Strategic Defence Project Controls Lead

Turner-; Cardiff; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend is seeking a Project Controls Manager to lead cross-disciplinary teams on high-value defence or major infrastructure programmes in the UK. The role requires a solid background in planning, cost control, risk management and performance reporting.

You will define scope, establish baselines, and integrate cost, schedule and risk data with client and supplier teams, ensuring governance and auditable decision making. Travel and site work are expected.

Qualifications

• Deliver projects in highly regulated sectors such as defence or infrastructure.
• Experience across the full project lifecycle.
• Experience in two or more Project Controls disciplines and their tools.
• Understand Integrated Project Controls disciplines operation.
• Proactive, curious with can-do attitude; comfortable in uncertainty.
• Strong communicator and leader; foster inclusive environment.
• Able to make risk-based decisions with unclear parameters.
• Willingness to work with clients on site 2–3 days a week.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-discipline Project Controls teams on high risk, high complexity projects.
• Define scope using exclusions, assumptions, interfaces, and dependencies.
• Establish a robust Performance Measurement Baseline and manage change control.
• Collaborate with suppliers to integrate performance data per contractual requirements.
• Ensure scope, cost, risk and schedule integration.
• Analyse Earned Value Management to support delivery decisions.
• Work with Finance to generate Cost and Cash Estimate To Complete and Estimate At Complete profiles.
• Ensure effective risk management and Quantitative Risk Analysis.
• Support deployment of resources per resource-loaded schedules.
• Establish governance for auditable decisions.
• Mentor and coach team members.

Skills

Project controls

Planning & scheduling

Cost estimation

Risk management

Performance reporting

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Education

Undergraduate degree in a technical/management field

APM/PMI membership

Tools

Primavera P6

MS Project

Excel

Job description

Turner & Townsend is seeking a Project Controls Manager to lead cross-disciplinary teams on high-value defence or major infrastructure programmes in the UK. The role requires a solid background in planning, cost control, risk management and performance reporting.

You will define scope, establish baselines, and integrate cost, schedule and risk data with client and supplier teams, ensuring governance and auditable decision making. Travel and site work are expected.