Project Controls Lead

3 weeks ago


Clitheroe, Lancashire, United Kingdom Turner & Townsend Full time

Company Overview

At Turner & Townsend, we are dedicated to making a significant impact. This commitment involves achieving superior results for our clients, empowering our employees to reach their full potential, and contributing to a thriving society. We assist major global clients in executing ambitious and technically challenging projects across more than 110 offices worldwide.

Collaborating with the foremost corporations, we facilitate the successful realization of their mission-critical facilities in the Hi-Tech & Manufacturing sectors. Turner & Townsend excels in providing professional services to various industries, including Data Centres, Life Sciences, Pharmaceuticals, R&D facilities, Industrial, Manufacturing, Distribution, and Logistics. We are currently seeking skilled Controls Professionals with demonstrated experience in these sectors for multiple HT&M Project/Programme Control roles.

Position Overview

Turner & Townsend is excited to announce several openings for Project Controls Managers to oversee High Tech and Manufacturing projects in the North West. In this role, you will lead a diverse Project Controls team, collaborating closely with the client's Project Manager and supply chain to establish a realistic baseline and implement effective controls to monitor progress, address issues, and mitigate delays, ensuring successful project delivery.

Key Responsibilities

  • Establish a comprehensive breakdown structure, integrating data from all control functions.
  • Facilitate and lead estimating sessions to develop an agreed-upon, market-tested cost baseline, emphasizing value for money and budget realism.
  • Organize and lead planning sessions and workshops to create the master project/programme schedule baseline, ensuring a feasible timeline.
  • Comprehend procurement principles, compiling lead times within the schedule to prioritize the ordering of materials and equipment for timely installations.
  • Oversee the risk management process, including qualitative and quantitative assessments to enhance cost and schedule predictability.
  • Manage stakeholder relationships, ensuring all key stakeholders approve the baseline and receive regular progress updates.
  • Implement a robust update process, ensuring effective management of schedule, interfaces, costs, risks, and changes.
  • Guide and influence the principal contractor and client, collaborating to drive delivery and achieve schedule and cash flow KPIs.
  • Manage costs utilizing your knowledge of conceptual estimating, funding stage gates, and procurement principles.
  • Control the master program by applying quality checks to updates from the client and principal contractor.
  • Lead the change management process, providing a platform for timely addition, tracking, monitoring, and approval of changes.
  • Identify trends and root causes of deviations from the baseline using lead and lag indicators, effectively reporting any necessary remedial actions to ensure optimal value for the client.

Qualifications

  • Demonstrated experience in delivering controls within a major project/programme environment.
  • Experience in the Hi-Tech & Manufacturing sector.
  • Proven ability to manage a multi-functional controls team.
  • Proficiency in controls and general software applications, including Primavera (P6), Power BI, and Microsoft Office.
  • Understanding of engineering, procurement, contracts, construction, and start-up processes.
  • Knowledge of engineering and construction management.
  • Experience leading collaborative workshops.
  • Dependable with the capability to work independently and as part of a team.
  • Strong time management skills, quick thinking, and ability to meet project deadlines.
  • Highly motivated and driven, with a passion for client service and the ability to work autonomously.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Willingness to travel as required, even in a predominantly remote working environment.

Additional Information

Our inspired workforce shares our vision and mission. We strive to create a positive work environment where every individual has the opportunity to effect change.

We are committed to the success of our employees both professionally and personally. To support this, we promote a healthy, productive, and flexible work environment that respects work-life balance.

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are dedicated to fostering an inclusive environment for all employees, actively encouraging applications from all sectors of the community.

For more information about our company, please visit our website.

It is against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fees related to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency associated with Turner & Townsend will request fees from candidates at any time.

Any unsolicited resumes or CVs submitted through our website or to Turner & Townsend personal email accounts are considered the property of Turner & Townsend and are not subject to payment of agency fees.



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