Project Controls Engineer

TURNER & TOWNSEND; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A global professional services company in Edinburgh seeks a Project Controls Engineer to join their Project Controls Team. You will handle project schedules, prepare reports, and collaborate with various teams. Ideal candidates are graduates with project management experience, strong in communication and analytical skills. The role offers an inclusive working environment and opportunities for personal growth.

Benefits

Healthy work-life balance

Inclusive working environment

Qualifications

• Experience in a project control environment.
• Proactive individual with good communication.
• Understanding of Project Controls concepts.

Responsibilities

• Collate progress data to update project schedule.
• Prepare monthly reports measuring progress.
• Support governance of Project Controls processes.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Analytical skills

Time management

Teamwork

Education

Qualified graduate in a relevant discipline

Tools

Primavera P6

Power BI

Microsoft Office Applications

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. 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

Our Edinburgh office are looking to further grow their Project Controls Team and are currently recruiting a Project Controls Engineer to support projects across a variety of sectors, including energy, renewables, defence, rail and utilities.

This is an exciting opportunity for you, as Project Controls Engineer, to be part of our successful Project Controls Team. You will have the opportunity to work with a wide range of clients to deliver best practice Controls, Planning, Analytics, and Reporting, Risk, Change, Resource and Performance Management Solutions.

As a Project Controls Engineer with a Planning bias, you will be an excellent communicator, ensuring engagement and interaction with the schedule to maintain momentum towards successful accomplishment of project objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Collating progress data from multiple teams to update project/programme schedule in Primavera P6
• Collating cost data from multiple teams to support budget requests & update cost report
• Preparing monthly reports measuring progress against baseline
• Supporting the Project Controls Manager on governance & assurance of Project Controls processes

Qualifications

• Typically, a qualified graduate in a relevant discipline with some experience in a project control environment. PCE’s should be proactive, self-starters with well-developed communication and analytical skills.
• Experience of working in a project or programme management environment, with responsibility for delivery or controls of individual projects, programmes or portfolios.
• Experience using controls/generic software applications such as Primavera (P6), Power BI, Microsoft Office Applications.
• Reliable with the ability to work autonomously and as part of a team.
• Strong time management skills, quick thinking, and ability to meet project deadlines as necessary.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills required.
• Demonstrated understanding of Project Controls concepts.

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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