Project Controls Manager

Turner & Townsend Plc.; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working environment

Opportunity for career advancement

Commitment to work-life balance

Job summary

Turner & Townsend Plc. is seeking a Project Controls Manager in Newcastle upon Tyne to lead a multi-functional team on major construction projects across the UK. This role involves managing the risk process, coordinating estimating sessions, and ensuring cost control to drive successful project outcomes.

Ideal candidates will have proven experience in project controls, strong time-management skills, and be proficient in software such as Primavera (P6) and Power BI. The position promotes a healthy work-life balance and values diversity and inclusion.

Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering Controls in a major project/programme environment.
• Experience managing a multi-functional controls team.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills required.

Responsibilities

• Lead a multi-functional Project Controls team.
• Coordinate estimating sessions to establish a market-tested cost baseline.
• Manage the risk management process for cost and schedule predictability.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Time management

Primavera (P6)

Power BI

Microsoft Office

Tools

Primavera (P6)

Power BI

Microsoft Office Applications

Job description

At Turner & Townsend we are passionate about making a difference. That means delivering better outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realise their potential, and doing our part to create a prosperous society.

For over 75 years we have been helping our clients deliver on their objectives. Our success at realising outcomes for clients has resulted in significant growth and we are now facing a new wave of growth to achieve our ambitious 2025 vision. To reach this goal, we need great people who are passionate about both delivering great outcomes to our clients and contributing to our future vision. This is made entirely possible through our entrepreneurial culture, allowing employees of all levels to directly influence the business and to own their career.

Job Description

Turner & Townsend currently have a number of exciting opportunities for Project Controls Managers to support major construction projects in the UK to lead a multi-functional Project Controls team, working collaboratively with the client’s Project Manager and supply chain to provide a realistic baseline and embed effective controls to monitor progress, manage issues and mitigate slippage to drive delivery and enable successful project outcomes.

Key Accountabilities

• Embed a robust breakdown structure, integrating the data from each of the controls functions.
• Coordinate and lead estimating sessions to reach an agreed, market tested cost baseline with a focus on value for money and budget realism.
• Coordinate and lead planning sessions and workshops to compile the master project/programme schedule baseline, ensuring an achievable duration.
• Understand procurement principals, collating lead times within the schedule to communicate the prioritisation of ordering materials and equipment to meet scheduled install dates.
• Manage the risk management process, including being responsible for qualitative and quantitative assessments to support cost and schedule predictability.
• Stakeholder management ensuring all key stakeholders sign off the baseline and have visibility of regular progress updates.
• Embed a robust update process, ensuring schedule, interfaces, cost, risk and changes are managed effectively.
• Guide and influence the principal contractor and client, working with them to drive delivery and achieve schedule and cash flow KPI’s.
• Control costs with your knowledge of conceptual estimating, funding stage gates, basic contingency principals, procurement principals.
• Control the master program applying quality checks to updates from the client and principal contractor.
• Lead the change management process and workflow, providing a platform for adding/ tracking/ monitoring/ approving change in a timely fashion.
• Identify trends and root causes of deviations against the baseline using lead and lag indicators, effectively reporting any remedial actions in order to drive best value for the client.

Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering Controls in a major project/programme environment.
• Experience in managing a multi-functional controls team.
• Proficiency with controls and general software applications such as Primavera (P6), Power BI, Microsoft Office Applications.
• Knowledge of engineering, procurement, contracts, construction and start‑up work processes.
• Experience leading collaborative workshops.
• 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.
• Highly motivated and driven with a passion for delivering to your clients.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills required.
• Flexible with regards to travel; willing to travel to client sites as required.

Additional Information

Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity 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.