Senior Project Controls Engineer - Planner - Defence

• Full-time
• Department:
  Defence

Join a Team Where Your Perspective Matters

At Turner & Townsend, you'll benefit from strong professional development and international exposure, as well as comprehensive health and wellbeing support. Employees also frequently highlight our positive work-life balance and the flexibility offered through hybrid working opportunities.

We know that diverse teams deliver better outcomes and we actively welcome people of all identities, backgrounds, and career journeys. If you're looking for a place where your voice is valued, your potential is supported, and your work has real impact, we'd love to meet you.

Our Cost Centre, Programme Performance, combines practical transformation delivery with advanced risk insight to help organisations make better decisions, manage uncertainty, and deliver consistent programme performance. Our service offerings span Defence, Rail, Infrastructure, Digital and AI, providing support across the full project lifecycle.

Help Deliver Some of the UK's Most Important Programmes

At Turner & Townsend, our risk specialists help clients understand uncertainty, make informed decisions and deliver successful outcomes across major UK programmes across infrastructure, government, defence, transport and energy sectors. As our portfolio grows, we are looking for talented risk professionals who want to build client relationships, work on major programmes and develop their careers in a supportive environment.

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). See Security Clearance Section.

Job Description

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). See Security Clearance Section.

As demand continues to rise, we are looking to speak to project controls professionals with an emphasis on planning.

As a Senior Project Controls Engineer, you have a passion to provide the project controls service as required by our clients, which may include:

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, know 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.

You will have professional Project Controls experience, specialising in Planning & Scheduling in one or more sectors across the whole Project lifecycle. A strong knowledge and proficiency with Primavera (P6) and other planning and resourcing software. You are able to coordinate and work with other teams and have multi-disciplinary knowledge.

• Have a degree in a relevant technical or management field or suitable equivalent qualifications and experience.
• Are a member of a relevant professional body e.g., Association for Project Management, Project Management Institute.
• Have strong leadership with the ability to mobilise, inspire and lead by example.
• Have strong stakeholder management experience

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