Role · Project Controls
Project Controls Manager Staffing for Data Centre Programs
What a Project Controls Manager does
A Project Controls Manager leads the full project controls function — scheduling, cost control and risk management — across a Data Centre project or portfolio, managing Schedulers, Cost Engineers and Project Controls Engineers to a single, consistent reporting standard. They are the person ownership and project leadership turn to for an honest read of program health.
The role includes setting governance for baseline changes, leading monthly performance reviews with ownership, escalating integrated schedule and cost risk before it becomes a crisis, and defending the program's numbers under scrutiny from investors, lenders or the owner's leadership team. On larger programs the manager also owns the project controls software and reporting infrastructure.
This is a senior leadership role where technical credibility across both schedule and cost disciplines is essential — a manager who only understands one side loses the room quickly.
Typical range
£100–130K base (permanent)
Core responsibilities
- Lead the full project controls function — schedule, cost and risk
- Manage Schedulers, Cost Engineers and Project Controls Engineers
- Set baseline change governance and monthly reporting standards
- Lead performance reviews with ownership and project leadership
- Escalate integrated schedule and cost risk ahead of major decisions
Why hire through Cx Recruit
We verify Project Controls Manager candidates against genuine leadership of an integrated schedule-and-cost function, with named programs and team sizes confirmed.
Specializing exclusively in Mission Critical infrastructure means we understand the risk profile — equipment escalation, commissioning dependency, hyperscaler funding cadence — that this role has to manage day to day.
Live Project Controls roles
View all jobs →Senior Scheduler
London, UK · £600 to £750/day
Senior Scheduler to own the P6 master schedule on a hyperscale Data Centre campus in West London.
Cost Engineer
Slough, UK · £550 to £675/day
Cost Engineer to maintain cost reporting and forecasting on a colocation Data Centre build on the Slough Trading Estate.
Project Controls Manager
Manchester, UK · £85k to £105k p.a.
Project Controls Manager to lead scheduling and cost control across a Data Centre programme in the North West.
FAQs
How senior is a Project Controls Manager role?
It is typically a senior leadership position reporting to a project executive or program director, owning schedule, cost and risk governance across a project or portfolio.
Is this a contract or permanent hire?
Mostly permanent, given the depth of ownership relationship and governance responsibility, though some operators bring in interim Project Controls Managers on contract during major program stand-up.
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