Strategic Planning Manager, Capital Projects

Turner & Townsend; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend Singapore is seeking a senior project controls specialist to lead and support integrated schedules for large-scale capital projects across engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and operations readiness.

You will develop both high-level and detailed schedules, run risk analyses, maintain dashboards (Power BI) and align timelines with cost forecasts, while collaborating with cross-functional teams on-site or remotely.

Qualifications

• Degree in engineering, construction management, or related field.
• 5 years of experience delivering large-scale capital projects across multiple phases.
• Strong proficiency in Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project.
• Experience with earned value analysis, S-curves, and manpower planning.
• Ability to work with cross-functional teams and on-site or remote environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead or support development and maintenance of integrated project schedules across engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and operational readiness.
• Create high-level and detailed schedules with assumptions, productivity rates, calendars, constraints, and schedule health checks.
• Facilitate planning sessions with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to align timelines, resolve conflicts, and drive decisions.
• Conduct schedule risk analysis, define contingencies, and support mitigation planning.
• Implement and manage schedule controls, progress tracking, and resource-loaded schedules using appropriate tools and systems.
• Align schedules with cost estimates, forecasts, and execution strategies in collaboration with cost and estimating teams.
• Review and validate third-party schedules and ensure alignment with project standards and expectations.
• Provide regular schedule performance updates, trend analysis, and scenario planning using dashboards and reporting tools.
• Lead or support special projects, process improvements, and the development of project management tools, templates, and procedures.
• Build and maintain executive dashboards and data visualizations using platforms like Power BI, integrating data from various systems.
• Support training and knowledge sharing on planning and scheduling best practices.

Skills

Project controls

Planning

Construction management

Primavera P6

Microsoft Project

Resource-loaded schedules

Cost-loaded schedules

Earned value analysis

Schedule risk analysis

CQV planning

Data governance

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Degree in engineering, construction management, or related field

Tools

Primavera P6

Microsoft Project

Job description

Turner & Townsend Singapore is seeking a senior project controls specialist to lead and support integrated schedules for large-scale capital projects across engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and operations readiness.

You will develop both high-level and detailed schedules, run risk analyses, maintain dashboards (Power BI) and align timelines with cost forecasts, while collaborating with cross-functional teams on-site or remotely.