Associate Director - Project Controls

Turner & Townsend; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend is seeking an Associate Director for Project Controls to lead major rail programmes in the Midlands from our Nottingham office. You will oversee planning, cost control, and performance reporting, directing a controls team to ensure data integrity and successful delivery.

The role requires proven UK infrastructure construction experience, strong communication skills, and proficiency with Primavera P6 and MS Office.

Qualifications

• Experience in planning and scheduling in the field and home office.
• Proven experience within the UK infrastructure construction sector.
• Skilled in oral and written communication.
• Proficiency with PCs and software including Primavera P6 and Microsoft Office applications.
• Intermediate knowledge of engineering, procurement, contracts, construction, and start-up workflows.
• Knowledge of engineering and construction management.

Responsibilities

• Delivering Project Controls across major programmes in the Midlands.
• Lead the programme controls function with accuracy and consistency of plans, cost, safety, environment and performance reporting, deploying controls resources effectively.
• Business development.
• Reviewing new project proposals/remits and ensuring realistic resource plans for delivery.
• Identify resourcing requirements and liaise with planning to resolve issues.
• Provide efficient day-to-day reporting to Programme and Project Managers on plans, costs, safety, environment and performance.
• Ensure data input by project teams meets data standards in cost and performance systems.
• Manage the production of the Investment Plan.
• Comply with the Investment Competence Framework.

Skills

Planning & Scheduling

Primavera P6

MS Office

Oral & Written

Engineering knowledge

Procurement & Contracts

Tools

Primavera P6

Microsoft Office

Job description

Associate Director - Project Controls

2026-10-19T00:00:00

Location: Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, GB, NG1 5

Any

Company: Turner & Townsend

2026-11-17T10:00:53.507

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.

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Job Description

Turner & Townsend is one of the leading consultancy providers to the UK Infrastructure Sector. Using our skills, processes and knowledge we provide industry leading services to our clients. We are currently looking to recruit an Associate Director with proven rail sector experience to take a lead on major programmes in the Midlands.

Job Objectives:

• Delivering Project Controls across major programmes in the Midlands
• 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
• 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 UK Infrastructure construction sector
• Skilled in oral and written communication
• Proficiency with PC operating systems, with proficiency in several basic software 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.

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

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Summary

• Type: Full-time
• Function: Engineering
• Experience level: Associate
• Industry: Construction