Project Controller

About ABP:

At Associated British Ports (ABP), we proudly serve our customers and our communities in pursuit of our ambitious twin missions of ‘Keeping Britain Trading’ and ‘Enabling the Energy Transition’. These are underpinned by a strong commitment to safety, sustainability and our people.

ABP is the UK’s leading and largest ports group, providing essential gateways for trade and enabling green infrastructure essential for the UK’s energy transition. We are a major landlord and port operator with 21 port locations in the UK. We have 87km of Quay and 5000ha of port estate handling approximately 100 million tonnes of cargo every year.

ABP handles more than a quarter of all ports industry volumes, provides support for over half the UK’s offshore wind and catalyses investment, jobs and prosperity in coastal communities. We are also a vital enabler of the UK's transformation to net zero, with exciting plans to develop our port estate so that they play a leading role in supporting the energy transition through onshore and offshore wind, hydrogen and carbon capture and storage (CCUS).

To support our ambitious growth, it is key for ABP to have a strong delivery engine for transforming new opportunities into reality.

The Role: Project Controller

Location: Flexible - any one of our 21 ports but, ideally, Cardiff, Immingham, Southampton, London, Ipswich or Hull

Purpose:

To develop, maintain and manage robust project schedules, providing accurate progress reports to support informed decision-making across multidisciplinary project teams.

APB’s projects are developed in both central and regional contexts and this role will deliver in strong collaboration across all regions and functions. This is critical to ensure we adapt to the local context and leverage the resources and expertise available.

Individual project CAPEX values typically range from £50K to in excess of £5M

Accountabilities:

• Develop and maintain detailed baseline and live project programmes using Primavera P6 / Asta Powerproject / MS Project
• Integrate cost, risk, procurement, and resource data into project schedules
• Monitor programme progress, identify critical path impacts, and assess schedule risk
• Collaborate with project managers, engineers, commercial teams, and subcontractors
• Ensure schedule governance aligns with contractual and internal controls
• Support the Project Managers (PM’s) across the project portfolio in implementing the processes to manage and monitor project plans, project schedules, budgets and expenditures to ensure budgets are maintained and expenditure is controlled
• Own and manage the administration of multiple core Project Controls processes.

Experience:

Essential

• Experience in project management, from conception to delivery
• Sound planning and coordination skills
• Excellent attention to detail
• An ability to prepare and interpret flowcharts, schedules and step-by-step action plans
• Familiarity with risk management and quality assurance control
• Strong working knowledge of MS Office suite of programmes incl MS Project, Powerpoint, Excel and Visio
• Ability to build relationships and work successfully with people at all levels
• Ability to focus on multiple tasks at the same time
• Ability to manage own workload to meet tight deadlines

Ideal

• Infrastructure project experience – Civil/Electrical/Mechanical
• Experience in Document Management software
• Project management qualification

Additional Information:

When joining ABP you will find an environment that is both welcoming and challenging. We reward our employees well and offer a generous remuneration package, employer pension, private health insurance and a range of other benefits.

Please note that ABP undertake random screening for substance abuse and operate a zero-tolerance policy. A medical will be required before starting this position also.

We are an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their background, which helps us to provide a diverse and inclusive working environment.