Associate Director, Project Controls, Infrastructure

Turner Townsend; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A major project management consultancy in the UK is seeking project professionals skilled in digital transformation within the infrastructure, real estate, energy, and defence sectors. Ideal candidates will assess client challenges, implement P3M methodologies, and support project management initiatives. This role involves working in diverse teams and engaging in business generation activities. The position requires strong experience in project management and stakeholder engagement, making it crucial for transforming client practices.

Qualifications

• Experience on major capital programmes or large portfolios in relevant sectors.
• Proficiency in assessing client requirements and current challenges.
• Ability to implement and refine P3M methodologies and processes.

Responsibilities

• Assess current challenges and determine client requirements.
• Implement or refine established P3M methodologies.
• Direct technology suppliers and lead digital implementation teams.
• Embed changes in client enterprises.
• Produce documents and deliverables to support findings.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder engagement

Digital transformation

P3M methodologies

Advisory services improvement

Education

Relevant degree or equivalent experience

Job description

You are a project professional with experience on major capital programmes or large portfolios in the infrastructure, real estate, energy & natural resources or defence market sectors. Our clients are 'project enterprises', invested in the delivery of a broad range of physical assets e.g. railways, airports (infrastructure), data centres, manufacturing facilities (real estate), offshore wind turbines, mines (energy & natural resources), naval ships (defence). You want to transform our clients' approach to project-programme-portfolio management (P3M) by implementing digital solutions. You will combine your knowledge of establishing project 'ways of working' with your awareness of P3M solutions to maximise successful outcomes and investment returns for our clients. We are seeking to recruit talented individuals at consultant/ senior consultant/ principal consultant grades, who feel their experience and capabilities could support digital transformations for our clients by implementing and integrating applications and data to support robust project management and project controls. As part of our team you will be expected to:

• Assess current challenges and determine client requirements;
• Implement or refine established P3M methodologies, processes, data structures, tools and systems that enables the client to achieve desired project outcomes;
• Direct technology suppliers and lead digital implementation teams to establish client capability;
• Embed changes in client enterprises by supporting stakeholder engagement and business readiness activities;
• Continuously improve our advisory services;
• Produce documents/ deliverables and reports to support findings and recommendations across various stages of client engagements;
• Work within diverse and multi-disciplinary teams representing Turner & Townsend at both client sites and virtually;
• Participate in various business generation activities such as bids, proposals etc. and work closely alongside senior management and the wider Turner & Townsend team;
• Support marketing and social media campaigns (employee advocacy) where appropriate