Project Controls Manager - New Hospital Programme

Turner & Townsend; City Of London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A global consulting firm is seeking a Project Controls Manager to lead delivery on high-profile hospital construction projects in the UK. The role involves managing controls for significant projects, coordinating teams, and ensuring effective stakeholder communication. Candidates should have experience in project environments and proficiency with software like Primavera and Power BI. This position involves flexible travel and offers opportunities for professional growth.

Qualifications

• Experience in managing a multi-functional controls team.
• Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team.
• Flexibility with regards to travel as required.

Responsibilities

• Embed a robust breakdown structure for project controls.
• Coordinate and lead estimating sessions for cost baselines.
• Manage the risk management process for cost and schedule predictability.

Skills

Proven experience in delivering Controls in a major project/programme environment

Proficiency with controls/ general software applications such as Primavera (P6)

Strong verbal and written communication skills required

Strong time management skills

Knowledge of engineering, procurement, contracts

Tools

Primavera (P6)

Power BI

Microsoft Office Applications

Job description

Overview

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Company Description

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries. Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people's lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world's most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success. Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions. We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world's largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world. Please visit our website: Turner & Townsend values inclusion and equal opportunity across all roles.

Job Description

We have recently been appointed as the Joint Health Delivery Partner (HDP) for the New Hospitals Programme for the NHS. As we mobilise for this transformative, national, major infrastructure programme we are recruiting for Project Controls Managers to work as part of the HDP's programmes and control's function. 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

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. SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable. The company is an equal opportunity employer and seeks applicants from all backgrounds.