At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead and manage PMO functions for large-scale energy projects, ensuring effective governance and performance.
- Company: Join Turner & Townsend, a leader in innovative project management within the energy sector.
- Benefits: Flexible working environment, career development opportunities, and a commitment to work-life balance.
- Other info: Diverse and inclusive workplace that values every voice and promotes personal growth.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on major energy programmes while developing your leadership skills.
- Qualifications: Experience in PMO functions and strong stakeholder engagement skills required.
The predicted salary is between 75600 - 92400 £ per year.
- Full-time
- Department: Energy and natural resources
- Company Description
Why Turner & Townsend?
At Turner & Townsend our award-winning Controls & Performance team are focused on driving innovation, enhancing our client’s integrated controls capability, improving performance, and delivering better programme outcomes.
We have a growing national team of over 600 Controls & Performance professionals.
The breadth and scale of our team provides great opportunities to reach back and draw upon a vast pool of experience to enhance your knowledge and career.
Our strong capability, discipline communities and varied client base, provides a great opportunity to drive your career, supported by our career pathways.
We are looking for experienced PMO Leads to support the successful delivery of large-scale and complex energy programmes across the UK.
This is a strategic leadership role responsible for establishing, leading and continuously improving Programme Management Office (PMO) functions, ensuring effective governance, controls, reporting and performance management across major portfolios and programmes.
You will work closely with client leadership teams and delivery partners, providing oversight, assurance and insight that enables informed decision-making and successful programme outcomes.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the establishment, mobilisation and ongoing management of PMO functions on major projects and programmes.
- Design and implement programme governance frameworks, reporting structures and performance management processes.
- Drive integrated programme controls across planning, cost, risk, change, performance and reporting functions.
- Provide executive-level reporting, analysis and insight to support strategic decision-making.
- Facilitate programme reviews, assurance activities and governance forums.
- Monitor programme performance through key metrics and KPIs, identifying risks, trends and opportunities for improvement.
- Work collaboratively with project and programme teams to ensure delivery remains aligned with strategic objectives.
- Develop and maintain integrated management information, dashboards and reporting solutions.
- Influence and challenge senior stakeholders to drive accountability, improved performance and delivery excellence.
- Lead and mentor PMO and project controls teams, supporting capability development and knowledge sharing.
- Support business growth through client engagement, thought leadership and the development of Turner & Townsend's PMO capability and service offerings.
Qualifications
- Significant experience leading PMO functions within major capital projects, programmes or portfolios.
- Proven track record delivering PMO, governance and programme controls solutions within complex environments.
- Experience within Energy, Utilities, Nuclear, Power, Rail, Aviation, Defence, Highways or other major infrastructure sectors.
- Strong understanding of programme governance, reporting, risk, change, planning, cost and performance management.
- Demonstrable experience engaging and influencing senior stakeholders, including client executives and programme boards.
- Experience leading and developing multidisciplinary PMO and project controls teams.
- Excellent communication, facilitation and stakeholder management skills.
- Additional Information
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.
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.
SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.
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PMO Project Director - Energy & Natural Resource in London employer: Turner-
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