Overview
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Company Description: At Turner & Townsend we are passionate about making a difference. That means delivering better outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realise their potential, and doing our part to create a prosperous society. For over 75 years we have helped our clients deliver on their objectives, and we are now facing a new wave of growth to achieve our ambitious 2025 vision. This is made possible through our entrepreneurial culture, allowing employees to directly influence the business and own their careers.
Responsibilities
* Identify trends and root causes of deviations against the baseline using lead and lag indicators, 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 delivery.
* Cooperate with a remote team of cost managers responsible for the agreed, market-tested cost baseline and ensuring the client is receiving value for money.
* Guide and influence the general contractor to ensure progress 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, summarising financials in an executive-level dashboard.
* Understand change management principles, lead the agreed change management process and workflow, providing a platform for adding/tracking/monitoring/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 client into the master schedule and communicate the prioritisation of ordering materials and equipment to meet scheduled install dates.
* Work closely with the client to define vendor schedule requirements.
* Participate in project team risk evaluations, incorporating defined risks into Monte Carlo analysis to output quantitative impacts to the overall project cost and schedule.
* Stay informed on status of project changes and communicate 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 adherence to defined processes and quality expectations.
Qualifications
* Proven experience in project controls coordination across all phases of the project lifecycle, including program, risk, and reporting, with specialist life sciences or data centre sector experience.
* Ability to determine corrective actions or recommendations based on facts and figures and critically evaluate information from various sources.
* Advanced skills in MS Office and Primavera P6.
* Demonstrated commitment to providing excellent service.
* Reliable with the ability to work autonomously and as part of a team.
* Strong time management, quick thinking, and ability to meet deadlines.
* Highly motivated with a passion for delivering to clients and the ability to work independently.
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. SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, where applicable.
Please find out more about us at www.turnerandtownsend.com/
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