Senior Defence Project Planner & Controls Engineer

Turner & Townsend; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Equal opportunity employer

Job summary

Turner & Townsend in London, UK is seeking a Senior/Project Controls Engineer with a focus on planning to support defence projects. The role involves creating and maintaining schedules, coordinating with the PM team, and driving change management processes while delivering on time and cost objectives.

Hybrid working is offered with frequent client site attendance. The ideal candidate has Primavera P6 expertise, earned value knowledge, and strong stakeholder leadership to drive project success.

Qualifications

• Degree in a relevant technical or management field or suitable equivalent qualifications and experience.
• Professional project controls experience, specialising in Planning & Scheduling across the whole project lifecycle.
• 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., APM, PMI.
• 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

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Earned value management

NEC contracts knowledge

APM/PMI member

Team coordination

Project controls

Education

Degree in engineering or related field

Tools

Primavera P6

Job description

Turner & Townsend in London, UK is seeking a Senior/Project Controls Engineer with a focus on planning to support defence projects. The role involves creating and maintaining schedules, coordinating with the PM team, and driving change management processes while delivering on time and cost objectives.

Hybrid working is offered with frequent client site attendance. The ideal candidate has Primavera P6 expertise, earned value knowledge, and strong stakeholder leadership to drive project success.