Overview
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At Turner & Townsend, our award-winning Controls & Performance Team focuses on driving innovation, enhancing our client’s integrated controls capability, improving performance, and delivering better programme outcomes. We have a growing national team of Controls & Performance professionals. The breadth and scale of our team provides great opportunities to draw on a vast pool of experience and expertise to enhance your knowledge and career, supported by our career pathways.
Please find out more about us at: https://www.turnerandtownsend.com/en/about-us/our-purpose-and-values/.
Key Responsibilities
* Lead cross-discipline teams of project controls professionals to deliver effective, consistent, assured and value-adding project controls services to clients across diverse and complex programmes to support and drive delivery.
* Drive continuous improvement in project controls processes to create efficiency and deliver greater benefits to clients.
* Define and implement project controls approaches across project, programme and portfolio levels to enable effective decision making at all levels.
* Establish governance and assurance processes around project controls products.
* Collaborate with clients to develop relevant breakdown structures and support scope definitions.
* Define scaled, tailored, and integrated approaches for project controls; document these (for example in a Project Control System Definition).
* Manage scope through identification and management of exclusions, assumptions, interfaces, dependencies, and decomposition.
* Work with the Integrated Project Team to establish a robust Performance Measurement Baseline and manage change control.
* Collaborate with suppliers to integrate and analyse performance data; ensure contract requirements are met and aligned with project controls objectives.
* Ensure scope, cost, risk and schedule integration; analyse performance data to provide delivery insight and support delivery decisions.
* Train and coach clients and less experienced team members on performance and reporting management processes and practices.
* Assure the quality, accuracy and integrity of the Project Controls Team’s output.
* Undertake line management activities including career development and performance management.
Qualifications and Experience
* Experience in applying project controls disciplines (planning, cost estimation, cost management, risk management or reporting) across multiple projects.
* Practical experience in integrating project controls disciplines and assessing team maturity and ways of working.
* Experience in managing stakeholders at all levels.
* Experience using project controls software and systems (e.g., Primavera P6, Active Risk Manager, Ecosys).
* Desirable: a project controls-related qualification (e.g., Project Planning & Controls).
Skills and Behaviours
* Ability to work with senior management/leadership, guiding, mentoring and driving performance management within a complex environment.
* Ability to lead a team and define an integrated project controls service on complex projects/programmes with related processes and reports.
* Guide the delivery team on the use of systems and tools (Power BI, Excel) for integrated project controls, performance management, analysis and reporting.
* Excellent written and verbal communication to liaise with clients, contractors and designers.
* Ability to drive positive change and embrace challenges for client benefit.
* Effective collaboration and teamwork to deliver high-quality work.
* Committed to personal development and continuous improvement.
* Demonstrates empathy and respect to contribute to a positive workplace culture.
* UK driving license or ability 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.
SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, where applicable. Please note that Turner & Townsend policy prohibits candidates paying recruitment fees. No recruitment agency will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time.
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