Global Project Controls Lead – Scheduling & Performance

Turner & Townsend; Barcelona; On-site; EUR 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend is seeking Project Controls Professionals to join our team, delivering on Industrial, Science & Technology projects. You will lead schedule development from planning to execution and provide clear, actionable reporting to stakeholders.

Responsibilities include owner’s schedule management, contractor schedule verification, and frequent on-site visits to monitor progress and foster continuous improvement across a global team. English and Spanish fluency required.

Qualifications

• Engineering degree or equivalent experience in a construction-related discipline.
• Strong knowledge of PMO and project controls with a focus on scheduling and risk management.
• Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project mandatory.
• Acumen Fuse and PowerBi is a plus.
• Experience in data centre or pharma is a plus.
• Earned Value Management (EVM).
• Fluent in both Spanish and English.
• Excellent communication skills, strong attention to detail and adept problem-solving abilities.
• Have a passion for building a global team and fostering employee development.

Responsibilities

• Lead the schedule development lifecycle for one or more projects, from high-level planning to detailed execution.
• Lead dynamic planning sessions and collaborate with the extended project management team to create schedules.
• Develop and manage the Owner's schedule, ensuring alignment with quality standards.
• Verify that contractor schedules and reports contain all relevant scope and escalating when lacking.
• Track and summarize schedule performance (e.g., s-curves, critical and sub-critical paths, planned vs actual variance, float trend, start finish curves, etc), providing stakeholders with clear and actionable reports.
• Develop and maintain resource-loaded schedules.
• Undertake "what if" / scenario analysis on schedules.
• Frequent visits to the construction site to provide team support, nurture relationships and assess the progress of the project.
• Promote a culture of continuous improvement, focusing on creating scalable solutions and team development.

Skills

Scheduling

Risk management

Earned Value Management

Bilingual Spanish/English

Communication skills

Team development

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

Primavera P6

Microsoft Project

Acumen Fuse

Power BI

Job description

Turner & Townsend is seeking Project Controls Professionals to join our team, delivering on Industrial, Science & Technology projects. You will lead schedule development from planning to execution and provide clear, actionable reporting to stakeholders.

Responsibilities include owner’s schedule management, contractor schedule verification, and frequent on-site visits to monitor progress and foster continuous improvement across a global team. English and Spanish fluency required.