Project Controls Team Leader

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 involves achieving superior results for our clients, empowering our employees to reach their full potential, and contributing to a thriving society. Daily, we assist our esteemed global clients in executing ambitious and technically challenging projects across more than 110 offices worldwide.

Collaborating with leading corporations, we facilitate the successful execution of their world-class Hi-Tech & Manufacturing (HT&M) mission-critical facilities. Turner & Townsend stands at the forefront of professional services for the Data Centre, Life Sciences, Pharma, R&D facilities, Industrial, Manufacturing, Distribution & Logistics sectors on a global scale. We are actively seeking Controls Professionals with a proven track record in these domains for various HT&M Project/Programme Control roles.

Role Overview

We currently have several exciting openings for Project Controls Managers to oversee High Tech and Manufacturing projects in the North West. This role involves leading a multi-disciplinary Project Controls team, working in close collaboration 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, ultimately driving successful project outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

  • Develop a comprehensive breakdown structure, integrating data from all control functions.
  • Facilitate and lead estimating sessions to establish an agreed, market-tested cost baseline, emphasizing value for money and budget accuracy.
  • Organize and lead planning sessions and workshops to create the master project/programme schedule baseline, ensuring a feasible timeline.
  • Comprehend procurement principles, consolidating lead times within the schedule to prioritize material and equipment orders to meet installation timelines.
  • 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.
  • Control costs through knowledge of conceptual estimating, funding stage gates, and basic procurement principles.
  • Maintain the master program by applying quality checks to updates from the client and principal contractor.
  • Lead the change management process and workflow, providing a framework 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.

Required Qualifications

  • Demonstrated experience in delivering Controls within a major project/programme environment.
  • Background in the Hi-tech & Manufacturing specialist sector.
  • Experience managing a multi-functional controls team.
  • Proficiency in controls and general software applications such as Primavera (P6), Power BI, and Microsoft Office Suite.
  • Understanding of engineering, procurement, contracts, construction, and start-up work processes.
  • Knowledge of engineering and construction management principles.
  • Experience leading collaborative workshops.
  • Dependable with the ability to work independently and as part of a team.
  • Strong time management skills, quick thinking, and the ability to meet project deadlines.
  • Highly motivated and driven, with a commitment to delivering for clients and the ability to work autonomously.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Willingness to travel as required, even with increased remote working opportunities.

Additional Information

Our inspired workforce shares our vision and mission. We provide an excellent workplace where every individual has the opportunity and voice to effect change.

We aim for our employees to thrive both professionally and personally. 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 fostering an inclusive environment for all employees, actively encouraging applications from all sectors of the community.

It is strictly against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency working with Turner & Townsend will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time.

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


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