Security-Cleared Senior Project Controls Engineer

Turner-; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend is seeking a Senior Project Controls Engineer with a strong background in planning and scheduling to support our National Security & Defence Infrastructure South East Cost Centre. You will create and maintain project schedules, work with project managers, and contribute to complex client programmes in the defence sector.

We expect collaboration across multidisciplinary teams, and the role involves on-site and client-site work with hybrid arrangements.

Qualifications

• Have a degree in a relevant technical or management field or suitable equivalent qualifications and experience.
• Professional Project Controls experience, specialising in Planning & Scheduling in one or more sectors across the whole Project lifecycle.
• A strong knowledge and proficiency with Primavera (P6) and other planning and resourcing software.
• Proficient in understanding and applying earned value management techniques
• Experience using the NEC suite of contracts is desirable
• Are a member of a relevant professional body e.g., Association for Project Management, Project Management Institute.
• You are able to coordinate and work with other teams and have multi-disciplinary knowledge.
• Have strong leadership with the ability to mobilise, inspire and lead by example.
• Have strong stakeholder management experience.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain project schedules that support and align with project requirements.
• Develop the project schedules in conjunction with the project manager and project team.
• Reduce uncertainty, know objectives and improve efficiency.
• Interact with and assist project managers to schedule work and coordinate assignments.
• Evaluate project schedule progress and performance and identify developing problem areas.
• Assist project managers to maintain timely and effective change management processes and procedures.
• Assist project team to develop status reports to keep management informed on project progress.
• Conduct analysis to determine alternative courses of action or recovery on slipped schedules.

Skills

Planning & Scheduling

Primavera P6

Earned value management

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Degree in relevant field

Tools

NEC contracts

Job description

Turner & Townsend is seeking a Senior Project Controls Engineer with a strong background in planning and scheduling to support our National Security & Defence Infrastructure South East Cost Centre. You will create and maintain project schedules, work with project managers, and contribute to complex client programmes in the defence sector.

We expect collaboration across multidisciplinary teams, and the role involves on-site and client-site work with hybrid arrangements.