Project Controls Manager - Hospital Construction

Turner & Townsend; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working environment

Opportunities for career development

Supportive team culture

Job summary

A global professional services company is seeking a Project Controls Manager for hospital construction projects in Birmingham. You will lead control functions, manage risks, and drive project delivery. The ideal candidate has proven experience in controls, proficiency with relevant software, and strong communication skills. This role promotes a flexible working environment and values diversity.

Qualifications

• Experience in large infrastructure projects.
• Ability to work both autonomously and collaboratively.
• Flexibility to travel to client sites as required.

Responsibilities

• Embed robust control processes and structures.
• Manage risk assessment processes effectively.
• Guide and influence stakeholders to achieve KPIs.
• Control costs and apply quality checks to data.

Skills

Proven experience in delivering Controls

Managing a multi-functional controls team

Proficiency with Primavera (P6)

Knowledge of engineering and construction management

Strong time management skills

Strong verbal and written communication skills

Tools

Power BI

Microsoft Office Applications

Job description

Project Controls Manager – Hospital Construction

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Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries.

We transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives by working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources. Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.

Job Description

As we mobilise for a transformative, national, major infrastructure programme we are recruiting for Project Controls Managers to work as part of our clients’ programmes and control’s function to deliver a nationwide programme of the construction of new hospitals.

The Project Planner will work on high‑profile hospital construction projects throughout the UK, providing performance reporting and analysis support.

You will be working collaboratively across the programme 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 in delivering Controls in a major project/programme environment
• Experience in managing a multi-functional controls team
• Proficiency with controls/ general software applications such as Primavera (P6), Power BI, Microsoft Office Applications.
• Knowledge of engineering, procurement, contracts, construction, and start-up work processes.
• Knowledge of engineering and construction management
• Experience of 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 and have the ability to work independently.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills required
• Flexible with regards to travel, even with increased levels of remote working, we still need people who are 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 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. Please find out more about us at www.turnerandtownsend.com. SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

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