Project Controls Engineer - Defence

Turnertownsend; West of England; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend is seeking a Project Controls Engineer in the UK to lead specific workstreams within a cross-disciplinary Project Controls team. You will define scope, establish a robust performance baseline, and coordinate change control, with strong focus on EV management and financial integration.

The role requires sole UK national status and eligibility for UK MoD Security Clearance (SC). A proactive, communicative mindset and the ability to influence stakeholders are essential.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering projects across project controls disciplines.
• Defining scope with exclusions, assumptions, interfaces and dependencies.
• Establishing and maintaining a robust Performance Measurement Baseline and change control.
• Collaborating with suppliers to analyse project performance data.
• Supporting scope, cost, risk and schedule integration.
• Analyzing performance data including Earned Value Management for decisions.
• Liaising with Finance for prospective financial positions.
• Supporting effective risk management and treatment.
• Deploying resources to align with resource-loaded schedules.
• Ensuring output quality and data integrity.
• Communicating delivery performance and influencing stakeholders.
• Promoting learning and process improvements.

Responsibilities

• Workstreams leadership within a cross-discipline Project Controls team.
• Contribute to scope definition and WBS development.
• Support creation of robust baselines and change control processes.
• Analyse project performance data and provide insights for decisions.
• Collaborate with suppliers on contractual performance reporting.
• Support risk, cost, and schedule integration and reporting.
• Coordinate with Finance on cash flow and Estimate To Complete profiles.
• Assist Project Managers with resource deployment and monitoring.

Skills

Planning & Scheduling

Cost Estimation

Cost Control

Risk Management

Performance Reporting

Earned Value Management

Stakeholder Communication

Security Clearance

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

Job description

Important: Before applying, due to the sensitive nature of these projects, you must be a SOLE UK National who is able to achieve and maintain UK MoD Security Clearance (SC). See Security Clearance Section.

As a Project Controls Engineer, you will have experience of:

• Working within and leading on specific workstreams within a cross-discipline Project Controls team.
• Contributing to project the scope definition through the use of exclusions, assumptions, interfaces, and dependencies, and coordinating the scope's decomposition to enable the establishment of a Work Breakdown Structure.
• Working with the Integrated Project Team to support the establishment a robust, accurate Performance Measurement Baseline and manage the change control process.
• Supporting collaboration with suppliers to integrate and analyse project performance data in accordance with Supplier Project Controls contractual requirements.
• Supporting scope, cost, risk and schedule integration and alignment.
• Supporting the analysis of performance data, including Earned Value Management, to provide insight and to facilitate delivery decisions.
• Supporting the liaison with Finance to generate relevant prospective financial positions, including Cash Estimate to Complete and Estimate At Complete profiles.
• Supporting effective risk management through the appropriate identification, quantification, treatment and oversight of project risk.
• Supporting Project Managers in the deployment of resource in-line with the resource-loaded schedules.
• Assuring the quality, accuracy, and integrity of your output.
• Working with the Integrated Project Team to communicate and contextualise delivery performance and influence stakeholders.
• Promoting learning from experience and influencing process improvements.

As a Project Controls Engineer, you will;

• Have experience of delivering projects.
• Have Project Controls experience across a one or more stages within the Project lifecycle.
• Have experience in the application of one or more Project Controls disciplines, including Planning and Scheduling, Cost Estimation, Cost Control, Risk Management or Performance Reporting and their associated software / tools.
• Have a basic understanding of the way in which the Integrated Project Controls disciplines operate.
• Hold a proactive, curious and 'can-do' attitude, as well as being an individual who is comfortable in uncertain and unclear project environments.
• Be a good communicator with ability to influence outcomes.
• Have a passion to build a community and support network beyond your delivery role.
• Have an undergraduate degree in a relevant technical or management field or suitable equivalent qualifications and experience.
• Hold or are working towards holding membership of a relevant professional body e.g. Association for Project Management, Project Management Institute.
• Be competent in using the software needed to perform the role.
• Have a desire to work within various sectors and with a range of clients

Security Clearance

Important: Before applying, due to the sensitive nature of these projects, you must be a Sole UK National who is able to achieve and maintain UK MoD Security Clearance (SC).

Many of the clients and projects we support are subject to MoD security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your placeof birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

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, such as to current processes through networks such as our maternity steering groups.

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 and working parents.

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and have active networks who are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community. Our "One Employee Network (OEN)" is a unified umbrella, developed to influence, champion and support Turner & Townsend's ambition to become a more diverse, equitable and inclusive organization. As well as advocating for employees that identify with specific groups and communities, our networks such as but not limited to DE&I, Unity, Womens Network, Wellbeing, Military, Parents and Carers enhance and share best practice and encourage dialogue across our business.

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