PROJECT CONTROLS LEAD

Shape the Future of Project Performance with Expanded

Expanded is seeking a driven and forward thinking Project Controls Lead to play a pivotal role in transforming how we plan, measure, and deliver across our project portfolio. Based in either our Dartford Head Office or Sale, Manchester, this is a unique opportunity to sit at the heart of our Planning function, influencing strategic decision making and driving performance through data led insight.

In this high impact role, you'll lead business wide project controls, owning forecasting, reporting, and performance management across a diverse portfolio of projects. You'll harness the power of advanced analytics and Power BI, turning complex data into clear, actionable intelligence that supports smarter decisions and better project outcomes.

This is a chance to shape systems, influence strategy, and elevate performance across the business. If you thrive on turning data into insight and insight into action, we'd love to hear from you.

Role & responsibilities

• Lead and manage strategic project controls for the Expanded Business, including business wide project reporting, forecasting and performance management across the full portfolio.
• Lead business forecasting activities, including schedule forecasting & resource planning.
• Establish new systems to enhance business reporting and forecasting in collaboration with Laing O'Rourke central data teams.
• Own and develop Power BI dashboards and reporting outputs, providing clear, accurate, and real time visibility of business performance, trends, and key metrics to stakeholders.
• Drive data led decision making, using Power BI and other tools to analyse business performance, identify trends, and provide actionable insights.
• Review and challenge project performance, including productivity, labour efficiency, and progress against baseline, ensuring early identification of underperformance and corrective actions.
• Produce accurate and timely internal and external reporting, including progress updates, performance reviews, and executive level summaries.
• Provide strategic insight into project performance, linking programme data with commercial and operational outcomes to support informed decision making.
• Coordinate and integrate inputs from planning, commercial, design, technical, and delivery teams to ensure accurate and aligned project controls outputs.
• Drive continuous improvement in project controls and reporting, including development of systems, enhancement of Power BI dashboards, data quality, and analytics capability.
• Undertake additional responsibilities as required to support successful project delivery and business objectives.

What we are looking for

• Degree in a relevant field: Engineering / Construction Management, Quantity Surveying, Data Analytics / Business Analytics.
• Advanced training or certifications in Power BI / Data Visualisation (e.g. Microsoft certifications).
• Ability to interpret complex datasets, identify trends and performance issues, and translate data into commercial / operational insight.
• Data integration experience across multiple disciplines (planning, commercial, delivery).
• Strong project experience in either a planning or commercial discipline.