Project Controls Specialists (all levels) - Performance & Reporting

Turner & Townsend; Saffron Walden; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend is seeking Project Controls Specialists (all levels) to support our PMO Midlands team with planning, scheduling, performance reporting and risk management across diverse programmes. The role involves delivering tailored reporting, developing PMB baselines, and integrating data from multiple sources to support client governance and decision making.

You will work in a collaborative environment, liaising with project delivery teams and data providers, applying best practices, and

Qualifications

• Experience in a project or programme environment is essential.
• Understanding of how other aspects of Project Controls interact with Reporting.
• Awareness of Primavera P6, Active Risk Manager and Ecosys is desirable.
• Experience using data analysis tools (Power BI) is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Tailoring reporting processes to meet the client’s needs and align with best practice.
• Delivering performance and reporting management plans based on project requirements.
• Promoting the benefits and requirements of Performance Reporting & Analytics within the project team.
• Implementing and maintaining reporting systems to track project controls performance.
• Leading the development and maintenance of corporate datasets.

Skills

Planning & Scheduling

Performance Reporting

Risk Management

Tools

Primavera P6

Active Risk Manager

Ecosys

Power BI

Job description

Project Controls Specialists (all levels) - Performance & Reporting

2026-10-18T00:00:00

Location: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, GB, CB1 0

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Company: Turner & Townsend

Closing date: 2026-11-17T10:00:54.383

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.

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 on 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 and can be discussed further during the recruitment process. What you can give in flexibility and mobility you get back in access to diverse sectors such as Power, Water, Rail, Mass Transit, Local Authority, Shipyards, the opportunity to autonomously utilise your expertise to bring our clients bespoke solutions in response to their unique needs, and the opportunity to stretch yourself and boost your professional development with support from our network of dedicated line managers.

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:

• Tailoring reporting processes to meet the client’s needs and aligning with best practice.
• Delivering 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.
• Rolling out reporting calendars to ensure a consistent flow of performance data and enough time to analyse outputs.
• Working with project controls to define requirements and data flows for information management systems and supporting digital teams in their implementation.
• Leading the development, analysis, and maintenance of corporate datasets.
• Providing guidance and advice on data quality issues to various data providers.
• Leading material preparation for governance through projects, programmes, portfolios, and the enterprise.
• Identifying performance recovery recommendations for relevant stakeholders and management to support effective decision‑making.
• Supporting the project team in developing, embedding KPIs, and contributing to the development of the performance measures dictionary.
• Developing project performance reports and dashboards, providing recommendations to relevant stakeholders and management.
• Leading preparation of presentations and materials for client governance forums and performance reviews.
• Contributing to 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 using appropriate 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) is also advantageous.

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.

Please find out more about us at [website].

SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

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Summary

• Type: Full-time
• Function: Engineering
• Experience level: Mid‑Senior Level
• Industry: Utilities