Schedule & Project Controller (OWEC) - 12 Month FTC Schedule & Project Controller (OWEC) - 12 Month FTC

Purpose of role: The Crown Estate is currently leading a multi-million pound programme to deliver a growing portfolio of collaborative environmental evidence and data projects with the aim of supporting the realisation the UK's offshore wind potential, its contribution to net zero and healthy, sustainable seas.

This is an exciting and unique opportunity to be part of a new team responsible for delivering this nationally strategic programme. You will be primarily responsible for providing scheduling and planning activities across the Offshore Wind and Evidence and Change Programme (OWEC) and its constituent projects. You will also support the OWEC team in programme and project management activities, including reporting project progress from multiple organisations against key milestones and deliverables internally and to the Steering Group formed of our partners, BEIS and Defra, and 25 organisations from across industry, regulators and stakeholder community.,

• Design and develop schedules for the OWEC Programme and its constituent

projects to include milestones and KPIs and identify appropriate
stage/decision gates within the plan and to support the wider programme

• Evaluate progress and performance and identify developing potential

problems with deadlines and competing resources

• Provide regular updates to the critical path and its effect on delivery and

recognise interdependencies across resources tasks, and deliverables

• Work closely within the OWEC Programme to build rapport and trust,

provide the right balance of support and challenge

• Lead regular project meetings, such as new project kick off meetings or

project progress meetings, to manage delivery and provide updates to the
programme management team

• Support the PMO in communicating project progress, issues and risk for

reporting to Sponsors, the leadership team as well as external partners and
stakeholders

• Manage project level change and financial management processes, ensure

all changes are accurately recorded and communicate the effect they will
have to the plans

• Support the wider offshore wind development and Marine department activities, as required, We value that you get more time with your family and friends. Therefore, we offer everybody 28 days paid holiday, 2 volunteering days and the option to purchase further holiday.


• Flexible working

We value work-life balance highly, therefore we have flexible & hybrid working policies.

• Market leading family friendly policies

We want the support we offer to be inclusive of everyone, reflective of the wide range of situations people face in life.

Workplace, Culture & Diversity

It's our ambition to be an inclusive organisation that reflects our society, one where all feel welcome, able to be themselves and belong.

A workplace where you're empowered to be yourself, diverse thinking is encouraged, and a place where you can realise your potential.
Marine · The Crown Estate, 1 St James Market · Hybrid Remote


• 3- 5 years, experience as a Programme Planner/ Schedule & Project Controller - developing high, medium and detailed level plans in Microsoft Project


• Demonstrable experience of programme or project management


• Experience of implementing and enforcing planning standards and processes. Identification and management of key planning dependencies, risks, issues and assumptions


• Ability to identify resourcing needs, key milestones and potential barriers to successful project delivery


• Effective engagement in a programme structure with multiple project teams, project leads and stakeholders


Desirable:

• An understanding of and interest in relevant subject matters e.g. Environmental Science / Offshore Wind / Infrastructure Planning / Marine Environment/Research