Turner & Townsend
Project Controls Manager
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Project Controls Manager – Edinburgh
Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries.
Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy, and natural resources, we transform together, delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Through partnership and collaboration, we deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes, turning challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.
Our capabilities include programme, project, cost and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero, and digital solutions. We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm.
Please visit our website: www.turnerandtownsend.com
About the Role
We have an exciting opportunity for a Project Controls Manager to join our growing team, based in our Edinburgh office.
The Project Controls Manager will join our Scotland Project Controls team, partnering with clients to deliver best-practice Controls, Planning, Analytics, Reporting, Risk, Change, Resource, and Performance Management solutions across multiple sectors.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the programme controls function for a multi-project infrastructure programme
- Monitor accrucy and consistency of plans, cost, safety, environment, and performance reporting
- Deploy controls team resources effectively
- Reviewing new project proposals/remits, ensuring realistic and resourceable plans are developed
- Identify resourcing requirements, liaising with planning functions to resolve issues
- Provide daily reporting to Programme and Project Managers on:
- Plans
- Costs
- Safety
- Environment
- Programme performance
- Ensure data input into cost and performance systems meets required standards
- Manage production of Investment Plans
- Comply with the Investment Competence Framework
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SOX Control Responsibilities (where applicable)
- Adhere to SOX compliance requirements as required
Demand-Setting Requirements
- Extensive experience in planning and scheduling, including:
- Schedule development, control, and analysis
- Conducting in both field and home-office environments
- Relevant construction infrastructure sector experience, including:
- Defence
- Rail
- Aviation
- Highways
- Nuclear
- Power
- Energy
- Water projects
- Strong communication skills (oral and written)
- Proficiency with PC operating systems and basic software applications
- Advanced proficiency in:
- Primavera (P6)
- Microsoft Office suite
- Intermediate to advanced knowledge of:
- Engineering
- Procurement & contract management
- Construction & start-up processes
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About Our Culture
At Turner & Townsend, we believe our people are the driving force behind our vision and mission. We foster:
- A great place to work, where every individual has the opportunity and confidence to influence change
- A healthy, productive, and flexible working environment
- Strong support for work-life balance
We celebrate diversity and inclusion and are committed to providing an equal opportunity for all candidates.
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Turner & Townsend does not request payment from candidates at any stage of our recruitment process. Any agency working with us to source candidates must be formally invited by our Recruitment Team to submit applications on our behalf. Uninvited resumes are considered Turner & Townsend’s property and not subject to agency fees.
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