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Turner & Townsend

Senior Planning Engineer - Life Sciences

Glasgow
Posted about 16 hours ago
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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. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.

Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset 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, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.

Job Description

The Senior Planning Engineer will work as part of the project controls team, providing performance reporting and analysis support. Key responsibilities include:

  • Collaborating with cost and planning engineers to develop comprehensive work breakdown structures and robust performance baselines
  • Establishing and implementing progress and cost monitoring methodologies
  • Producing project control reports and delivering performance analysis with actionable recommendations to clients
  • Serving as the primary day-to-day contact point with clients on assigned projects
  • Managing earned value analysis, progress updates, and cost control activities
  • Overseeing change control and baseline management processes
  • Delivering clear and timely reporting to stakeholders

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To succeed in this role, you will demonstrate thorough understanding and proven experience in the following areas:

  • Earned value analysis
  • Progress updating and tracking
  • Cost control and management
  • Change control procedures
  • Baseline management
  • Project reporting and performance analysis
  • Oracle Primavera P6 environment
  • Project controls on major construction projects or programmes

Qualifications

You will be expected to be numerate and computer literate, highly competent in the use of Microsoft Excel, planning software such as Primavera and utilising reporting databases. You will also be familiar with financial/procurement systems such as Oracle and SAP and web-based project control tools.

Typically, a qualified graduate in a relevant discipline with some relevant work experience or previous proven experience in a project control environment.

Senior Planners should be proactive, self-starters with well developed communications and analytical skills.

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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.

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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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Skills

Earned Value Analysis
Progress Tracking
Cost Control
Change Control
Baseline Management
Project Reporting
Oracle Primavera P6
Microsoft Excel
Work Breakdown Structure
Performance Analysis
SAP
Oracle
Project Controls
Stakeholder Management
Analytical Skills
Communication Skills

Location

Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

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