Senior Project Controls Engineer - Planner - Defence

Turner & Townsend

Sheffield

Hybrid

GBP 65,000 - 90,000

Full time

2 hours ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Health & wellbeing support

International exposure

Job summary

Turner & Townsend in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior Project Controls Engineer focused on planning to join our Cost Centre, Programme Performance. You will create and maintain project schedules, develop schedules with project teams, and support change management and reporting for major UK infrastructure, defence, transport and energy programmes.

We value strong leadership, stakeholder management and the ability to coordinate across disciplines.

Qualifications

Degree in a relevant technical or management field or equivalent experience.
Member of a professional body such as APM or PMI.
Strong leadership with the ability to mobilise and lead by example.
Experience in Project Controls, planning & scheduling across the project lifecycle.

Responsibilities

Create and maintain project schedules aligned with requirements.
Develop schedules with the project manager and team.
Reduce uncertainty, set objectives and improve efficiency.
Coordinate with project managers to schedule work and assignments.
Evaluate schedule progress and identify emerging issues.
Assist change management processes and status reporting.
Develop status reports to inform management of progress.
Conduct analyses to identify recovery options for slipped schedules.

Skills

Planning & Scheduling

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Primavera P6

Education

Relevant technical or management degree

Member of a professional body (APM/PMI)

Tools

Primavera P6

Planning software

Job description

Join a Team Where Your Perspective Matters

At Turner & Townsend, you'll benefit from strong professional development and international exposure, as well as comprehensive health and wellbeing support. Employees also frequently highlight our positive work-life balance and the flexibility offered through hybrid working opportunities.

We know that diverse teams deliver better outcomes and we actively welcome people of all identities, backgrounds, and career journeys. If you're looking for a place where your voice is valued, your potential is supported, and your work has real impact, we'd love to meet you.

Our Cost Centre, Programme Performance, combines practical transformation delivery with advanced risk insight to help organisations make better decisions, manage uncertainty, and deliver consistent programme performance. Our service offerings span Defence, Rail, Infrastructure, Digital and AI, providing support across the full project lifecycle.

Help Deliver Some of the UK's Most Important Programmes

At Turner & Townsend, our risk specialists help clients understand uncertainty, make informed decisions and deliver successful outcomes across major UK programmes across infrastructure, government, defence, transport and energy sectors. As our portfolio grows, we are looking for talented risk professionals who want to build client relationships, work on major programmes and develop their careers in a supportive environment.

Important: Before applying, due to the sensitive nature of these projects, you must be a SOLE UK National who is able to achieve and maintain UK MoD Security Clearance (SC). See Security Clearance Section.

Job Description

As demand continues to rise, we are looking to speak to project controls professionals with an emphasis on planning.

As a Senior Project Controls Engineer, you have a passion to provide the project controls service as required by our clients, which may include:

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.

Qualifications

You will have professional Project Controls experience, specialising in Planning & Scheduling in one or more sectors across the whole Project lifecycle. A strong knowledge and proficiency with Primavera (P6) and other planning and resourcing software. You are able to coordinate and work with other teams and have multi-disciplinary knowledge.

Essential

Have a degree in a relevant technical or management field or suitable equivalent qualifications and experience.
Are a member of a relevant professional body e.g., Association for Project Management, Project Management Institute.
Have strong leadership with the ability to mobilise, inspire and lead by example.
Have strong stakeholder management experience.

Additional Information

Working in teams/site attendance

Turner & Townsend recognises the importance of helping its employees harmonise their work and home life by offering hybrid working, that enable them to balance their working life with other priorities. At the same time T&T recognises that employee office and site attendance must always remain in line with the demands of the business and clients. Currently, we anticipate you being on client sites or Turner & Townsend offices 60% of your time, but this may flex depending on client and business requirements. The office is not the only place work gets done, but it is increasingly important for teams to be stronger together by learning, collaborating, and creating amazing work together.

Security Clearance

Important: Before applying, due to the sensitive nature of these projects, you must be a SOLE UK National who is able to achieve and maintain UK MoD Security Clearance (SC). Many of the clients and projects we support are subject to MoD security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, time out of country, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

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.

Please find out more about us at www.turnerandtownsend.com/

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

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