Subject Matter Expert - Project Controls (UK)

👋 About Us

Did you know that an ancient Roman Aqueduct had an initial cost of 12 million sesterces but ended up costing more than 30 million? Big projects have always been problematic to humanity - we want to fix that. We make Deep-Tech SaaS software to help people who deal with very large projects. Basically, if someone is building a nuclear plant or a large highway, they need a special kind of software to organize and prioritize their work. 👋That's us. We are a team of curious minds on a mission to revolutionize the way in which complex, engineering projects are planned and delivered. Our algorithms look at the project data and provide users with previously unattainable insights. We do so at an unprecedented speed and ease, whilst promoting collaboration and information sharing within teams. Having secured our Series A funding ($11 million yippee 🚀), this is just the beginning 💪 TechNation thinks we are one of the best AI start-ups in the UK, and Construction Tech Review says we are one of the best start-ups in the EU/UK and Amazon views us as disruptors of the industry. We are part of the University of Oxford’s Creative Destruction Lab and Entrepreneur First alumni. We recently won the ‘Risk Innovation’ award from CIR, and have been shortlisted for AI product and innovation awards at CogX and by the British Construction Industry. This is a great opportunity to join a well-funded and ambitious start-up in a dynamic and mission-driven environment, leading the growth from a start-up to a fully-fledged organization. You will also be helping to solve one of the oldest problems of mankind and potentially save the economy billions - not bad right? 🤘.

💼 About The Role

As a Subject Matter Expert in Project Planning, you will play a critical role in bridging the gap between our platform and the customer’s needs. This position involves collaborating closely with Customer Experience, Sales, and Marketing teams to drive value for our customers quickly. You will represent our company at external events, deliver compelling presentations, and identify key business cases where our platform can maximize ROI for our clients. Your technical expertise will support Marketing and contribute to product optimization based on insights gained across our customer base. This role requires someone who thrives in a dynamic environment, is self-driven, and has a passion for leveraging advanced technologies to transform the construction industry.

🔥 Key Responsibilities

• You will work closely with our Customer Experience, Sales, and Marketing teams.
• Lead technical discovery sessions to map customer pain points to our platform, and work with the Customer Experience to ensure our customers get value as fast as possible.
• Represent the company as a Subject Matter Expert at external events,
• Deliver presentations, demos, and training to showcase our platform's value to existing, prospective, and partner clients.
• Identify business cases where our platform can maximize ROI for the customer, and work with the Customer Experience team to evaluate across our customer base.
• Act as the technical champion to optimize the use of our platform to solve our customers’ pain, incl. identifying paths of least friction for replacing their old tools with ours.
• Support Marketing with your technical expertise to assist Marketing with producing customer-facing assets
• Contribute specialized knowledge to our Product function to optimize our product to high-value business cases that you will identify across our customer base.
• Develop and deliver training programs both internally, as part of our internal upskilling initiatives, but also externally to our customers.
• Be independently productive while being part of the broader Commercial team.
• Travel around 20-40% of the time (UK)
• Excellent time management and communication skills
  
  

😊 Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Masters degree in a STEM subject
• 5 years of experience in Planning & Scheduling working within a Tier 1 construction business.
• Passionate about construction and believe in the impact that using advanced technologies could bring to the construction industry.
• Creation of Schedule Management Plans
• Experience in creating and enforcing standards of practice, incl. schedule standards and broader documentation
• Experience with other forms of construction contract frameworks such as FIDIC Experience as a technical champion during the evaluation of new software, whether in normal procurement cycles or public tenders.
• Experience in running training workshops
• Comfortable with public speaking opportunities
• Working experience with various forms of contracts and other legal constraints that can drive software selection such as NEC3/4
• Professional experience with Oracle Primavera P6, and working experience with QSRA tools (.e.g., Oracle PRA, Acumen Fuse Risk, Safran Risk)
• Demonstrable experience in core PMO workflows across the project life cycle, including overall project reporting within planning teams to executive stakeholders, risk and opportunity identification, digital transformation, and standardization of practices using technology
  
  

👌Nice-to-haves

• Passionate about construction and believe in the impact that using advanced technologies could bring to the construction industry.
• Creation of Schedule Management Plans
• Experience in creating and enforcing standards of practice, incl. schedule standards and broader documentation
• Experience with other forms of construction contract frameworks such as FIDIC Experience as a technical champion during the evaluation of new software, whether in normal procurement cycles or public tenders.
• Experience in running training workshops
• Comfortable with public speaking opportunities
  
  

⛳️ Benefits

• Besides a competitive salary, we are also proud to support you with:
• Equity options, because our success as a company is your success 💹
• Fantastic International Health Insurance
• Work with a team of rockstars. Yes - the team is that good 🚀
• Remote work budget, so you can build your perfect set up (£500 year 1 - £100 year 2) 🏠
• Personal development budget, so you can become the best version of yourself (£1,000 pa) 📔
• Company laptop, so you can be mobile and work with the best tech 💻
• Annual summer trip, because fun with your teammates matters
• Wedding/Civil Partnerships additional leave of 3 days on us.
  
  

Nodes & Links is an equal opportunity employer: we value diversity. We do not discriminate based yourself race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, ColorHardworking, or disability status. Color