Project Controls Specialists (all levels) - Performance & Reporting

Turner & Townsend; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking Project Controls Specialists to join their expanding team in the Midlands. This role offers a unique opportunity to work on major programmes and projects, focusing on performance reporting and risk management. As part of a close-knit team, you will tailor reporting processes, implement systems, and provide valuable insights to support decision-making. If you have a passion for project controls and a desire to grow into leadership roles, this position is perfect for you. Join a company that values diversity and fosters an inclusive environment while making a significant impact in the industry.

Qualifications

• Experience in a project or programme environment is essential.
• Awareness of Project Controls software is desirable.
• Demonstrable track record in identifying reporting requirements.

Responsibilities

• Tailoring reporting processes to meet client needs and best practices.
• Implementing and maintaining reporting systems to track performance.
• Leading development of project performance reports and dashboards.

Skills

Project Controls

Performance Reporting

Risk Management

Data Analysis

Communication Skills

Education

Experience in a project or programme environment

Tools

Primavera P6

Active Risk Manager

Ecosys

Power BI

Job description

Project Controls Specialists (all levels) - Performance & Reporting

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. 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. Please visit our website: www.turnerandtownsend.com

Job Description
Our PMO Midlands 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 the Midlands is required, dependent on the project.

Responsibilities

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

• Tailoring reporting processes to meet the client’s needs and aligning with best practice.
• Deliver to performance and reporting management plans for our clients based on project requirements, maturity, and best practice.
• Promoting the benefits and requirements of Performance Reporting & Analytics within the project and programme team.
• Implementing, administering, and maintaining reporting systems and procedures to track project controls performance.
• Working with the Integrated Project Team to establish a robust, integrated, well structured, accurate Performance Measurement Baseline (PMB) and support the change control process.
• Roll out reporting calendars to ensure a consistent drumbeat of performance data and sufficient time to assure and analyse outputs.
• Work with project controls to define requirements and data flows for information management systems.
• Lead the development, analysis and maintenance of corporate datasets.
• Provide guidance and advice on data quality issues to a wide variety of data providers.
• Lead material preparation for governance through projects, programmes, portfolios and the enterprise.
• Identify performance recovery recommendations for relevant stakeholders and management to support effective decision making.
• Support the project team develop, embed KPIs and contribute to the development of the performance measures dictionary.
• Developing project performance reports and dashboards, providing recommendations to relevant stakeholders and management to support effective decision making.
• Lead preparation of presentations and other materials for client governance forums and performance reviews.
• Contribute towards our national and regional performance & reporting communities including Communities of Practice.
• Training and coaching clients and less experienced team members on performance and reporting management processes and practices.

Qualifications

• 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.
• 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.

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.