Join our Global Engineering and Real Estate’s Capital Projects (Project Services) function as a Project Controls Lead. This role offers the opportunity to provide project controls leadership and hands-on support to one or more projects, while contributing to business process management in aspects of project controls. Reporting to the Regional Project Controls Lead, you will be part of a team that is committed to delivering more medicines to patients, quicker and more affordably.

Be empowered to be innovative and creative where difference is valued - At AstraZeneca, we 're dedicated to being a Great Place to Work. Where you are empowered to push the boundaries of science and unleash your entrepreneurial spirit. There’s no better place to make a difference to medicine, patients, and society. An expansive culture that champions diversity and collaboration. Always committed to lifelong learning, growth and development.

In Global Engineering and Real Estate (GERE) we engage in a diverse range of exciting endeavours! Our team is responsible for construction, acquiring, managing and maintaining numerous pioneering facilities and work spaces around the world. We are also providing strategic direction – assisting the business in making sound property and asset decisions, as well as integrating the newest technology. Throughout our work, we are embedding a focus on sustainability as part of AstraZeneca’s Ambition Zero Carbon (achieving zero carbon emissions in our operations by 2025 and having a carbon negative value chain by 2030). 

Your role

As a Project Controls Lead, you will be responsible for project controls implementation and leadership, typically on a large project or collection of smaller projects. You will establish and maintain project controls service level agreements, responsibility matrices etc., providing clarity over responsibilities amongst internal and external resources. You will also develop and maintain accurate staffing plans for the project(s) to ensure right-sized teams and timely mobilisation. Your role will involve liaising with AstraZeneca Finance and/or other stakeholders as required to ensure project performance data is open, transparent and supports corporate requirements.

Essentials for the role

• Engineering, construction management or equivalent degree
• At least 10 years of work experience in Projects controls (Cost control, planning & scheduling etc)
• Appropriate experience and knowledge in project control, planning and/or construction management
• Strong understanding of Risk management and Change management processes from capital projects.
• Awareness of cost and schedule quantitative risk analysis
• Training or some experience of scheduling software e.g. Primavera, Microsoft Project etc.
• Excellent interpersonal and communications skills. Able to work effectively with multiple project and management teams.
• Great teammate, willing to consider and accept other views and concepts in reaching critical decisions
• Strong stakeholder management skills. Able to manage service providers and contractors for delivery of project controls services
• Able to perform work as required on project sites or at contractor office locations. Can support business travel if required
• Demonstrated record of delivering services for relevant project sizes and complexities

Desirables for the role

• Bio-pharmaceutical experience & knowledge
• International project experience
• Professional accreditation in field of expertise
• Hands-on experience of quantitative risk analysis
• Understanding of estimating practices
• Contracts Management from projects based in Sweden

When we put unexpected teams in the same room, we unleash bold thinking with the power to inspire life-changing medicines. In-person working gives us the platform we need to connect, work at pace and challenge perceptions. That's why we work, on average, a minimum of three days per week from the office. But that doesn't mean we're not flexible. We balance the expectation of being in the office while respecting individual flexibility. Join us in our unique and ambitious world.

Why AstraZeneca

At AstraZeneca, we are driven by our commitment to deliver accelerated growth and to make people's lives better. We thrive in our often intense and ambiguous environment, seeking out new challenges and working towards new solutions. We are part of an inclusive and giving community, supporting each other on our journeys. We are intellectually stimulated by constant learning. There's potential for multiple, global careers and great rewards, for those who embrace the diverse opportunities.

Are you ready to make a positive impact in a team where it means more? If you have the passion and the drive to accelerate growth and make people's lives better, then this is the place for you. Welcome with your application no later than 29th of September!

AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics. We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorisation and employment eligibility verification requirements.