Project Controls Engineer – Defence (Construction)

Overview

As an experienced controls and performance professional, you will establish baselines for cost and schedule, monitor performance, and manage changes with risk and opportunity inputs. You’ll drive value by identifying deviations, guiding cash flow and procurement, and coordinating with client and remote cost teams. You’ll prepare executive reports and lead change management, planning, and risk assessment activities. This role slots into Turner & Townsend’s delivery teams supporting major programmes.

Pay / Benefits

• flexible working environment
• focus on work-life balance
• inclusive employer
• opportunities to impact major projects

Responsibilities

• Set and manage baseline cost, schedule, and quality targets and monitor variances
• Lead governance for time, cost, and quality targets to enable project delivery
• Coordinate with remote cost managers to maintain value for money
• Influence contractors to meet schedules and cash flow constraints
• Prepare client-facing reports focusing on time, cost, and quality
• Apply conceptual estimating, funding gates, contingency and procurement principles
• Create/maintain cost reports and executive dashboards
• Lead change management processes and workflows
• Plan master project/programme schedules with vendors and clients, defining baselines and critical path
• Coordinate vendor lead times and prioritise material/equipment ordering to meet install dates
• Engage in risk assessments and feed into Monte Carlo analysis for cost and schedule impacts
• Monitor and communicate project changes for change approvals
• Hold vendors accountable for schedule updates and quality of reporting

Key requirements

• Proven experience in project controls coordination across project lifecycles
• Ability to derive corrective actions from data and diverse sources
• Advanced skills in MS Office and Primavera P6
• Demonstrated commitment to excellent client service
• Reliability to work autonomously and in a team
• Strong time management and deadline-driven work ethic
• Motivated, proactive, and able to work independently

• autonomy with accountability
• client-focused mindset
• time management
• Primavera P6
• MS Office
• conceptual estimating

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