Project Controls Manager - Energy & Renewables

Turner & Townsend Plc.; Ipswich; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working environment

Health and productivity support

Job summary

Turner & Townsend Plc. is seeking a Project Controls Manager specializing in Energy & Renewables to lead cross-discipline teams delivering project controls services. You will ensure effective governance and management of complex projects to meet client objectives, delivering to time and quality standards.

The role requires significant experience in project controls, excellent leadership, and user competence in tools such as Primavera P6. A flexible working environment promotes a healthy work-life balance.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in Project Controls across multiple projects.
• Strong knowledge of project controls software.
• Ability to influence and motivate a team in a diverse environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-discipline teams of project controls professionals.
• Define and implement governance and assurance processes.
• Train and coach clients and team members on processes.

Skills

Project Controls disciplines

Leadership skills

Excellent communication skills

Stakeholder management

Risk decision making

Education

Membership in a relevant professional body

Tools

Primavera P6

Active Risk Manager

Ecosys

Job description

Project Controls Manager - Energy & Renewables

• Full‑time
• Department: Energy and natural resources

Main Purpose of the Role

A Project Controls Manager (PCM) will lead cross‑discipline teams of project controls professionals to deliver effective, consistent, assured and value‑adding project controls services to our nuclear client across diverse and complex programmes. In leading the team, they will be responsible for defining and delivering performance management cadences on complex projects/programmes along with all associated processes and reports. They are accountable for maintaining robust planning and project controls deliverables that provide our clients with accurate data to drive management decisions. They will play a key role in ensuring that client objectives are met and that projects are delivered to time and cost targets and the appropriate quality standards.

Key Accountabilities

• Lead cross‑discipline teams of project controls professionals to drive delivery of robust and effective project controls services and continuous improvement in project controls processes.
• Create efficiency and increase benefits to our nuclear client by defining and implementing project controls approaches across the project, programme and portfolio levels to allow effective decision making at all levels.
• Define and implement effective governance and assurance processes around project controls products.
• Adhere to NEC or FIDIC contract processes for management of project controls data and deliverables.
• Work with our client to develop relevant breakdown structures, support scope definitions, and in turn project controls products with the professionals and senior professionals in their team.
• Define scaled, tailored and integrated approaches for project controls and document these (for example in a Project Control System Definition).
• Define the scope through the identification and management of exclusions, assumptions, interfaces, and dependencies, and coordinate the scope’s decomposition.
• Work with the Integrated Project Team to establish a robust, accurate Performance Measurement Baseline and manage the change control process.
• Work with Project and Commercial Management to establish the Supplier Project Controls contract requirements, and then collaborate with suppliers to integrate and analyse their performance data.
• Ensure scope, cost, risk and schedule integration and alignment, and analyse performance data to provide delivery insight and facilitate delivery decisions.
• Train and coach client team and less experienced project team members on performance and reporting management processes and practices.
• Assure the quality, accuracy, and integrity of the Project Controls team’s output.
• Undertake line management activities including career development and performance management.
• Interact with Senior Management / Leadership members when delivering updates on Performance Management within a complex project/programme environment.
• Guide the team on appropriate use of systems and tools (such as Primavera P6, Power Bi, Excel) in relation to Performance Management, Analysis & Reporting.
• Work to make positive change happen by embracing challenges and opportunities for our client.
• Effectively connect and communicate with people to collaborate to deliver our best work.
• Bring out the best in everyone by helping the team in making the most of their potential through proactive collaboration and effective teamworking, working with empathy and treating everyone with care and respect.

Qualifications & Requirements

• Significant experience in the application of several Project Controls disciplines (Planning, Cost Estimation, Cost Management, Risk Management or Reporting) across multiple projects in one or more sectors throughout the entire Project lifecycle.
• Strong knowledge and proficiency with various project controls specific software packages and can coordinate and work with other teams using multidisciplinary knowledge.
• Strong communicator, able to demonstrate leadership behaviours with the ability to influence, manage, motivate, coach and develop a team by fostering a diverse and inclusive environment.
• Ability to obtain BPSS level security clearance.
• Member of a relevant professional body (e.g., Association for Project Management, Project Management Institute).
• Practical experience of integrating Project Controls disciplines and ability to assess the maturity of a team and ways of working.
• Experience in using Project Controls software such as Primavera P6, Active Risk Manager, Ecosys, etc.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to make risk‑based decisions where parameters are unclear and judgement is needed.
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to mobilise, inspire and lead by example.
• Strong stakeholder management experience.
• Ability to navigate through conflict situations and defuse tension.
• Desire to work across all energy streams including conventional Oil & Gas, renewables, nuclear, carbon capture and Hydrogen production schemes.
• Responsible for maintaining robust planning and project controls deliverables and ensuring data‑driven decision making.

Requirements

• Present in the client office in Sizewell or Ipswich for 3 days per week.

Benefits and Working Environment

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.

Equal Opportunity Employer

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.

Compliance

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