Senior Project Controls - Planner - Defence in Birmingham

At Turner & Townsend, we are passionate about making the difference. That means delivering better outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realise 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 110 offices worldwide. The Defence Infrastructure Cost Centre provides support to projects that range in complexity and size with our service offerings spanning across Programme and Project Management, Project Planning, Cost Engineering, Risk Management, and Commercial Disciplines. We provide support to the full project lifecycle both pre‑contract and post‑contract, delivering infrastructure projects on behalf of our clients that range from several hundred thousand pounds in value to major projects and programmes worth over £200M.

Due to growing client requirements, we are actively looking to expand the team and have talented individuals join us who will support our Defence client portfolio, whilst further developing their career, working on a range of complex and challenging commissions.

Security Clearance Important: Before applying, due to the sensitive nature of these projects, you must be a SOLE UK National who is able to achieve and maintain UK MoD Security Clearance (SC).

Responsibilities:

• Create and maintain project schedules that support and align with project requirements.
• Develop the project schedules in conjunction with the project manager and project team.
• Reduce uncertainty, known objectives and improve efficiency.
• Interact with and assist project managers to schedule work and coordinate assignments.
• Evaluate project schedule progress and performance and identify developing problem areas.
• Assist project managers to maintain timely and effective change management processes and procedures.
• Assist project team to develop status reports to keep management informed on project progress.
• Conduct analysis to determine alternative courses of action or recovery on slipped schedules.

Qualifications:

• Professional Project Controls experience specialising in Planning & Scheduling across one or more sectors throughout the project lifecycle.
• Strong knowledge and proficiency with Primavera (P6) and other planning and resourcing software.
• Ability to coordinate and work with other teams, demonstrating multi‑disciplinary knowledge.
• Degree in a relevant technical or management field or suitable equivalent qualifications and experience.
• Membership of a relevant professional body, e.g., Association for Project Management, Project Management Institute.
• Strong leadership with the ability to mobilise, inspire and lead by example.
• Strong stakeholder management experience.

Working in teams / Site attendance: Turner & Townsend recognises the importance of helping its employees harmonise their work and home life by offering hybrid working, which enables them to balance their working life with other priorities. At the same time, employee office and site attendance must always remain in line with the demands of the business and clients. Currently, we anticipate you being on client sites or Turner & Townsend offices 60% of your time, but this may flex depending on client and business requirements. The office is not the only place work gets done, but it is increasingly important for teams to be stronger together by learning, collaborating, and creating amazing work together.

SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

Equal Opportunity Employer: 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.