Project Controls Manager - Performanc...

Project Controls Manager – Performance & Reporting

• Full-time
• Department: Infrastructure

At Turner & Townsend we’re passionate about making the difference. That means delivering better outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realize their potential, and doing our part to create a prosperous society.

Every day we help our major global clients deliver ambitious and highly technical projects, in over 130 countries worldwide.

Our team is dynamic, innovative and client-focused, supported by an inclusive and fun company culture. Our clients value our proactive approach, depth of expertise, integrity and the quality we deliver. As a result our people get to enjoy working on some of the most exciting projects in the world.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Project Controls Manager for Performance and Reporting to join our busy and expanding Infrastructure team, who are undertaking a range of Controls & Performance duties on several high-profile Infrastructure and Defence Projects/Programmes, locally in the Northwest and nationally.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Driving implementation & continuous improvement in performance reporting processes to create efficiency and increasing benefits to our clients.
• Developing performance and reporting management plans for our clients based on project requirements, maturity and best practice.
• Driving the implementation, embedding and roll-out of any identified changes to Performance and Reporting processes.
• Promoting the benefits and requirements of Performance & Reporting within the project and programme team.
• Appropriately selecting, implementing, administering, and maintaining Performance & Reporting Systems and procedures.
• Promoting the adoption of technological solutions like advanced analytics and systems automation to increase the efficiency in Performance & Reporting.
• Lead implementation and change controlling reporting hierarchies and approaches.
• Defining performance governance through projects, programmes, portfolios and the enterprise.
• Lead the definition of reporting calendars to ensure a consistent drumbeat of performance data and sufficient time to assure and analyse outputs.
• Lead the definition of project controls requirements and data flows for information management systems and supporting our digital teams in their implementation.
• Working with other Project Controls disciplines to ensure alignment of project information.
• Lead the definition of KPIs and performance measures dictionary.
• Define & Implement analysis and maintenance of corporate datasets.
• Leading teams of project controls / performance & reporting professionals to deliver effective, consistent, assured and value adding performance information to our clients across diverse and complex programmes.
• Present / provide performance recovery recommendations to relevant stakeholders and senior management to support effective decision making.
• Training and coaching clients and less experienced team members on performance and reporting management processes and practices.
• Supporting T&T’s recruitment activities to grow and develop the project controls capability.
• Undertaking line management activities including career development and performance management.
• Be an active part of our national and regional performance & reporting communities including Communities of Practice.

Skills & Behaviours

• Ability to interact with Senior Management / Leadership members when delivering updates on Performance Management within a complex project/programme environment.
• Ability to lead a team, responsible for defining and delivering performance management cadences, on complex projects/programmes along with all associated processes & reports.
• Excellent communicator, (both written and verbal), to liaise with the client, contractors and designers.
• Drive positive change by anticipating and embracing challenges and opportunities for clients.
• Can effectively lead, connect and communicate with people to collaborate to deliver best work and balance the needs of stakeholders carefully.
• Demonstrates development of personal and team performance and core skill.
• Works with empathy and treats everyone with care and respect to continue to make T&T a great place to work.

Qualifications

• A project controls related qualification (e.g. Project Planning & Controls) is desirable.
• Experience undertaking digital reporting activities in multiple complex projects is essential.
• Demonstrable track record in providing project controls support to the configuration and setup of project reporting information systems is essential.
• Practical experience of implementing Earned Value Management (EVM), progress reporting, forecasting and performance reporting and analysis is essential.
• An understanding of how other aspects of Project Controls (Scheduling, Cost Control, Change Control) interact with reporting is essential.
• Basic familiarity of some Project Controls software (Primavera P6, Active Risk Manager, Ecosys etc) is essential.
• Experience in using data analysis tools (e.g. Power BI) is desirable.
• For Defence specific requirements, individuals must be sole UK National; currently holding, or have the ability to get SC Clearance.

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.

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