Project Controls Manager - Energy & Natural Resources

Company Description Turner & Townsend’s contributions help shape the built environment, impacting and evolving the way people live, work and travel. With a heritage rooted in cost, commercial and project management we have a deep and tacit understanding of capital programs and apply this expertise to drive industry best practice and innovation. Our Purpose is making the difference: transforming performance for a green, inclusive, and productive world. This Purpose is grounded in the belief that we work in an industry that has the potential to transform lives, whether by helping to tackle the climate agenda or levelling up society through improved infrastructure.

We can lead by transforming performance, delivering for our clients at scale and speed, raising standards and making a difference. Globally, we operate 113 offices in 45 countries with over 13,000 employees.

Job Description We have an exciting opportunity for a Project Controls Manager (Project Controls Manager Grade) to join our busy and expanding Natural Resources & New Energies team, who are undertaking a range of Controls & Performance duties on high-profile Projects/Programmes. Additionally, this role will provide the opportunity to innovate, collaborate and learn from our experienced and award-winning Scope & Integration community and wider extensive Controls and Performance Network.

Working alongside project delivery teams as part of a wider scope & integration team or independently with reach back support to experienced scope & integration professionals, responsibilities will include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Leading cross-disciple teams of project controls professionals to deliver effective, consistent, assured and value adding project controls services to our clients across diverse and complex programmes.
• Driving continuous improvement in project controls processes to create efficiency and increasing benefits to our clients.
• Defining and implementing project controls approaches across the project, programme and portfolio levels allowing effective decision making at all levels.
• Defining and implementing effective governance and assurance processes around project controls products.
• Working with clients to develop relevant breakdown structure and support scope definitions.
• Defining scaled, tailored and integrated approaches for project controls and documenting these (for example in a Project Control System Definition).
• Defining the scope through the identification and management of exclusions, assumptions, interfaces, and dependencies, and coordinate the scope’s decomposition.
• Working with the Integrated Project Team to establish a robust, accurate Performance Measurement Baseline and manage the change control process.
• Working with Project and Commercial Management to establish the Supplier Project Controls contract requirements, and then collaborating with suppliers to integrate and analyse their performance data.
• Ensuring scope, cost, risk and schedule integration and alignment, and analyse performance data to provide delivery insight and facilitate delivery decisions.
• Training and coaching clients and less experienced team members on performance and reporting management processes and practices.
• Assuring the quality, accuracy, and integrity of the Project Controls team’s output.
• Undertaking line management activities including career development and performance management.

Qualifications 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. Guide the team on appropriate use of systems and tools (such as Power Bi and Excel) in relation to Performance Management, Analysis & Reporting. Excellent communicator, (both written and verbal), to liaise with the client, contractors and designers. Works to make positive change happen by embracing challenges and opportunities for our clients. Effectively connects and communicates with people to collaborate to deliver our best work. Brings out the best in everyone by helping each other making the most of their potential through proactive collaboration and effective teamworking. Takes responsibility for the development of personal performance and core skill set. Works with empathy and treats everyone with care and respect to continue to make T&T a great place to work. A UK driving license or the ability to travel to client sites across the region, as required, is essential.

Qualifications and experience Experience in the application of several Project Controls disciplines (Planning, Cost Estimation, Cost Management, Risk Management or Reporting) in multiple projects. Practical experience of integrating Project Controls disciplines and the ability to assess the maturity of a team and ways of working. Experience in managing Stakeholders. Experience in using some Project Controls software (Primavera P6, Active Risk Manager, Ecosys etc).

Additional Information Why T&T T&T is a leading global property consultancy, with around 3,000 employees in the UK and over 6,000 globally. We are a growing organisation with high ambitions and recently ranked number 1 in the Times PWC Top Track 250. This is a dynamic and innovative company, quick to respond to market trends and with a reputation for quality. You’ll join a talented team with real breadth to make a positive impact on society. We have friendly team culture and strong support to help shape T&T’s wider response to the climate and ecological emergencies. The Sustainability team at T&T is growing quickly, with lots of opportunities for personal development and the potential to make real impact.

Diversity & Inclusion T&T has an inclusive culture with a mix of people and backgrounds and are we are keen to encourage this diversity in bringing new approaches and ideas to clients. We are able to accommodate flexible working patterns where needed and encourage a good work life balance!