suppliers not currently on our PSL. We explicitly reserve the right to add candidate details from unsolicited CVs from non-PSL agencies into our own candidate database and to pursue/hire such candidate(s) without any obligation, financial or otherwise, to the agency concerned.

Summary

Job Description for Asset Management Analyst:

NNL is where your solutions solve real-world problems. As part of our Engineering team, you'll not only be able to get involved with a huge variety of projects, you'll also have lots of opportunity to drive them through from start to finish - allowing you to see the impact your work has in a real-world environment. This is your chance to use your experience, expertise and ingenuity to collaborate with leading scientists. You'll be part of a team that delivers work to benefit society by advancing cleaner energy, protecting the environment and keeping everyone safe.

The asset management analyst is recognised as a data professional and asset management (AM) practitioner that supports subject matter experts and AM activities within NNL. The role provides analysis and insight
across the asset management landscape, in support of developing data led decision making. They lead on:

• Data quality improvement programmes for master data.
• Supporting the development of information management strategies, plans and processes to improve master data.
• Identification and recommendations for AM system and process improvements.

The role operates across the organisation and there is flexibility in the base location (Warrington, Preston, Sellafield or Workington) with regular travel to the other locations a requirement of the role.

Main Responsibilities

Main Responsibilities for Asset Management Analyst:

• The technical support role is the provision of an asset management practitioner who supports deployment of good practice asset management and continuous improvement capabilities, aligned to ISO55001. They will:
  • Produce and develop processes that can deliver assurance and insight / understanding, to enable systems thinking and situational awareness and promote best practice for asset management and engineering, aligned with industry leading practice.
  • Develop and promote good information and data governance, with analytical rigour and presentation of conclusions, to a range of stakeholders.
  • Offer conclusions and recommendations to identify most cost-effective solutions, identify when performance does not meet expectations and provide insight around causality.
  • Attend on-site performance meetings, supporting the Asset Management Team with the communication and embedment of asset management data, information, and insight.
  • Provide recommendations which can help collate information and data from a range of disparate corporate sources, helping to establish a comprehensive and holistic view of asset and system performance.
  • Contribute to the creation of facility asset care plans and their integration with the integrated planning cycle and CAPEX planning process for NNL.
  • Develop and embed asset management processes in the organisation, to continuously improve the facility and organisational asset management capability.
  • Expected to maintain a close working relationship with the facility team and other departments within the organisation.

Ideal Candidate

Essential Criteria for Asset Management Analyst:

• This role provides the right candidate with significant opportunities to apply their technical skills to make real world difference to NNLs operations, maintenance, and engineering functions. Driving business efficiency and effectiveness within a newly formed asset management function.
• Technical Competencies - Essential
  • Degree calibre candidate in a numerical discipline e.g. data science, scientific or mathematical background or suitable experience within a data driven environment.
  • Demonstrable practical experience of deriving value from master data, from differing architectures, to support organisational decision making and drive data quality improvement programmes.
  • Experience of working in asset intensive, regulated businesses with some knowledge of operational and maintenance practices.
  • Exceptional interpersonal skills with a proven ability to engage stakeholders and translate complex datasets into concise summary reports or presentations, to enable business leaders to make data lead decisions.
  • Ability to independently plan and coordinate own work, within wider team priorities.
• Ability to obtain SC level security clearance (this includes but is not limited to identity, employment, financial and criminal record checks plus 5 years' worth of UK residency).

Desirable Criteria for Asset Management Analyst:

• Technical Competencies - Desirable
  • Highly resilient and comfortable to deal with ambiguity and change.
  • Experience of working with the following or similar analytical applications; PowerBI, Alteryx.
  • Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite; PowerPoint and advanced Excel skills e.g. VBA.
  • Process mapping and process engineering experience, with knowledge of tools such as Microsoft Visio.
  • An awareness of asset management good practice ISO55001, ISO19650 and associated standards.
  • Working experience with Computerised Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS) and Maintenance Reporting Systems (MRS) such as IBM Maximo, Infor M3 and Qlikview.

Why join us?

NNL isn't just a place where you can do career-defining work that makes a real-world impact. It's also a place where you'll feel appreciated and valued. We're creating an inclusive workplace where everyone is free to be themselves and feel like they belong. We put your wellbeing first, we push you to reach your potential, and we do everything possible to help you feel safe, supported and inspired.

We also offer a range of employee benefits:

• Sector leading Family-Focused Policies: celebrate life events, including enhanced maternity and paternity leave and a week off for your marriage.
• NNL offers attractive pension plans. If you contribute 5%, NNL contributes 15%. Alternatively, if you choose not to contribute (0%), NNL will still contribute 10%.
• Annual Leave: Benefit from 25.5 days of leave, plus 4 extra days to be taken during Christmas shutdown, plus Bank Holidays.
• Reduced gym membership with discounts of up to 25% from 3,700 gym and leisure providers across the UK
• Company Bonus: Be rewarded for your contributions.
• Learning Opportunities: Enhance your skills through excellent development programmes.
• Employee Assistance: Access support for personal and professional challenges.
• Cycle to Work: Stay active and eco-friendly.
• Life Assurance: Ensure peace of mind for you and your loved ones.
• Enhanced Sick Pay Benefits: Receive support during illness or injury.
• Access to 'Mydiscounts' which has a range of special offers and discounts from more than 200 suppliers, including medical insurance and dental insurance.
• Health Care: Health savings plan which allows you to claim money back on visits to the dentist, optician and/or physiotherapist (limits apply).

About The Company

NNL is where your solutions solve real-world problems. As part of our Engineering team, you'll not only be able to get involved with a huge variety of projects, you'll also have lots of opportunity to drive them through from start to finish - allowing you to see the impact your work has in a real-world environment. This is your chance to use your experience, expertise and ingenuity to collaborate with leading scientists. You'll be part of a team that delivers work to benefit society by advancing cleaner energy, protecting the environment and keeping everyone safe.

NNL is an incredible place to work. A place where people do things that have never been done before. A place where people push boundaries to further themselves, the business and society as a whole.

This is a place where personal and professional opportunities are limitless. If you want to change the world, if you want to tackle climate change, if you want to help advance medical science, if you want to help put things in space, if you want to answer the big questions, if you want to work with extraordinary materials, if you want to meet great people, learn new skills, challenge yourself, work flexibly, and build a long successful career with the power to make a real impact… you can do it all here.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

NNL has a vision for Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity (ED&I) where NNL aims to be an inclusive workplace that attracts diverse talent through transparent and equal policies and procedures. We want you and the diverse mix of people that we employ, customers that we service and stakeholders that we influence to feel valued. We encourage a workplace culture where everyone can thrive with a sense of belonging.

Recruitment Agency Notice

We operate a strict Preferred Supplier List (PSL) for the provision of recruitment services. Only agencies on our PSL may provide CVs and only when the role is released to them by our recruitment team. We will not accept unsolicited CVs from suppliers not currently on our PSL. We explicitly reserve the right to add candidate details from unsolicited CVs from non-PSL agencies into our own candidate database and to pursue/hire such candidate(s) without any obligation, financial or otherwise, to the agency concerned.

Summary

Job Description for Asset Management Analyst:

NNL is where your solutions solve real-world problems. As part of our Engineering team, you'll not only be able to get involved with a huge variety of projects, you'll also have lots of opportunity to drive them through from start to finish - allowing you to see the impact your work has in a real-world environment. This is your chance to use your experience, expertise and ingenuity to collaborate with leading scientists. You'll be part of a team that delivers work to benefit society by advancing cleaner energy, protecting the environment and keeping everyone safe.

The asset management analyst is recognised as a data professional and asset management (AM) practitioner that supports subject matter experts and AM activities within NNL. The role provides analysis and insight
across the asset management landscape, in support of developing data led decision making. They lead on:

• Data quality improvement programmes for master data.
• Supporting the development of information management strategies, plans and processes to improve master data.
• Identification and recommendations for AM system and process improvements.

The role operates across the organisation and there is flexibility in the base location (Warrington, Preston, Sellafield or Workington) with regular travel to the other locations a requirement of the role.

Main Responsibilities

Main Responsibilities for Asset Management Analyst:

• The technical support role is the provision of an asset management practitioner who supports deployment of good practice asset management and continuous improvement capabilities, aligned to ISO55001. They will:
  • Produce and develop processes that can deliver assurance and insight / understanding, to enable systems thinking and situational awareness and promote best practice for asset management and engineering, aligned with industry leading practice.
  • Develop and promote good information and data governance, with analytical rigour and presentation of conclusions, to a range of stakeholders.
  • Offer conclusions and recommendations to identify most cost-effective solutions, identify when performance does not meet expectations and provide insight around causality.
  • Attend on-site performance meetings, supporting the Asset Management Team with the communication and embedment of asset management data, information, and insight.
  • Provide recommendations which can help collate information and data from a range of disparate corporate sources, helping to establish a comprehensive and holistic view of asset and system performance.
  • Contribute to the creation of facility asset care plans and their integration with the integrated planning cycle and CAPEX planning process for NNL.
  • Develop and embed asset management processes in the organisation, to continuously improve the facility and organisational asset management capability.
  • Expected to maintain a close working relationship with the facility team and other departments within the organisation.

Ideal Candidate

Essential Criteria for Asset Management Analyst:

• This role provides the right candidate with significant opportunities to apply their technical skills to make real world difference to NNLs operations, maintenance, and engineering functions. Driving business efficiency and effectiveness within a newly formed asset management function.
• Technical Competencies - Essential
  • Degree calibre candidate in a numerical discipline e.g. data science, scientific or mathematical background or suitable experience within a data driven environment.
  • Demonstrable practical experience of deriving value from master data, from differing architectures, to support organisational decision making and drive data quality improvement programmes.
  • Experience of working in asset intensive, regulated businesses with some knowledge of operational and maintenance practices.
  • Exceptional interpersonal skills with a proven ability to engage stakeholders and translate complex datasets into concise summary reports or presentations, to enable business leaders to make data lead decisions.
  • Ability to independently plan and coordinate own work, within wider team priorities.
• Ability to obtain SC level security clearance (this includes but is not limited to identity, employment, financial and criminal record checks plus 5 years' worth of UK residency).

Desirable Criteria for Asset Management Analyst:

• Technical Competencies - Desirable
  • Highly resilient and comfortable to deal with ambiguity and change.
  • Experience of working with the following or similar analytical applications; PowerBI, Alteryx.
  • Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite; PowerPoint and advanced Excel skills e.g. VBA.
  • Process mapping and process engineering experience, with knowledge of tools such as Microsoft Visio.
  • An awareness of asset management good practice ISO55001, ISO19650 and associated standards.
  • Working experience with Computerised Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS) and Maintenance Reporting Systems (MRS) such as IBM Maximo, Infor M3 and Qlikview.

Summary

Job Description for Project Controls Lead:

NNL is where your project management helps deliver our purpose. As part of our Project Management Authority, you'll play a critical role in managing projects that deliver nuclear science to benefit society. Your project management skills and attention to detail will enable industry-leading scientists, engineers and analysts to work together to deliver unique projects using cutting edge technology. It's a challenging role but it's an opportunity to grow, adapt and develop new skills in a fast-moving area.

The NNL PMO team are looking for an individual who will be accountable for leading and managing the day-to-day operations, development, and support the growth of the Project Controls team. Responsible for the provision of Project Controls support services on NNL projects, and programmes. The role will include stakeholder interface with the Project Management Authority, to ensure smooth transition of information is supplied to establish effective reporting.

Main Responsibilities

Main Responsibilities for Project Controls Lead:

• Line management responsibility within the Preston Project Controls team, providing day-to-day leadership, mentoring and support as required ensuring that the portfolio PC services are being effectively discharged.
• Support the development and embed a Project Controls framework (aligned to the UK PMA and Delivery Operations delivery strategies) and drive the correct behaviours across the PC team; to maintain an effective Project Controls service to the NNL PM community.
• Oversee, motivate and monitor the performance of the Project Controls team, working with the 'senior' team to identify capability improvement and team development opportunities, addressing any performance gaps as required.
• Lead on Functional continuous improvement activities / initiatives relating to Project Controls operational governance procedures, processes, tools and systems.
• Attendance at, and provision of input into, Project Management Authority (PMO) Senior level management review meetings, and responsibility for the management of Project Controls related actions arising.
• Support and manage the Project Controls framework, systems and resources to deliver an effective cost control and reporting service to Project Managers and Sponsors within the portfolio.
• Provide senior-level Project Controls oversight on more complex NNL projects / programmes (Class 3 &4) and Risk Reviews / workshops as required, providing assistance to Project Managers as required to discharge their duties; leading on schedule risk analysis activities, and development of risk mitigation strategies to increase the chances of successful project outcomes.
• Ensure the generation of fully detailed project forecast cost estimates, work breakdown structures (WBS), and 'quantity tracking' tools / mechanisms, to enable projects to be delivered within a robust project controls framework.
• Implement effective project control techniques (in line with best practice), including where appropriate monitoring of 'earned value'; cost and schedule variance; estimates at completion (EACs); critical path analysis, and risk, to deliver projects effectively.
• Prepare, monitor and forecast expenditure profiles and provide accruals where needed.
• Prepare cost and progress reports, including earned value analysis, identifying critical areas and trends and recommend recovery options; ensuring the accuracy of data.
• Communicate and report any current and potential issues to the Project Manager and key stakeholders (as required).

Ideal Candidate

Essential Criteria for Project Controls Lead:

• Demonstrable experience of senior line management / leadership responsibility in a Project Controls delivery environment.
• Demonstrable experience of successfully delivering / leading Senior Project Controls services on complex projects / programmes / portfolios.
• Experience of involvement in strategic-level discussions and development of Functional / service delivery strategies.
• Ability to confidently present and converse at all level of seniority within organisations.
• Commercial awareness to support the Defence Portfolio.
• Ability to obtain SC level security clearance (this includes but is not limited to identity, employment, financial and criminal record checks plus 5 years' worth of UK residency).

Desirable Criteria for Project Controls Lead:

• A relevant qualification associated with one of the cost engineering / project controls professional bodies, e.g. AACE, APM, APMG International, ACostE, ECITB, and PMI.
• Demonstrable experience of developing systems of work; governance and / or delivery processes, tools & systems.
• Good level of understanding of schedule risk analysis techniques and interpretation of output data, and development of mitigation / recovery strategies.