Project Controls Manager

Job Title:                     Project Controls Manager

Location:                     Warrington, Cheshire + Hybrid Working Arrangement

Compensation:            £71,900 - £91,800

Role Type:                   Full time / Permanent

Role ID:                       SF72256

Drive the future of nuclear projects and shape how critical programmes are delivered.

At Cavendish Nuclear, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Project Controls Manager at our Warrington, Cheshire site.

The role

As a Project Controls Manager within the central project controls team, you’ll play a vital role in delivering complex, high-impact programmes within the nuclear sector. This is an exciting opportunity to influence how project controls systems are implemented and optimised across major programmes, enabling smarter decision-making and improved performance.

You’ll act as a subject matter expert, leading the management of our enterprise project controls systems, driving data accuracy, automation, and insight across the business. Your work will directly support critical national infrastructure and provide you with exposure to a wide network of project professionals, strengthening both your technical expertise and leadership capability.

Day-to-day, you’ll have the following responsibilities:

• Driving the continuous improvement of the enterprise project controls systems across programmes


• Leading on the production and use of automated reports and dashboards to enable data-driven decision-making


• Managing systems and ensuring the accuracy, integrity, and governance of project data


• Acting as a subject matter expert, troubleshooting issues and advising on best practice


• Collaborating with project managers, project controllers and the Babcock global project controls teams to deliver integrated solutions.

This is a full-time role working 37 hours per week based in Warrington, Cheshire with hybrid working patterns available.

Essential experience of the Project Controls Manager:

• Demonstrating strong experience in project controls, cost engineering, or project planning


• Using industry-standard tools such as Primavera P6, SAP, Risk Hive, or Deltek Cobra


• Managing and maintaining complex data systems within a project environment


• Influencing stakeholders and working collaboratively across multidisciplinary teams


• Delivering outcomes in a fast-paced, programme-driven environment.

Qualifications for the Project Controls Manager:

• Degree or equivalent experience in engineering, project management, or a related discipline


• Professional accreditation (such as APM or equivalent) is desirable.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

What we offer

• Generous holiday allowance


• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance


• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+


• Employee share scheme


• Employee shopping savings portal


• Payment of Professional Fees


• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave


• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Cavendish employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually.


• ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity


• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.

Cavendish

We’re Cavendish Nuclear — a team of c5,000 specialists and a core part of Babcock International Group.

Here, you’ll be part of something bigger. Across clean energy, defence, and civil decommissioning, your work will contribute to projects that are critical to energy security and national protection. Together, we’re shaping a future that lasts — not only through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance.

Join us and discover how far we can go, together.

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email [email protected] with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Closing date:   16/06/2026

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