Project Controls Specialists (all lev...

Turner & Townsend Group; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking Project Controls Specialists to join their dynamic team in Sheffield. This role offers a unique opportunity to work on ambitious projects while supporting clients in achieving their goals. You will be responsible for tailoring reporting processes, implementing performance management plans, and leading the development of corporate datasets. Ideal candidates will have experience in project environments, a solid understanding of Project Controls, and a passion for data analysis. Join a company committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture, where your contributions will help shape the future of project delivery.

Qualifications

• Experience in project/programme environments is essential.
• Understanding of Project Controls and their interaction with Reporting.

Responsibilities

• Tailoring reporting processes to meet client needs and best practices.
• Implementing and maintaining reporting systems to track project performance.
• Developing project performance reports and dashboards for stakeholders.

Skills

Project Controls

Performance Reporting

Risk Management

Data Analysis

Stakeholder Management

Education

Experience in a project/programme environment

Understanding of Project Controls

Tools

Primavera P6

Active Risk Manager

Power BI

Ecosys

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 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.

Working alongside project delivery teams as part of a wider reporting & performance management team or independently with reach back support to experienced performance & reporting professionals, responsibilities will include, but are not limited to, the following:

1. Tailoring reporting processes to meet the client’s needs and aligning with best practice.
2. Deliver to 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. Roll out reporting calendars to ensure a consistent drumbeat of performance data and sufficient time to assure and analyse outputs.
7. Work with project controls to define requirements and data flows for information management systems and supporting our digital teams in their implementation.
8. Lead the development, analysis and maintenance of corporate datasets.
9. Provide guidance and advice on data quality issues to a wide variety of data providers.
10. Lead material preparation for governance through projects, programmes, portfolios and the enterprise.
11. Identify performance recovery recommendations for relevant stakeholders and management to support effective decision making.
12. Support the project team develop, embed KPIs and contributes 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. Lead preparation of presentations and other materials for client governance forums and performance reviews.
15. Contribute 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.

Minimum Requirements:

1. Experience in a project or programme environment is essential.
2. An understanding of how other aspects of Project Controls (Scheduling, Cost Control, Change Control) interact with Reporting.
3. Demonstrable track record in identifying reporting and data requirements and documenting these using the appropriate types of tools and documentation.
4. Awareness of Project Controls software (Primavera P6, Active Risk Manager, Ecosys etc) is desirable.
5. Experience in using data analysis tools (e.g. Power BI).
6. 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.