Project Controls Specialists - All Levels - Planning in Glasgow

Full-time Department: Infrastructure

Responsibilities:

• Travel within Scotland is required depending on the project and can be discussed further during the recruitment process.
• You will work as part of our Project Controls team on high-profile infrastructure projects, providing performance reporting and analysis support.
• This may be part of a large team or as the key day-to-day contact point with the client.
• Typical activities include working with cost and planning engineers to develop work breakdown structures and robust performance baselines, establishing progress and cost monitoring methods, producing project control reports and providing performance analysis and recommendations for our clients.
• Users will have an excellent opportunity to work across sectors including Power, Water, Rail, Defence, Nuclear, Local Authority, and Shipyards.

Qualifications:

• Previous experience working in a project controls environment within the infrastructure sector (Energy, Defence, Rail, Airports, Highways, Water / Utilities) is required.
• Experience in at least one of the following: Programme Controls Management, Earned Value (EVM), Change & Risk Management, Planning, Project Controls and or PMO.
• Typically, a qualified graduate in a relevant discipline with some experience in a project control environment.
• Experience of working in a project or programme management environment, with responsibility for delivery or controls of individual projects, programmes or portfolios.
• Experience using controls/general software applications such as Primavera (P6), Power BI, Microsoft Office Applications.
• Reliable with the ability to work autonomously and as part of a team.
• Strong time‑management skills, quick thinking, and ability to meet project deadlines as necessary.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills required.
• Demonstrable knowledge of best‑practice planning principles.
• Technical competence in schedule construction.
• Assurance reviews—ensuring that all schedules are of a high quality, evidenced by using Primavera Schedlog, Acumen Fuse, DCMA 14 Point Checklist or simply a conscientious attitude toward the self‑checking of work prior to submission.
• Effective schedule monitoring and control; baseline management, planning workshops, progress data collection, performance measurement, variance reporting, escalation of issues.
• Evaluation of project status.
• Ownership of driving a positive can‑do culture on commission for Schedule Management.

Additional Information:

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

Equal Opportunities:

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.