Project Controls Manager - Energy

Overview

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Company Description

At Turner & Townsend we're passionate about making the difference - we are committed to delivering Sustainable Net Zero outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realize their potential, and doing our part to create a prosperous society. The world is changing, and we have a responsibility to support that change, helping drive it and be part of it. Through the commitment, capability and care our team brings, we build trust between clients, suppliers, governments, and society.

Delivering better outcomes that have a positive impact on the world around us. We work smarter to face the challenges of the future; bringing the clarity that helps teams realise their full potential across the real estate, infrastructure, and natural resources sectors. It s how we ve made the difference for 75 years. Transforming performance for a green, inclusive and productive world.

Job Description

Due to increased opportunities and demand in the Energy & Natural Resources division, the North West team are recruiting for Project Controls Managers to join a diverse and supportive team during a period of significant growth. Our nuclear client is at the forefront of industry leading change, and we are keen to speak to like-minded individuals with senior project planning, cost control and/or risk management experience at team management level to see what Turner & Townsend can offer you.

Candidates will be required to be present in our client office in Teesside for 3 days per week.

Main purpose of the role

A Project Controls Manager (PCM) will lead cross-discipline teams of project controls professionals to deliver effective, consistent, assured and value adding project controls services to our nuclear client across diverse and complex programmes. In leading the team, they will be responsible for defining and delivering performance management cadences on complex projects/programmes along with all associated processes & reports. They are accountable for maintaining robust planning and project controls deliverables that provide our clients with accurate data to drive management decisions.

They will play a key role in ensuring that client objectives are met and that projects are delivered to time and cost targets and the appropriate quality standards.

Key accountabilities

• Lead cross-discipline teams of project controls professionals to drive delivery of robust and effective project controls services and continuous improvement in project controls processes.
• Define and implement project controls approaches across the project, programme and portfolio levels to enable effective decision making at all levels.
• Define and implement governance and assurance processes around project controls products.
• Ensure adherence to NEC or FIDIC contract processes for management of project controls data and deliverables.
• Collaborate with the client to develop breakdown structures, support scope definitions and project controls products with the team.
• Define tailored approaches for project controls and document them (e.g., in a Project Control System Definition).
• Define scope through management of exclusions, assumptions, interfaces and dependencies, and coordinate the scope s decomposition.
• Work with the Integrated Project Team to establish a robust Performance Measurement Baseline and manage change control.
• Collaborate with Project and Commercial Management to establish and analyse supplier project controls requirements and performance data.
• Ensure integration of scope, cost, risk and schedule; analyse performance data to provide delivery insight and support decisions.
• Train and coach client team and less experienced project team members on performance and reporting management processes.
• Assure the quality, accuracy, and integrity of the Project Controls output.
• Undertake line management activities including career development and performance management.
• Interact with Senior Management / Leadership when delivering updates on Performance Management in a complex environment.
• Guide the team on appropriate use of systems and tools (e.g.,…