Senior Project Controls Engineer - Aviation

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

Job summary

Turner & Townsend in London is seeking a Senior Project Controls Engineer to join our busy infrastructure team on a major aviation programme. You will lead performance reporting, cost and schedule control, and provide analytical insights to support decisions.

Experience in earned value, planning, cost control and baseline management within airports or large infrastructure projects is essential. The role requires strong communication and proactive problem solving in a collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• Numerate and computer literate with strong Microsoft Excel skills.
• Typically a graduate in a relevant discipline with some work experience in project controls.
• Senior Project Controls Engineers should be proactive with strong communications and analytical skills.

Responsibilities

• Work with cost and planning engineers to develop WBS and robust performance baselines.
• Establish progress and cost monitoring methods and produce project control reports.
• Provide performance analysis and recommendations for clients on aviation/infrastructure projects.

Skills

Numerate

Excel

Primavera

Oracle

SAP

Project controls tools

Education

Graduate in a relevant discipline

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Primavera

Oracle

SAP

Job description

• Full-time
• Department: Infrastructure

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.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Project Controls Engineer to join our busy and expanding, Infrastructure business, supporting a major London based airport deliver a range of high value projects

Owing to the complex nature of the works involved, this role will suit a Project Controls Engineer from an aviation / airports background, with a proven track record of successful delivery in a major international airport environment.

MAIN PURPOSE OF ROLE:

The Senior Project Controls Engineer will work as part of our project controls team on a high profile aviation project, 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.

DUTIES:

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 provide performance analysis and recommendations for our clients.

EXPERIENCE:

Previous experience working in a project controls environment on a major project or programme within the Infrastructure sector (Ideally Airports) would be beneficial, however, In order to be able to carry out the duties of the role as required, candidates will be expected to demonstrate a through understanding/experience of the following:

Earned value, progress updating, cost control, change control, baseline management, reporting, P6 environment

Qualifications

• You will be expected to be numerate and computer literate, highly competent in the use of Microsoft Excel, planning software such as Primavera and utilising reporting databases. You will also be familiar with financial/procurement systems such as Oracle and SAP and web-based project control tools.
• Typically, a qualified graduate in a relevant discipline with some relevant work experience or previous proven experience in a project control environment.
• Senior Project Controls Engineers should be proactive, self-starters with well developed communications and analytical skills.

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.

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

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