Senior Project Controls Lead – Defence Programs

Turner & Townsend; West of England; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend is seeking a Senior Project Controls Manager to lead cross-disciplinary teams on high-value defence and regulated infrastructure projects in the UK. The role requires establishing robust baselines, managing change, and integrating cost, schedule, and risk across IPTs while ensuring governance and data quality.

You will mentor teams, drive continuous improvement, and support regional growth.

Qualifications

• Proven track record delivering projects in defence or infrastructure.
• Project Controls experience across the full lifecycle.
• Experience applying two or more Project Controls disciplines with their tools.
• Experience establishing Project Controls organisations and teams.
• Advanced understanding of Integrated Project Controls across operating models.
• Ability to assess maturity and ways of working, with proactive attitude.
• Strong communication and leadership; capable of influencing and coaching.
• Demonstrated commitment to diversity and inclusion in teams.
• Undergraduate technical/management degree and professional body membership.

Responsibilities

• Set up and lead cross-discipline Project Controls teams on high risk, high complexity, high value programmes.
• Define scope via exclusions, assumptions, interfaces and dependencies to establish WBS.
• Work with IPT to establish a robust Performance Measurement Baseline and manage change control.
• Collaborate with Project/Commercial Managers to define Supplier Project Controls requirements and analyze supplier data.
• Ensure scope, cost, risk and schedule integration and alignment.
• Analyze performance data including Earned Value Management to inform decisions.
• Liaise with Finance to generate Cost and Cash Estimate to Complete and Estimate At Complete.
• Ensure effective risk management and Quantitative Risk Analysis application.
• Support Project Managers in resource deployment aligned with resource-loaded schedules.
• Establish governance processes for auditable decision making.
• Assure quality, accuracy and integrity of outputs from Project Controls.
• Build strong relationships across the Integrated Project Team.
• Communicate delivery performance and influence stakeholders.
• Lead learning from experience and process improvements.
• Mentor and coach team members and stakeholders for capability growth.
• Contribute to regional growth through proposals, pursuit planning, recruitment and succession.
• Oversee or embed Project Controls standards and processes.

Skills

Project Controls

Earned Value Management

Risk Management

Cost Estimation

Cost Control

Scheduling

Change Control

Leadership

Stakeholder Management

Governance

Education

Undergraduate degree in a relevant field

Tools

Microsoft Project

Primavera P6

Excel

Risk Analysis Software

Job description

Turner & Townsend is seeking a Senior Project Controls Manager to lead cross-disciplinary teams on high-value defence and regulated infrastructure projects in the UK. The role requires establishing robust baselines, managing change, and integrating cost, schedule, and risk across IPTs while ensuring governance and data quality.

You will mentor teams, drive continuous improvement, and support regional growth.