Project Controls Specialist

2 months ago

Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom Turner & Townsend Full time

About Turner & Townsend

We're a global professional services company that delivers better outcomes for our clients, helps our people realize their potential, and does our part to create a prosperous society.

Our team of experts helps major global clients deliver ambitious and highly technical projects, in over 110 offices worldwide.

Job Summary

We're seeking an experienced Project Controls Specialist to join our team. As a key member of our project delivery team, you will be responsible for establishing processes, templates, and tools to ensure successful project delivery.

Key Responsibilities

  • Identify trends and root causes of deviations against the baseline using lead and lag indicators, and recommend remedial actions to drive best value for the client.
  • Lead the evaluation of the project's time, cost, and quality targets, applying governance controls as necessary to enable successful project delivery.
  • Collaborate with a remote team of cost managers to reach an agreed, market-tested cost baseline and ensure the client receives value for money.
  • Guide and influence the general contractor to ensure they are progressing in line with the schedule and within agreed cash flow parameters.
  • Act as the key point of contact to the client, overcoming delivery and commercial issues while preparing formal and ad hoc reports focusing on time, cost, and quality targets.
  • Control costs with knowledge of conceptual estimating, funding stage gates, basic contingency principles, and procurement principles.
  • Create and/or work within a cost report, summarizing financials in an executive-level dashboard.
  • Understand change management principles, lead agreed change management processes, and work flows, providing a platform for adding, tracking, monitoring, and approving change.
  • Coordinate and lead planning sessions and workshops with clients and vendors to compile the master project/programme schedule, agreeing baselines and a critical path.
  • Understand procurement principles, collate lead times from vendors and clients into the master schedule, and communicate the prioritization of ordering materials and equipment to meet scheduled install dates.
  • Work closely with the client to define vendor schedule requirements.
  • Actively participate in project team risk evaluations, incorporating defined risks into Monte Carlo to output quantitative impacts to the overall project cost and schedule.
  • Work closely with the project team to stay informed on the status of project changes, incorporating and communicating these to the project team to allow for approvals in the change management process.
  • Hold vendors accountable for required schedule updates and reporting to maintain timely and accurate updates of the master schedule, ensuring that the schedules adhere to the defined process and quality expectations.

Requirements

  • Proven experience in project controls coordination in all phases of the project lifecycle, including program, risk, and reporting, with specialist life sciences or data centre sector experience.
  • Demonstrated experience in the ability to determine corrective actions or recommendations based on facts and figures and critically evaluating information and data from various sources.
  • Advanced skills in MS Office and Primavera P6.
  • Able to demonstrate a commitment to providing excellent service.
  • Reliable with the ability to work autonomously and as part of a team.
  • Strong time management skills, quick thinking, and ability to meet project deadlines as necessary.
  • Highly motivated and driven with a passion for delivering to clients and have the ability to work independently.

About Us

We're a company that values diversity and inclusion, and we're committed to creating an environment where everyone can thrive. We offer a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.

We promote a healthy, productive, and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance. We're an equal opportunity employer and welcome applications from all sectors of the community.

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