Project Controls Manager (Industrial, Sciences & Technology)

Turner Townsend; Hartford; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading project management firm is seeking experienced Project Controls Professionals to join their team in the United Kingdom. The role involves leading a multi-functional team to implement project controls, ensuring effective cost and risk management while collaborating with stakeholders. Ideal candidates will have a proven track record in project delivery, strong analytical skills, and the ability to communicate effectively across various levels of stakeholders. This position offers a dynamic work environment and the opportunity to drive successful project outcomes.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in project controls, planning, and risk management.
• Ability to lead multi-functional teams effectively.

Responsibilities

• Embed a robust breakdown structure integrating data from controls functions.
• Coordinate estimating sessions to establish a cost baseline.
• Manage the risk process for cost and schedule predictability.

Skills

Project management

Risk management

Stakeholder management

Cost control

Planning

Job description

We are hiring Project Controls Professionals (Planners, Controls & Risk) with proven experience of delivery across these areas. You will lead a multi-functional Project Controls team, working collaboratively with the clients 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.,

• 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 work flow, 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, reporting effectively any remedial actions in order to drive best value for the client.