Senior​/Lead Project Controls Manager - Defence

Company Description At Turner & Townsend, we’re 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 clients deliver ambitious and highly technical projects in 64 countries using our global team of over 23,000 people. Within the UK, Turner & Townsend has a wide range of key clients across a broad spectrum of sectors, including Health, Local Authorities, Higher Education, Highways, Utilities, Rail, and Defence.

Our diverse portfolio of clients provides our team members with unique and rewarding opportunities to gain experience across a broad range of major programmes and projects. We play a crucial role in supporting the defence of the United Kingdom as a key provider of project and programme management services to the Ministry of Defence and strategic Defence suppliers. Due to growing demand for our services, we are actively looking to expand the team with talented individuals who wish to support our Defence client portfolio and further their career by working on a range of complex and challenging commissions.

We are seeking like-minded passionate people to join our organisation who have a positive outlook, are seeking development opportunities, have a strong foundation of technical understanding and experience within the Defence or other highly regulated industries.

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 a Senior Project Controls Manager, of T&T Associate Director or Director grade, you will be adept at, and have proven expertise of, the following:
Setting-up, and leading, one or more cross-discipline Project Controls teams on high risk, high complexity, and high value projects or programmes. Defining the scope through the use of exclusions, assumptions, interfaces, and dependencies, and coordinating the scope’s decomposition to enable the establishment of a Work Breakdown Structure. 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 Managers to establish the Supplier Project Controls Contract Requirements and collaborating with suppliers to integrate and analyse their performance data in accordance with Supplier Project Controls contractual requirements. Ensuring scope, cost, risk and schedule integration and alignment. Analysing performance data, including Earned Value Management, to provide insight and to facilitate delivery decisions. Liaising with Finance to generate Cost and Cash Estimate to Complete and Estimate At Complete profiles.

Ensuring effective risk management through the appropriate identification, quantification, treatment, and oversee the application and analysis of Quantitative Risk Analysis. Supporting Project Managers in the deployment of resource in-line with the resource-loaded schedules. Establishing effective governance processes to enable structured and auditable decision making. Assuring the quality, accuracy, and integrity of the Project Controls team’s output. Building strong working relationships across the Integrated Project Team.

Working with the Integrated Project Team to communicate and contextualise delivery performance and influence stakeholders.  Leading on learning from experience and process improvements. Mentoring and coaching team members and stakeholders to ensure continuous capability improvement. Contributing to the strategic regional growth of the business through targeted business generation activities, including proposal creation, pursuit planning, recruitment and succession planning. Capable of overseeing the running of a Project Controls Function, or aspects of it, including the creation and embedment of standards and processes.

Qualifications As a Senior Project Controls Manager, you will;
Have a proven track record of delivering projects in highly regulated sectors…