Project Controls Manager
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About the Role
Overview KEO is a creative enterprise, where innovation is a way of life. We are uniquely resourced with end-to-end services to take clients from inspiration through conceptuali.
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Responsibilities
- Develop, review, and manage the master programme and detailed schedules for enabling and early works packages
- Ensure alignment between contractor programmes, interface milestones, and overall project timelines
- Review baseline programmes, updates, and recovery schedules submitted by contractors
- Establish planning standards, coding structures, and reporting requirements
- Monitor progress against approved programmes using earned value and schedule performance metrics
- Identify critical path activities, float consumption, and key risks to programme delivery
- Prepare planning reports, dashboards, and executive summaries for the client
- Support monthly reporting cycles and programme reviews
- Identify programme risks, constraints, and opportunities during enabling works
- Support mitigation strategies and sequencing improvements
- Provide planning input to change assessments, variations, and claims (including EOTs)
- Support forensic schedule analysis when required
Requirements
- Experience and capability in all aspects of planning and scheduling within construction and engineering environment
- Experience in developing, reviewing, and managing master programmes and detailed schedules
- Experience with earned value and schedule performance metrics
- Ability to lead and mentor planning engineers and schedulers
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Overview
- KEO is a creative enterprise providing end to end services from inspiration to realization in the built and natural environments.
- For over 60 years, KEO has contributed to many of the world's most ambitious projects.
- KEO is recognized by ENR as one of the Top 225 International Design Firms and Top 20 International PM/CM Firms.
Responsibilities
- Demonstrating experience and capability in all aspects of planning and scheduling within the construction and engineering environment.
- Developing, review, and manage the master programme and detailed schedules for enabling and early works packages.
- Ensuring alignment between contractor programmes, interface milestones, and overall project timelines.
- Reviewing baseline programmes, updates, and recovery schedules submitted by contractors.
- Establishing planning standards, coding structures, and reporting requirements.
- Monitoring progress against approved programmes using earned value and schedule performance metrics.
- Identifying critical path activities, float consumption, and key risks to programme delivery.
- Preparing planning reports, dashboards, and executive summaries for the client.
- Supporting monthly reporting cycles and programme reviews.
- Identifying programme risks, constraints, and opportunities during enabling works.
- Supporting mitigation strategies and sequencing improvements.
- Providing planning input to change assessments, variations, and claims (including EOTs).
Additional Responsibilities
- Supporting forensic schedule analysis when required.
- Working closely with Interface and Design Coordination teams to manage dependencies and handovers.
- Coordinating with contractors, authorities, and third party stakeholders on critical milestones.
- Supporting smooth transition from enabling works into main works packages.
- Leading and mentor planning engineers and schedulers.
- Ensuring compliance with project planning procedures and governance frameworks.
- Supporting audits, reviews, and continuous improvement initiatives.
Why Join KEO
- Supportive environment fostering professional development through internal global mobility and career development.
- Culture supporting health and well being with on demand counselling and regular workplace clinics.
- Community events such as sports days, fun runs, in house sports teams, and beach clean ups.
- Competitive package and benefits including hybrid working arrangements, individual athletic sponsorship, study assistance sponsorship, employee referral rewards.
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