Digital Project Controls Engineer - Bristol & Cardiff

Turner & Townsend; West of England; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend is seeking a Digital Project Controls Engineer to support data-driven project controls. You will work with clients across the South West (Bristol, Cardiff, and surrounding areas) to implement digital controls platforms and P3M methodologies, delivering insights and performance reports.

You will engage in workshops, data modelling, and reporting, leveraging SQL, Power BI, Tableau or Qlik, with an emphasis on robust data governance and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Gather, process, and analyse data to support project management decisions.
• Apply analytical and problem-solving skills to transform unstructured data.
• Knowledge of ETL processes, data governance, and visualization tools.
• Engage with clients to gather requirements and present findings clearly.
• Develop and maintain data models, dashboards, and reports for stakeholders.
• Ensure data accuracy and quality through checks and governance.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to assessment of client environments and discovery of digital controls needs.
• Develop and optimise project controls strategies and digital setups.
• Assist in implementing Digital Controls platform for optimized operating models.
• Support deployment of P3M methodologies and tools to fit client contexts.
• Produce client reports and deliver workshops (virtual or on-site).
• Support SOX control responsibilities where applicable.

Skills

SQL

Power BI

Tableau

Qlik

Power Query

Education

Degree in relevant discipline

Tools

SQL

Power BI

Tableau

Qlik

Power Query

Job description

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 130 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

Within the South West region of the UK, our Infrastructure team has established strong positions across the Transport and Utilities sectors. With significant growth in recent years, we are continuing to expand our presence and are looking to connect with Digital Project Controls Engineers, particularly those based in Bristol, Cardiff and the wider South West area.

We have developed a Digital Controls cloud technology platform that embeds T&T’s ways of working for project controls (as described by our Cube methodology) into software applications for portfolio, programme and project management. The platform integrates various P3M and project controls software, ultimately producing status and performance reports; providing insight and driving action to help our clients control and deliver their ever more complex portfolios of work.

We seek individuals that are passionate about developing their career by consulting for clients delivering the world’s most influential projects and programmes. We want individuals to help us setup P3M operating models focused on implementation of cutting‑edge technology to maximise successful outcomes and investment returns. We seek to prioritise sustainable solutions in line with T&T’s purpose of transforming performance for a green, inclusive and productive world.

Job Objectives:

Your role will include but is not limited to:

• Contributing to the assessment of each client environment and their current challenges and support in utilising our structured approach to discover, develop and delivera Digital Controls solution that is fit for purpose and enables the client to achieve desired outcomes and associated benefits;
• Support development, implementation and optimisation of project controls & performance related strategies and functional set-up with the digital approach;
• Support the implementation of Digital Controls platform to enable an optimised project controls & performance operating model;
• Support the Project Controls Leader to deploy established P3M methodologies, processes, tools and systems, tailoring these to suit specific circumstances and contributing to their continuous improvement and development;
• Continuously develop understanding and application of our Digital Controls platform and services;
• Produce reports to support findings and recommendations across various stages of client engagements;
• Deliver workshops in a mix of virtual and face-to-face environments with client representatives;
• Work within diverse and multi-disciplinary teams representing Turner & Townsend at both client sites as well as virtually;
• SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable;
• Possess an analytical mindset; being a confident data manipulator and presenter with tools such as Structured Query Language (SQL), Power Query/ Power BI, Tableau, Qlik etc. would be advantageous.
• Familiarity with coding and the principles of modern computer system architecture would be advantageous.

Required Experience:

Your experience will ideally cover a mixture of if not all of the required experience including:

• Gather, process, and analyse data from various sources to support construction project management and decision-making.
• Apply analytical and problem‑solving skills and techniques to effectively transform unstructured data and present it back in an informative fashion.
• Apply knowledge of data cleansing, Exact, Transform, Load (ETL) processes, database design, application, and visualization tools.
• Engage with clients to gather requirements and present findings in a clear and compelling way.
• Develop and maintain data models, dashboards, reports, and present data insights to stakeholders and internal teams.
• Ensure the accuracy and integrity of data by performing regular data quality checks and implementing data governance practices.
• Identify opportunities for process improvements and recommend data‑driven solutions to enhance project efficiency and effectiveness.
• Provide training and support to end‑users on new reports, dashboards, and data analysis tools.
• Support the running of workshops with stakeholders, defining business processes, products and service improvements, project managing the roll‑out of products/processes/services and conducting User Acceptance Testing (UAT) for continuous quality improvement exercises.
• SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.
• Possess an analytical mindset; being a confident data manipulator and presenter with tools such as Structured Query Language (SQL), Power Query/ Power BI, Tableau, Qlik etc. would be advantageous.
• Familiarity with coding and the principles of modern computer system architecture would be advantageous.

Preferred Experience:

• Possess an analytical mindset; being a confident data manipulator and presenter (SQL, Power Query/ Power BI, Tableau, Qlik etc. advantageous)
• Familiarity with coding and the principles of modern computer system architecture would be advantageous.

Qualifications

• Degree or qualification in a relevant discipline with some experience in a project control environment desirable;
• Literacy in office productivity software applications (e.g. Microsoft Office and Teams or similar) and diagramming tools such as Visio, Lucid Chart or Draw.
• Advantageous qualifications in Association of Project Managers (APM) Digital Project Controls, Project Management Institute (PMI) or similar certification.

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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