Project Controls Engineer - Construction (Life Sciences)

Turner & Townsend Plc.; Manchester; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Project Planning Specialist to join their dynamic team in Manchester. This role involves analyzing project schedules, coordinating multiple sources of data, and implementing effective planning strategies for large-scale construction projects. You will work closely with project teams to ensure timely delivery and optimal resource allocation. The company promotes a healthy work-life balance and values diversity, offering a supportive environment where your contributions make a real impact. If you are passionate about project management and eager to be part of transformative projects, this opportunity is for you.

Benefits

Flexible working environment

Health and wellness programs

Opportunities for professional development

Qualifications

• Experience coordinating schedule performance data into a master schedule.
• Expertise in using project scheduling tools like MS Project and Primavera P6.

Responsibilities

• Analyze project schedules and propose corrective actions for delays.
• Prepare resourcing plans and ensure schedule accuracy across projects.

Skills

Project Scheduling

Risk Analysis

Communication Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or related field

Tools

MS Project

Primavera P6

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

• Full-time

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.

Our award-winning controls & performance team require a project planning specialist to aid in the delivery of new and exciting construction projects in the Northwest.

The Planner function includes advanced planning, scheduling, progress measurement & change management implementation. A thorough understanding is required of policies, methods, and procedures that includes advanced Planning and Scheduling techniques, Risk Analysis, Risk Management, and support of project objectives. The Planner will provide expertise and best practice implementation in the workplace for the region with regard to the planning and scheduling discipline.

The role:

• Analyze deviations from the baseline in the Project Master schedule highlighting bottlenecks / delays and propose corrective actions.
• Implement Project Planning/Scheduling strategy, plans and procedures, reflecting both Company and contractor roles, responsibilities and expectations.
• Coordinate the development and implementation of project Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) and Cost Breakdown Structures (CBS) in conjunction with Project Lead, Project Cost Engineer and Contractor project controls leads, and in conjunction with Project Execution Plans.
• Support the Project Team in the implementation of an integrated enterprise based, cross functional and EPC master schedule program.
• Preparing Staffing, Engineering, Construction progress and customized reports.
• Perform Critical Path Analysis.
• Perform probabilistic analysis on integrated schedules and contractor schedules.
• Conduct the required project schedule analysis, critical path analysis and schedule risk analysis for the project as a whole.
• Prepare the Integrated Planning / Scheduling contribution to the Monthly Project Report and specific reports / presentations.
• Analyze and highlight the overall schedule impact of any variance / change order.
• Prepare resourcing plans for the overall and individual project phases, identifying any excessive peak numbers and making recommendations for peak leveling.
• Ensure that schedule related data from vendors, suppliers, engineering and construction contractors of actual projects is provided as feedback into the planning and scheduling systems.
• Ensure the accuracy and completeness of the schedules produced, maintaining independence as a planning engineer when advising on issues requiring judgment.
• Ability to balance multiple projects executed in multiple locations and by multiple contractors.

Qualifications

• Experience in coordinating multiple sources of schedule performance data into a master schedule platform and deliver project status reports required for large scale projects.
• Expert experience level using project scheduling tools (MS Project, Primavera P6), Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Develops good working relationships with project team.

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.

SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

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