Project Controls Engineer

Company DescriptionTurner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries. Maximise your chances of a successful application to this job by ensuring your CV and skills are a good match.

Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people's lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world's most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.

Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions. We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world's largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest.

Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world. Please visit our website: Job DescriptionAt Turner & Townsend our award-winning Controls & Performance team are focused on driving innovation, enhancing our client's integrated controls capability, improving performance, and delivering better programme outcomes.

We have a growing national team of over 650 Controls & Performance professionals. The breadth and scale of our team provide great opportunities to reach back and draw upon a vast pool of experience to enhance your knowledge and career.

Our strong capability, discipline communities and varied client base, provides a great opportunity to drive your career, supported by our career pathways. We have exciting opportunities for Project Controls Engineer in Planning to join our expanding Infrastructure team, who are undertaking a range of Controls & Performance duties on high-profile Infrastructure major projects and programmes.

Due to continued growth across the UK water, wastewater and infrastructure sectors, we are seeking experienced professionals to contribute to planning and scheduling whilst supporting the wider planning team. Additionally, this role will provide the opportunity to innovate, collaborate and learn from our wider Controls and Performance community.

As a Project Controls Engineer, you will support the Senior Planners and Planning Lead in reviewing, developing and implementing processes, procedures and systems for planning to control project timelines, as well as maintaining schedules.

You will help project teams manage activities against approved baselines and provide accurate, timely planning information to support informed decisions. Working collaboratively with Project Managers, the wider project controls team, clients and delivery partners, you will coordinate planning data, monitor performance and support monthly reporting and governance.

You will contribute to reliable forecasts of out-turn dates, identify potential delays and overruns and support appropriate corrective action. You will also help teams apply consistent planning controls across projects and programmes.

Project Controls Engineers at Turner & Townsend: Project Controls Engineers at Turner & Townsend work on a broad range of projects and programmes in the utilities sector, including clean and wastewater treatment facilities, Major Projects, Strategic Resource Options, and many more.

We are looking for individuals with the following skills, experience and attributes: Demonstrable experience within the infrastructure, engineering, or construction industry, with a proven track record of delivering complex projects and programmes in a client-facing environmentExperience using Primavera P6, or similar planning software, to support the development, maintenance and updating of project schedulesExperience collating schedule, cost and progress information from project teams to support reporting, forecasting and performance monitoringAn understanding of project controls principles, governance requirements and performance reporting, with the ability to identify trends, risks and issues and highlight findings to the project teamComfortable working in a regulated environment, managing competing priorities and maintaining high standards of accuracyClear communication skills and the ability to work with project managers, delivery teams, contractors and client representativesAppreciation of cost-schedule-risk alignment and the benefits it provides for decision-makingExperience supporting the preparation of project controls reports, dashboards and schedule information to inform project decision-makingGood analytical skills and proficiency in Microsoft ExcelAbility to take responsibility of assigned tasks, use initiative and manage competing priorities to meet deadlinesCollaborative approach with a commitment to teamworking, knowledge sharing and maintaining consistent standards across the project controls functionAn understanding of, or experience supporting, the application of project controls processes, procedures and best practice across projects and programmesDemonstrable experience in the delivery of major programmes, managing complex stakeholder environments, multidisciplinary teams, significant budgets, and strategic project objectivesDemonstrates a strong understanding of operating within a consultancy environmentClient Base - Peterborough and/or client site 3 -5 days a weekHome office in a Turner & Townsend location – London, Birmingham, NottinghamHave a full driving licence, access to a vehicleFull-timeQualificationsExperience within the UK water sector, utilities or other regulated infrastructure environments, including delivery within an AMP frameworkKnowledge of quality management and process improvement practices within construction or infrastructure deliveryUnderstanding of the design and delivery requirements of technically complex infrastructure, engineering or construction projectsProven track record of operating in major project environments, including high-value water projects or projects of a similar scale and complexity, to enable achievement of project goals and objectivesKnowledge of earned value management, risk management, cost control, change control and integrated project controls methodologiesQualificationsDegree in Engineering, Construction, Quantity Surveying, Cost Management, Project Management or a related discipline is desirable; equivalent relevant professional experience is also welcomedProficiency in Microsoft Excel and relevant planning and project controls software, with experience using Primavera P6, Asta, OPP or equivalent toolsKnowledge and understanding of NEC contracts, including the administration, management and successful delivery of projects under NEC frameworks, with an ability to proactively manage risk, programme, compensation events and stakeholder relationshipsMembership or working towards membership of, a relevant professional institution such as APM, CaSA, or equivalentAdditional InformationOur 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.#LI-SMPlease find out more about us at SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

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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 e-mail accounts, are considered property of Turner & Townsend and are not subject to payment of agency fees.

In order to be an authorised Recruitment Agency/Search Firm for Turner & Townsend, there must be a formal written agreement in place and the agency must be invited, by the Recruitment Team, to submit candidates for reviewJoin our social media conversations for more information about Turner & Townsend and our exciting future projects: TwitterInstagramLinkedInIt 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 e-mail accounts, are considered property of Turner & Townsend and are not subject to payment of agency fees.

In order to be an authorised Recruitment Agency/Search Firm for Turner & Townsend, there must be a formal written agreement in place and the agency must be invited, by the Recruitment Team, to submit candidates for review.

SummaryType: Full-timeFunction: Project ManagementExperience level: Mid-Senior LevelIndustry: Construction

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