Company Description
At Turner & Townsend we’re passionate about making the difference. That means delivering better outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realize their potential, and doing our part to create a prosperous society.
Every day we help our major global clients deliver ambitious and highly technical projects, in over 130 countries worldwide.
Our team is dynamic, innovative, and client-focused, supported by an inclusive and fun company culture. Our clients value our proactive approach, depth of expertise, integrity and the quality we deliver. As a result, our people get to enjoy working on some of the most exciting projects in the world.
Job Description
We are looking for a person to join our expanding Transport and Utilities business as a Senior Project Controls Engineer specializing in Project Controls Management. Day-to-day responsibilities may include:
Leading a cross-discipline Project Controls team on medium-complexity, medium-risk projects or programmes.
Work with project management to communicate and contextualise project performance and influence stakeholders.
Defining the scope through the identification and management of exclusions, assumptions, interfaces, and dependencies, and coordinate the scope’s decomposition.
Working with the Integrated Project Team to establish a robust, accurate Performance Measurement Baseline and manage the change control process.
Working with Project and Commercial Management to establish the Supplier Project Controls contract requirements, and then collaborate with suppliers to integrate and analyse their performance data.
Building successful working relationships to perform schedule recovery planning using schedule optimisation and critical path analysis.
Ensuring scope, cost, risk and schedule integration and alignment, and analyse performance data to provide delivery insight and facilitate delivery decisions.
Collaborating with the Finance Team to generate Cost and Cash Estimate to Complete and Estimate At Complete profiles.
Working with Risk Management to ensure that risks are appropriately identified and managed, and oversee the application of Quantitative Risk Analysis.
Guiding Project Management in the deployment of resource in-line with the schedule.
Establishing effective project governance.
Assuring the quality, accuracy, and integrity of the Project Controls team’s output.
Coaching members of the team to ensure continuous improvement and skills development.
Promoting learning from experience and influence process improvements.
Contributing to the strategic regional growth of the business.
Qualifications
Skills and behaviours
Works to make positive change happen by embracing challenges and opportunities for our clients.
Effectively connects and communicates with people to collaborate to deliver our best work.
Brings out the best in everyone by helping each other making the most of their potential through proactive collaboration and effective teamworking.
Takes responsibility for the development of personal performance and core skill set, building confidence in your contribution to the team or project.
Qualifications and experience
Professional Project Controls experience in one or more sectors across multiple stages of the Project lifecycle and in the application of at least one Project Controls discipline of Planning and Scheduling, Cost Estimation, Cost Management, Risk Management or Reporting is essential.
An applied understanding of the way in which the Integrated Project Controls disciplines operate, and the ability to assess the maturity of a team and ways of working is essential.
Good verbal and written communication skills are essential.
Experience in managing Stakeholders is essential.
Experience of managing a Project Controls team with the ability to mobilise, inspire and lead by example is desirable.
Experience in using Project Controls software is desirable.
The ability to travel to client sites across the Southwest as required is essential.
Additional Information
Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.
We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.
Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.
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SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.
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