Project Controls Specialists - All Levels - Planning- Bristol - Transport & Utilities

TN United Kingdom; Bristol; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking Project Controls Specialists at all levels to join their dynamic team in Bristol. This role offers the chance to work on high-profile infrastructure projects, providing essential performance reporting and analysis. As part of a close-knit team, you will have the opportunity to grow into leadership roles while contributing to diverse sectors such as Water and Rail. With a focus on flexibility and professional development, this position promises a rewarding career path in a supportive environment that values your expertise and input.

Benefits

Flexible working environment

Professional development opportunities

Health and wellness programs

Qualifications

• Experience in project controls within the infrastructure sector.
• Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team.
• Technical competence in schedule construction and assurance reviews.

Responsibilities

• Support performance reporting and analysis on high-profile infrastructure projects.
• Develop work breakdown structures and performance baselines.
• Provide performance analysis and recommendations for clients.

Skills

Project Controls Management

Earned Value Management (EVM)

Change Management

Risk Management

Planning

Performance Reporting

Strong Communication Skills

Time Management

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Relevant Discipline

Tools

Primavera (P6)

Power BI

Microsoft Office Suite

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Project Controls Specialists - All Levels - Planning- Bristol - Transport & Utilities, Bristol

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Client:

Turner & Townsend

Location:

Bristol, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Logistics

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EU work permit required:

Yes

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Job Reference:

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Job Views:

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Posted:

05.05.2025

Expiry Date:

19.06.2025

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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.

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Job Description

Our PMO Transport & Utilities Bristol team is looking to expand its Controls community. We are a closeknit 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 Bristol & the Southwest 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 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.

• You will work as part of our Project Controls team on high-profile infrastructure projects, providing performance reporting and analysis support. This may be part of a large team or as the key day-to-day contact point with the client.

Typical activities include working with cost and planning engineers to develop work breakdown structures and robust performance baselines, establishing progress and cost monitoring methods, producing project control reports and providing performance analysis and recommendations for our clients. Previous experience working in a project controls environment within the infrastructure sector (Energy, Defence, Rail, Airports, Highways, Water / Utilities) is required, as is experience in at least one of the following: Programme Controls Management, Earned Value (EVM), Change & Risk Management, Planning, Project Controls and or PMO.

Qualifications

Typically, a qualified graduate in a relevant discipline with some experience in a project control environment. • Experience of working in a project or programme management environment, with responsibility for delivery or controls of individual projects, programmes or portfolios

• Experience using controls/ general software applications such as Primavera (P6), Power BI, Microsoft Office Applications. • 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.

• Strong verbal and written communication skills required • Demonstrable knowledge of best practice planning principles

• Technical competence in schedule construction • Assurance reviews – ensuring that all schedules are of a high quality, evidenced by using Primavera Schedlog, Acumen Fuse, DCMA 14 Point Checklist or simply a conscientious attitude towards the self-checking of work prior to submission

• Effective schedule monitoring and control; baseline management, planning workshops, progress data collection, performance measurement, variance reporting, escalation of issues.

• Evaluation of project status • Ownership of driving a positive can-do culture on your commission for Schedule Management.

Additional Information

Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.

We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.

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.

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

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It is strictly against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency working with Turner & Townsend will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time.

Any unsolicited resumes/CVs submitted through our website or to Turner & Townsend personal e-mail accounts, are considered property ofTurner & Townsend and arenot subject to payment of agency fees. In order to be an authorised Recruitment Agency/Search Firm for Turner & Townsend, there must be a formal written agreement in place and the agency must be invited, by the Recruitment Team,to submit candidates for review.

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

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

Join our social media conversations for more information about Turner & Townsend and our exciting future projects:

It is strictly against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency working with Turner & Townsend will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time.

Any unsolicited resumes/CVs submitted through our website or to Turner & Townsend personal e-mail accounts, are considered property ofTurner & Townsend and arenot subject to payment of agency fees. In order to be an authorised Recruitment Agency/Search Firm for Turner & Townsend, there must be a formal written agreement in place and the agency must be invited, by the Recruitment Team,to submit candidates for review.