Planning Engineer (Life Sciences/Pharma/Data Centres)

TN United Kingdom; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Ein etabliertes Unternehmen sucht einen erfahrenen Projektsteuerungsprofi für die Bereiche Life Sciences und Rechenzentren. In dieser spannenden Rolle sind Sie verantwortlich für die Entwicklung und Überwachung von Prozessen, Vorlagen und Tools, um die Projektziele in Bezug auf Zeit, Kosten und Qualität zu erreichen. Sie arbeiten eng mit einem internationalen Team zusammen, um sicherzustellen, dass die Projekte erfolgreich und effizient umgesetzt werden. Wenn Sie eine Leidenschaft für exzellenten Service haben und in einem dynamischen Umfeld arbeiten möchten, ist dies die perfekte Gelegenheit für Sie.

Qualifications

• Erfahrung in der Projektsteuerung in allen Phasen des Projektlebenszyklus.
• Fähigkeit, Korrekturmaßnahmen basierend auf Daten zu bestimmen.

Responsibilities

• Überwachung der Projektleistung und Anpassung an Veränderungen.
• Leitung von Planungssitzungen zur Erstellung des Projektzeitplans.

Skills

Projektsteuerung

MS Office

Primavera P6

Zeitmanagement

Analytische Fähigkeiten

Teamarbeit

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Client:

Turner & Townsend

Location:

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Job Category:

-

EU work permit required:

Yes

Job Reference:

71bf493d4088

Job Views:

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Posted:

24.04.2025

Expiry Date:

08.06.2025

Job Description:

Turner & Townsend are leaders in professional services to the Data Centres, Life Sciences, Pharma, R&D facilities, Industrial, Manufacturing, Distribution & Logistics sectors globally.

Job Objectives

As an experienced Project Controls Professional in life sciences or data centres, you will establish the required processes, templates, and tools, and agree the baseline for cost and schedule, whilst monitoring performance against it and incorporating the impacts of risk, opportunities, and change in a controlled manner. In order to do this, you will:

• Identify trends and root causes of deviations against the baseline using lead and lag indicators, recommend remedial actions to drive best value for the client.
• Lead the evaluation of the project’s time, cost, and quality targets, applying governance controls as necessary to enable successful delivery.
• Cooperate with a remote team of cost managers responsible for reaching an agreed, market-tested cost baseline and ensuring the client is receiving value for money.
• Guide and influence the general contractor, ensuring they are progressing in line with the schedule and within agreed cash flow parameters.
• Act as the key point of contact to the client, overcoming delivery and commercial issues, and preparing formal and ad hoc reports focusing on time, cost, and quality targets.
• Control costs with knowledge of conceptual estimating, funding stage gates, basic contingency principles, procurement principles.
• Create and/or work within a cost report, summarizing financials in an executive-level dashboard.
• Understand change management principles, lead the agreed change management process, and work flow, providing a platform for adding, tracking, monitoring, and approving change.
• Coordinate and lead planning sessions and workshops with clients and vendors to compile the master project/program schedule, agreeing baselines and a critical path.
• Understand procurement principles, collate lead times from vendors and the client into the master schedule, and communicate the prioritization of ordering materials and equipment to meet scheduled install dates.
• Work closely with the client to define vendor schedule requirements.
• Actively participate in project team risk evaluations, incorporating the defined risks into Monte Carlo simulations to output quantitative impacts to the overall project cost and schedule.
• Work closely with the project team to stay informed on the status of project changes, incorporating and communicating these to the project team to allow for approvals in the change management process.
• Hold vendors accountable for required schedule updates and reporting to maintain timely and accurate updates of the master schedule, ensuring adherence to the defined process and quality expectations.

Skills Required

• Proven experience in project controls coordination in all phases of the project lifecycle, including program, risk, and reporting, with specialist life sciences or data center sector experience.
• Demonstrated ability to determine corrective actions or recommendations based on facts and figures, critically evaluating information and data from various sources.
• Advanced skills in MS Office and Primavera P6.
• A commitment to providing excellent service.
• Reliability with the ability to work autonomously and as part of a team.
• Strong time management skills, quick thinking, and the ability to meet project deadlines as necessary.
• Highly motivated and driven, with a passion for delivering to clients and the ability to work independently.

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

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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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