Overview

At Turner and Townsend we’re passionate about making the difference. That means delivering better outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realize their potential, and doing our part to create a prosperous society. Every day we help our major global clients deliver ambitious and highly technical projects, in over 130 countries worldwide. Our team is dynamic, innovative and client-focused, supported by an inclusive and fun company culture. Our clients value our proactive approach, depth of expertise, integrity and the quality we deliver. As a result our people get to enjoy working on some of the most exciting projects in the world.The opportunityWe are looking for a person to join our expanding Transport and Utilities business as a Senior Project Controls Engineer specializing in Project Planning.Responsibilities

Leading the Planning individuals on highly complex, high risk projects or programmes.Creation and maintenance of project schedules that assist and align with project requirements on a medium complexity, medium risk project or programme.Adherence to NEC or FIDIC contract processes for management of schedule data and submissions.Assist project team to develop status reports to keep management informed on project progress.Oversight of day-to-day management, staffing and the implementation of integrated Project Controls standards and processes.Interacting with the project team to define scope of work to develop and update detailed schedules, cost information and identification of variances from original plan.Interacting with and assisting the project managers to schedule work and coordinate assignments.Evaluation of project schedule progress and performance and identify developing problem areas.Breakdown of the critical path and constraints to understand the effect of changes to schedule and recommend a work-around.Assisting project managers to maintain timely and effective change management processes and procedures.Conducting analysis to understand alternative courses of action or recovery on slipped schedules.Undertaking of project reviews.Monitoring and consolidating of overall project plans.Monitoring the project managers reporting system summarising the progress status of all projects.Monitoring and advise on status of project KPIs.Understanding and be able to explain the EVM reported periodically.Line managing planning personnel within the TandT team, conducting mentoring and coaching as required.Qualifications

Skills and behaviours

Have good verbal and written communication skills.Have good research and analytical skills.Have experience managing stakeholders.Record of strong leadership and line management.Excellent presenter who has facilitated training programmes associated with Project Planning.Qualifications and experience

Having attended formal training in Primavera P6 and Tilos Time location software is essential.Demonstratable practical experience in Project Management and Planning techniques is essential.Experience of working in the transportation and utilities sectors is desirable.An understanding of how other aspects of Project Controls (Risk, Cost Control, Change Control) interact with Planning is desirable.Familiarity with NEC contracts is desirable.Demonstratable experience of Cemar Contract Management tool or equivalent.The ability to travel to client sites across the Southwest as required is essential.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 and 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.Please find out more about us at www.turnerandtownsend.com/SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

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