Director, Project Controls - Infrastructure

Turner & Townsend; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend is recruiting a Director, Project Controls for major infrastructure programmes in the UK. The role demands end-to-end controls leadership across schedule, cost, risk and change to deliver projects on time and within budget.

The successful candidate will guide senior stakeholders, mentor a team of specialists, and drive performance improvements using KPI-driven controls in a complex, multi-project environment.

Qualifications

• Degree in a relevant technical field and management qualifications.
• Experience in planning & scheduling and cost management on major projects.
• Experience in risk management, change control, information management, and reporting.
• Ability to mentor and develop junior staff.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Deliver end-to-end project controls services for large, complex projects.
• Monitor performance using KPIs to drive project improvements.
• Lead multiple project controls functions: risk, schedule, cost, scope and change.
• Interface with senior stakeholders to ensure objectives meet time, cost and quality targets.
• Support PMO project controls service development and delivery.
• Ensure projects are delivered to required quality, on time and within budget.
• Align project controls with client objectives.

Skills

Planning & scheduling

Cost management

Risk management

Change control

Team leadership

Communication skills

Education

Relevant technical degree

Management qualifications

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.