Project Controls Specialists (all lev...

Turner & Townsend Group; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative firm is seeking Project Controls Specialists to join its dynamic team in Newcastle upon Tyne. This role offers the opportunity to work on exciting projects while fostering a collaborative and inclusive culture. As a key player, you will tailor reporting processes, deliver performance management plans, and support the development of KPIs. You will also engage with clients, lead data analysis, and contribute to community practices. If you're passionate about project controls and eager to make a difference, this is the perfect opportunity to grow your career and enhance your skills in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in a project or programme environment is essential.
• Understanding of Project Controls and their interaction with Reporting.

Responsibilities

• Tailoring reporting processes to meet client needs and align with best practices.
• Delivering performance management plans based on project requirements.

Skills

Project Controls

Performance Reporting

Risk Management

Data Analysis

Client Management

KPI Development

Education

Experience in project/programme environment

Tools

Primavera P6

Active Risk Manager

Ecosys

Power BI

Job description

Project Controls Specialists (all levels) - Performance & Reporting

• Full-time
• Department: Infrastructure

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

Every day we help our major global clients deliver ambitious and highly technical projects, in over 130 countries worldwide.

Our team is dynamic, innovative and client-focused, supported by an inclusive and fun company culture. Our clients value our proactive approach, depth of expertise, integrity and the quality we deliver. As a result, our people get to enjoy working on some of the most exciting projects in the world.

Our PMO Yorkshire Northeast team is looking to expand its Controls community. We are a close-knit team and we’re looking to welcome passionate and ambitious candidates across all our professional, senior professional and managerial grades who will support our early careers, grow into leadership roles and bring their skills and expertise to our communities of practice, fostering our values with specific emphasis to Bringing out the best in Everyone.

With exciting growth in the region including new Major Programmes, Projects and Clients, we’re looking for flexible and mobile Planning and Scheduling / Performance Reporting / Risk Management candidates to deliver services in our local region. Travel within Yorkshire and the Northeast is required dependent on the project and can be discussed further during the recruitment process.

Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

1. Tailoring reporting processes to meet the client’s needs and aligning with best practice.
2. Delivering performance and reporting management plans for our clients based on project requirements, maturity, and best practice.
3. Promoting the benefits and requirements of Performance Reporting & Analytics within the project and programme team.
4. Implementing, administering, and maintaining reporting systems and procedures to track project controls performance.
5. Working with the Integrated Project Team to establish a robust, integrated, well-structured, accurate Performance Measurement Baseline (PMB) and support the change control process.
6. Rolling out reporting calendars to ensure a consistent drumbeat of performance data and sufficient time to assure and analyze outputs.
7. Working with project controls to define requirements and data flows for information management systems and supporting our digital teams in their implementation.
8. Leading the development, analysis and maintenance of corporate datasets.
9. Providing guidance and advice on data quality issues to a wide variety of data providers.
10. Leading material preparation for governance through projects, programmes, portfolios, and the enterprise.
11. Identifying performance recovery recommendations for relevant stakeholders and management to support effective decision making.
12. Supporting the project team to develop, embed KPIs and contribute to the development of the performance measures dictionary.
13. Developing project performance reports and dashboards, providing recommendations to relevant stakeholders and management to support effective decision making.
14. Leading preparation of presentations and other materials for client governance forums and performance reviews.
15. Contributing towards our national and regional performance & reporting communities including Communities of Practice.
16. Training and coaching clients and less experienced team members on performance and reporting management processes and practices.

Experience in a project or programme environment is essential.

An understanding of how other aspects of Project Controls (Scheduling, Cost Control, Change Control) interact with Reporting.

Demonstrable track record in identifying reporting and data requirements and documenting these using the appropriate types of tools and documentation.

Awareness of Project Controls software (Primavera P6, Active Risk Manager, Ecosys etc.) is desirable.

Experience in using data analysis tools (e.g. Power BI).

An understanding of data, data architecture and data models.

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.