Project Controls Manager

1 month ago


Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom Turner & Townsend Full time

Company Overview

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company that delivers project controls, cost management, and advisory services to clients across various industries.

Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled Project Controls Manager to join our team. The successful candidate will lead a multi-functional project controls team, working collaboratively with clients and stakeholders to deliver project outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

  • Embed a robust breakdown structure, integrating data from controls functions.
  • Coordinate and lead planning sessions and workshops to compile the master project/programme schedule baseline.
  • Understand procurement principles, collating lead times within the schedule to communicate prioritization of ordering materials and equipment.
  • Manage the risk management process, including qualitative and quantitative assessments to support cost and schedule predictability.
  • Stakeholder management, ensuring all key stakeholders sign off the baseline and have visibility of regular progress updates.
  • Embed a robust change process, ensuring schedule, interfaces, cost, risk, and changes are managed effectively.
  • Guide and influence the principal contractor and client, working with them to drive delivery and achieve schedule and cash flow KPIs.
  • Control costs with knowledge of conceptual estimating, funding stage gates, basic contingency principles, and procurement principles.
  • Control the master program, applying quality checks to updates from the client and principal contractor.
  • Lead the change management process and workflow, providing a platform for adding, tracking, monitoring, and approving change in a timely fashion.
  • Identify trends and root causes of deviations against the baseline using lead and lag indicators, reporting effectively any remedial actions to drive best value for the client.

Requirements

  • Proven experience in delivering controls in a major project/programme environment, ideally within Defence, Data Centres, Life Sciences, Pharma, R&D facilities, Industrial, Manufacturing, Distribution & Logistics sectors.
  • Experience working in a comparative specialist sector.
  • Experience in managing a multi-functional controls team.
  • Proficiency with controls/general software applications such as Primavera (P6), Power BI, Microsoft Office Applications.
  • Knowledge of engineering, procurement, contracts, construction, and start-up work processes.
  • Knowledge of engineering and construction management.
  • Experience of leading collaborative workshops.
  • 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.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills required.
  • Flexible with regards to travel, even with increased levels of remote working, we still need people who are willing to travel to client sites as required.

Additional Information

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.

Please find out more about us at #LI-DW1.

SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.


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