Project Controls Lead
Location:
North-West
Contract Type:
Permanent | Full-Time
Hybrid Working
Salary: Competitive salary + comprehensive benefits package (DOE)
About Walker Sime
Walker Sime – part of HanmiGlobal. We deliver multidisciplinary construction services nationally across real estate, regeneration and infrastructure, bringing commercial precision, strategic oversight and global capability to every project. Our business is built on people and backed for scale.
Founded in Manchester in 1999, Walker Sime is recognised for technical excellence, independent commercial rigour and a collaborative, client-focused culture. We deliver specialist cost management, project management and project controls services across nationally significant infrastructure, energy, transport, defence and complex capital programmes.
Shape the Future of Project Controls Delivery
Due to continued growth across our Infrastructure division, we are seeking an experienced Project Controls Leads to grow our Project Controls service line.
Reporting directly to the Director of Infrastructure, this is a senior leadership role with responsibility for service delivery, business growth, team leadership and P&L performance. You will play a key role in shaping strategy, developing capability and ensuring successful delivery across major infrastructure programmes.
This opportunity would suit a commercially aware and client-focused leader who combines strategic thinking with hands-on delivery expertise.
Key Responsibilities
Lead and develop the Project Controls service offering across planning, cost, risk, change and reporting
Provide leadership across complex infrastructure programmes, ensuring high-quality delivery and governance
Take ownership of the Infrastructure Project Controls P&L, including forecasting, utilisation and pipeline management
Build and maintain strong client relationships while supporting bids and business development activity
Recruit, mentor and develop a high-performing Project Controls team
Drive consistency, continuous improvement and best practice across systems, tools and reporting
Undertake business development activity, leading bids, proposals and client presentations
About You
Essential Experience & Skills
Proven experience establishing and leading Project Controls teams within consultancy or complex delivery environments
Expert in Project Controls across programme, cost, risk and change management
Experience leading teams within consultancy or infrastructure environments
Demonstrable experience managing service-line performance and P&L
Strong stakeholder management and business development capability
Experience delivering across large-scale infrastructure programmes
Strong leadership capability, with experience building and managing teams
Strategic thinker and proved work winning ability to allow for growth of the Project Controls service line
Experience within infrastructure, construction or regulated environments
Desirable
Nuclear & Defence, Power & Energy, Water, Transport
Chartered or working towards chartership (APM, RICS, ICE or equivalent)
Personal Attributes
We are looking for someone who is:
A strategic thinker with a pragmatic, hands-on approach
Highly organised, detail-oriented and outcome-driven
A confident communicator who can influence and challenge constructively
Collaborative, values-led and passionate about developing people and capability
What We Offer
The opportunity to shape and lead a growing Project Controls service line
Exposure to nationally significant infrastructure programmes
A collaborative and ambitious consultancy environment
Clear career progression within a growing organisation backed by global capability
Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package
Join Walker Sime
If you’re ready to take the lead, shape the future of Project Controls and make a real impact within a fast-growing consultancy backed by global capability, we’d love to hear from you. Join Walker Sime and be part of delivering some of the UK’s most high-profile and complex infrastructure programmes!