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Planning engineer (life sciencespharmadata centres)

Aberdeen
Permanent
Turner & Townsend
Planning engineer
Posted: 15 December
Offer description

Turner & Townsend are leaders in professional services to the Data Centres, Life Sciences, Pharma R&D facilities, Industrial Manufacturing, and Distribution & Logistics sectors globally.


Job Objectives

As an experienced Project Controls Professional in life sciences or data centres, you will establish the required processes, templates, and tools, agree the baseline for cost and schedule, and monitor performance against it while incorporating the impacts of risk, opportunities, and change in a controlled order. To do this, you will :

* 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 projects’ time, cost, and quality targets, applying governance controls as necessary to enable successful delivery.
* Cooperate with a remote team of cost managers responsible for reaching an agreed market‑tested cost baseline and ensuring the client receives value for money.
* Guide and influence the general contractor to ensure progress aligns with the schedule and 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 focused on time, cost, and quality targets.
* Control costs using your 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 the agreed change‑management process and workflow, 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 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.
* Actively participate in project team risk evaluations, incorporating defined risks into Monte‑Carlo analysis to output quantitative impacts on overall project cost and schedule.
* Work closely with the project team to stay informed on the status of changes and communicate them 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.
* Demonstrated 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.
* Commitment to providing excellent service.
* Reliability with the ability to work autonomously and as part of a team.
* Strong time‑management skills, quick thinking, and the ability to meet project deadlines as necessary.
* Highly motivated and driven with a passion for delivering to clients and the ability to work independently.


Key Skills

* Apache Hive, S3, Hadoop, Redshift, Spark, AWS, Apache Pig, NoSQL, Big Data, Data Warehouse, Kafka, Scala

Employment Type: Full‑time

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.

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