Director, Project Controls - Infrastructure

Turner & Townsend; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend is seeking a Director of Project Controls for infrastructure projects in the UK. You will lead end to end project controls delivery across risk, schedule, cost and change, guiding senior stakeholders and coordinating a team of specialists.

You will drive performance through KPI tracking, reporting, and PMO collaboration while ensuring delivery within time and budget constraints on major infrastructure programmes.

Qualifications

• Recent degree in a technical field with management qualifications and proven project controls experience on construction infrastructure.
• Experience in planning & scheduling, cost management, risk management and reporting on complex projects.
• Ability to lead and mentor a team of specialists and communicate with senior stakeholders.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Deliver end to end project controls services for large, complex infrastructure projects.
• Monitor and apply performance management techniques and KPIs to improve project performance.
• Lead and manage multiple project controls functions including risk, schedule, cost, scope and change.
• Influence senior stakeholders to improve performance and outcomes.
• Act as the day-to-day project team interface to meet client objectives within time and cost targets and quality standards.
• Support the PMO centre of expertise in developing and implementing project controls.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder communication

Planning & scheduling

Cost management

Risk management

Mentoring

Verbal communication

Team coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical field

Tools

PMO

Job description

Director, Project Controls - Infrastructure

• Full-time
• Department: Infrastructure

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.

We have a number of exciting opportunities for Director level Project Controls professionals to help deliver across a range of major infrastructure projects and programmes across the UK. Owing to the complex nature of the works involved, these roles will suit Project Controls specialists with proven backgrounds and experience in sectors such as rail, aviation, power, water/utilities, highways or defence.

• To deliver project controls services, taking responsibility for end to end service delivery, relating to large, complex and mega projects.
• Monitor and apply performance management techniques, including the use of KPI's to improve project performance.
• Lead and Manage Multiple project controls functions including; risk management, schedule management, cost management, scope and change.
• Influence and guide to senior stake holders to improve performance
• To act as the key, day to day project team interface, ensuring that client objectives are met and these projects are delivered within time and cost targets and to the appropriate quality standards.
• Involvement in technical services delivery including supporting the centre of expertise in developing and implementing the PMO project controls service.
• Projects are managed to the right quality standards and are completed efficiently, on time and to budget.
• Project controls delivery meets the client’s objectives and is in line with the conditions of appointment.

• Relevant technical degree and management qualifications. Professional experience undertaking project control roles for the development and/or delivery of construction projects.
• Experience working within planning & scheduling, cost management.
• Experience of risk management, change control information management and reporting within complex projects, and integration of same.
• The ability to manage and mentor a team of specialists in the above fields, enabling strong training and development for junior staff members.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

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.

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