Planning Engineer (Life Sciences/Pharma/Data Centres)

Turner & Townsend Group; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in professional services seeks an experienced Project Controls Professional to oversee cost and schedule baselines, ensuring project delivery within quality and budget constraints. The role involves collaboration with remote teams and managing procurement schedules. Ideal candidates will have expertise in life sciences or data centres, strong analytical skills, and a commitment to client satisfaction.

Benefits

Work-life balance

Flexible environment

Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Qualifications

• Proven experience in project controls across all project phases.
• Ability to analyze data and determine corrective actions.

Responsibilities

• Identify trends and root causes of deviations.
• Lead evaluation of project’s time, cost, and quality targets.
• Serve as the primary client contact to resolve delivery issues.

Skills

Project Controls

Data Analysis

MS Office

Primavera P6

Time Management

Teamwork

Job description

Company Description

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. Our partnership approach enables us to deliver impactful projects and programmes, turning challenges into opportunities 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. Turner & Townsend and CBRE collaborate to provide clients with premier programme, project, and cost management services globally.

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

Job Objectives

As an experienced Project Controls Professional in life sciences or data centres, you will establish processes, templates, and tools, and agree on the baseline for cost and schedule. You will monitor performance, incorporate risks, opportunities, and changes in a controlled manner. Your responsibilities include:

• Identifying trends and root causes of deviations, recommending remedial actions to maximize value for the client.
• Leading evaluation of project’s time, cost, and quality targets, applying governance controls for successful delivery.
• Collaborating with remote cost management teams to establish a market-tested cost baseline and ensure value for money.
• Guiding and influencing general contractors to progress according to schedule and within cash flow parameters.
• Serving as the primary client contact to resolve delivery and commercial issues and preparing reports on time, cost, and quality.
• Controlling costs through conceptual estimating, funding stage gates, contingency principles, and procurement principles.
• Creating or working within cost reports and summarizing financials in executive dashboards.
• Understanding and leading change management processes, tracking, and monitoring changes.
• Coordinating planning sessions to develop master schedules, baselines, and critical paths.
• Managing procurement schedules and communicating priorities for materials and equipment.
• Collaborating with clients to define vendor schedule requirements.
• Participating in risk evaluations and integrating risks into Monte Carlo simulations for project impacts.
• Monitoring project changes and communicating updates for approval processes.
• Ensuring vendors update schedules timely and accurately, adhering to process and quality standards.

Qualifications

Skills Required

• Proven experience in project controls across all project phases, especially in life sciences or data centre sectors.
• Ability to analyze data, determine corrective actions, and evaluate information critically.
• Advanced skills in MS Office and Primavera P6.
• Commitment to excellent service delivery.
• Reliability, autonomy, and teamwork skills.
• Strong time management, quick thinking, and deadline-oriented.
• Highly motivated with a passion for client satisfaction and independent work capability.

Additional Information

Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We offer a great workplace where everyone can influence change.

We support work-life balance by promoting a healthy, productive, and flexible environment.

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer, celebrating diversity and fostering an inclusive environment. We encourage applications from all community sectors.

Role may include SOX control responsibilities where applicable.

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