Associate Director - Project Controls

Turner & Townsend; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global professional services company is seeking an Associate Director for their Edinburgh Project Controls Team. The role involves delivering project controls for major infrastructure programmes, ensuring effective planning and resource management. Candidates should have proven infrastructure experience and strong communication skills. Join a dynamic team committed to improving lives through impactful projects.

Qualifications

• Experience in planning and scheduling functions in infrastructure.
• Proven experience within the infrastructure sector.

Responsibilities

• Deliver Project Controls across major programmes in Scotland.
• Lead programme controls function, ensuring accuracy and consistency.

Skills

Communication

Planning

Scheduling

Education

Degree in Engineering or related field

Tools

Primavera (P6)

Microsoft Office

Job description

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Company Description

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries.

Company Description

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries.

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: www.turnerandtownsend.com

Job Description

We are currently looking to recruit an Associate Director within our Edinburgh Project Controls Team. As Associate Director, we are looking for you to possess proven infrastructure experience to lead major programmes in Scotland If you’re interested in working with one of the UK's leading consultancy providers across infrastructure, then we’re keen to discuss this exciting opportunity with you.

Job Objectives

• Delivering Project Controls across major programmes in the Scotland
• Lead the programme controls function for a programme, monitoring for accuracy and consistency of plans, cost, safety, environment, and performance reporting, and deploying available controls team resources to best effect.
• Business development
  
  

Other Responsibilities Include

• Reviewing new project proposals/remits and monitor so that realistic, resource plans are developed for delivery of the programme.
• Identify resourcing requirements to support the programme and liaise with planning functions to resolve resourcing issues.
• Provide an efficient day-to-day service to the Programme and Project Managers in reporting on plans, costs, safety, environment, and programme performance.
• Monitor so that data input by project teams and others to cost and performance systems meet required data standards.
• Manage the production of the Investment Plan Comply with the Investment Competence Framework.
  
  

Qualifications

• Experience in performing, monitoring, and reviewing planning and scheduling functions, which include schedule development, control, and analysis, in the field and the home office
• Proven experience within the infrastructure sector
• Skilled in oral and written communication
• Proficiency with PC operating systems, with proficiency in several basic software applications.
• Proficiency with multiple discipline specific software applications such as Primavera (P6) and Microsoft Office Applications, for example Intermediate level of knowledge of engineering, procurement, contracts, construction, and start-up work processes.
• Knowledge of engineering and construction management.
  
  

Additional Information

Our 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.

Please find out more about us at www.turnerandtownsend.com/

SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

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Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Director

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Industries

  Construction, Civil Engineering, and Business Consulting and Services

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