Senior Project Controls Engineer - Infrastructure & Rail

TURNER & TOWNSEND; Manchester; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend is recruiting a Senior Project Controls Engineer for our Manchester-based Infrastructure team, supporting rail, aviation, highways, water, marine/ports, utilities and nuclear sectors. You will contribute to performance reporting, reporting against baselines, and provide insight for project control decisions.

The role involves collaboration with cost and planning engineers to develop robust controls, monitor progress, and deliver schedules with a clear narrative for clients.

Qualifications

• Demonstrates knowledge of planning principles and how client life cycles affect the plan.
• Technical competence in schedule construction including WBS, calendars, durations and critical path.
• Experience with planning systems: Primavera, Project Online, MS Project, Asta Powerproject.
• Assurance reviews ensuring high-quality schedules using tools or self-checking prior to submission.
• Effective schedule monitoring, baseline management, progress data collection and variance reporting.

Responsibilities

• Develop work breakdown structures and robust performance baselines with cost/planning engineers.
• Establish progress and cost monitoring methods and produce project control reports.
• Provide performance analysis and recommendations for clients.
• Chair weekly meetings and participate in risk reviews, recovery and scenario planning.

Skills

Planning principles

Schedule construction

Planning systems

Schedule monitoring

Risk management

Tools

Primavera

Project Online

Microsoft Project

Asta Powerproject

Job description

Turner & Townsend is recruiting a Senior Project Controls Engineer for our Manchester-based Infrastructure team, supporting rail, aviation, highways, water, marine/ports, utilities and nuclear sectors. You will contribute to performance reporting, reporting against baselines, and provide insight for project control decisions.

The role involves collaboration with cost and planning engineers to develop robust controls, monitor progress, and deliver schedules with a clear narrative for clients.