Senior Project Controls Engineer - In...

Turner & Townsend; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Senior Project Controls Engineer, where your expertise will help shape high-profile infrastructure projects in London. In this dynamic role, you will collaborate with cost and planning engineers to establish robust performance baselines and monitoring methods that drive project success. You'll leverage your analytical skills and experience in project controls to provide insightful performance reports and recommendations, ensuring that ambitious Net Zero programmes are delivered effectively. This is a unique opportunity to be part of a team that values your contributions and fosters a culture of growth and development.

Benefits

Flexible Working Environment

Health and Wellbeing Support

Career Development Opportunities

Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives

Qualifications

• Numerate and computer literate with strong Excel and planning software skills.
• Proactive self-starter with analytical and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Support project controls team on high-value infrastructure projects.
• Develop work breakdown structures and performance baselines.

Skills

Earned Value Management

Cost Control

Change Control

Baseline Management

Reporting

Analytical Skills

Communication Skills

Education

Relevant Graduate Degree

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Primavera P6

Oracle

SAP

Job description

• Full-time
• Department: Infrastructure

Company Description

At Turner & Townsend we’re passionate about making the difference. That means delivering better outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realise their potential, and doing our part to create a prosperous society.

For 75 years we have been leading the delivery of major transformational programmes. Our success at realising outcomes for clients has resulted in significant growth. Every day we help our major global clients deliver ambitious Net Zero programmes from over 118 offices worldwide.

Further to this success we are now facing a new wave of growth to achieve our ambitious 2025 vision. To achieve this, we need great people who are passionate about both delivering great outcomes to our clients and contributing to our future vision. This is made entirely possible through our entrepreneurial culture, allowing employees of all levels to directly influence the business and to own their career.

The world is changing, and we have a responsibility to support that change, helping drive it and be part of it.

Through the commitment, capability and care our team brings, we build trust between clients, suppliers, governments, and society. Delivering better outcomes that have a positive impact on the world around us.

We work smarter to face the challenges of the future; bringing the clarity that helps teams realise their full potential across the real estate, infrastructure, and natural resources sectors.

We currently have a number of opportunities for Senior Project Controls Engineers to join our busy and expanding London infrastructure business, undertaking duties on a number of high-profile, London-based infrastructure projects.

MAIN PURPOSE OF ROLE:

Senior Project Controls Engineers work as part of our project controls team on high profile, high value 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.

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 providing 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, Rail, Utilities or Defence) 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 thorough 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.