Senior Project Controls Engineer — Defence Programs

Turner & Townsend; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner Townsend is seeking a Senior Project Controls Engineer to lead cross‑discipline teams on medium risk projects within highly regulated sectors such as defence. You will drive scope definition, cost control and schedule integration, while coordinating with finance and suppliers to maintain robust baselines and governance.

The role emphasizes mentoring, professional development, and delivering auditable performance data to inform delivery decisions, with on‑site collaboration and UK travel

Qualifications

• Have proven track record delivering projects in defence or infrastructure.
• Experience across the Project Controls lifecycle.
• Experience in two or more disciplines: Planning & Scheduling, Cost Estimation, Cost Control, Risk Management or Performance Reporting and their tools.
• Undergraduate degree in a relevant technical or management field; membership in a professional body.

Responsibilities

• Leading cross-discipline Project Controls teams on medium risk, medium complexity projects.
• Defining scope with exclusions, assumptions, interfaces and dependencies, and coordinating to establish a Work Breakdown Structure.
• Establishing a robust Performance Measurement Baseline and managing the change control process.
• Collaborating with suppliers to integrate performance data per contractual requirements.
• Ensuring scope, cost, risk and schedule integration and alignment.
• Analysing Earned Value Management data to inform delivery decisions.
• Liaising with Finance to generate cost to complete and estimate at complete profiles.
• Supporting project managers in resource deployment and governance processes.
• Mentoring and coaching team members to improve capability.

Skills

Project Controls

Planning & Scheduling

Cost Estimation

Cost Control

Risk Management

Performance Reporting

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

PMI/APM membership

Tools

Primavera P6

MS Project

Costing software

Job description

Turner Townsend is seeking a Senior Project Controls Engineer to lead cross‑discipline teams on medium risk projects within highly regulated sectors such as defence. You will drive scope definition, cost control and schedule integration, while coordinating with finance and suppliers to maintain robust baselines and governance.

The role emphasizes mentoring, professional development, and delivering auditable performance data to inform delivery decisions, with on‑site collaboration and UK travel