Project Controls Engineer

Turner & Townsend; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working environment

Healthy work-life balance

Job summary

A global professional services company is seeking a Project Controls Engineer for its Glasgow office. This role is vital in supporting energy, renewables, and other projects through effective planning, analytics, and performance management. The ideal candidate will be a qualified graduate with experience in project control environments, proficient in Primavera P6 and Power BI. Strong communication and time management skills are essential for success in this role, which emphasizes both teamwork and autonomy.

Qualifications

• Experience in a project control environment is preferred.
• Experience in a project or programme management environment.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Collate progress data to update the project/programme schedule.
• Collect cost data to support budget requests and update reports.
• Prepare monthly reports measuring progress against baseline.

Skills

Project Control

Data Collation

Time Management

Communication

Autonomy and Teamwork

Education

Qualified graduate with relevant discipline

Tools

Primavera P6

Power BI

Microsoft Office Applications

Job description

Project Controls Engineer – Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries. We transform real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources projects by delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.

Job Overview

Our Glasgow office is looking to grow its Project Controls Team. This role supports projects across energy, renewables, defence, rail and utilities by delivering best‑practice Controls, Planning, Analytics, Reporting, Risk, Change, Resource and Performance Management solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Collate progress data from multiple teams to update the project/programme schedule in Primavera P6
• Collect cost data from multiple teams to support budget requests and update cost reports
• Prepare monthly reports measuring progress against baseline
• Support the Project Controls Manager on governance and assurance of Project Controls processes

Qualifications

• Qualified graduate with relevant discipline; experience in a project control environment is preferred
• Experience in a project or programme management environment with responsibility for delivery or controls of individual projects, programmes or portfolios
• Proficiency using controls and general software applications such as Primavera (P6), Power BI, Microsoft Office Applications
• Reliable, able to work autonomously and as part of a team
• Strong time‑management skills and ability to meet project deadlines as necessary
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Demonstrated understanding of Project Controls concepts

Additional Information

We provide a great place to work where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change. We support a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work‑life balance.

Equal Opportunity

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.

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