Project Controls Engineer – Defence

Turner & Townsend
Cardiff
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: Communications, PR & CommunityEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Proactive","Communication","Stakeholder influence","Risk management","Quality assurance"]

Drive project controls activities within a cross-discipline team for Defence programmes, including scope definition inputs, Work Breakdown Structure decomposition, and establishing a robust Performance Measurement Baseline. Support integrated project controls across scope, cost, risk, and schedule, including change control, performance analysis with Earned Value Management, and supplier performance integration. Liaise with Finance for forecasting and support risk management, while ensuring the quality and integrity of deliverables.

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Project Controls Engineer – Defence

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Job Summary

Drive project controls activities within a cross-discipline team for Defence programmes, including scope definition inputs, Work Breakdown Structure decomposition, and establishing a robust Performance Measurement Baseline. Support integrated project controls across scope, cost, risk, and schedule, including change control, performance analysis with Earned Value Management, and supplier performance integration. Liaise with Finance for forecasting and support risk management, while ensuring the quality and integrity of deliverables.
Location: Cardiff
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time · Permanent
Job Function: Communications, PR & Community
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Work within and lead on specific workstreams within a cross-discipline Project Controls team.
  • •Contribute to project scope definition and coordinate scope decomposition to establish a Work Breakdown Structure.
  • •Support integrated project controls by managing the change control process and establishing a robust Performance Measurement Baseline.
  • •Integrate and align scope, cost, risk, and schedule; analyze performance data including Earned Value Management to support delivery decisions.
  • •Support risk management and collaboration with suppliers and Finance (e.g., cash estimate to complete and estimate at complete), ensuring quality, accuracy, and integrity of outputs.

Key Requirements

  • •Experience working within and leading on specific workstreams within a cross-discipline Project Controls team.
  • •Contribute to scope definition using exclusions, assumptions, interfaces, and dependencies, including coordination to enable a Work Breakdown Structure.
  • •Experience in performance measurement, including establishing a robust Performance Measurement Baseline and managing change control.
  • •Project Controls experience across one or more stages of the project lifecycle, including planning/scheduling, cost estimation/control, risk management, or performance reporting (and associated tools).
  • •Hold an undergraduate degree in a relevant technical or management field (or equivalent experience) and be proactive, communicative, and comfortable in uncertain environments.
Experience:DefenceHighly regulated industries
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:ProactiveCommunicationStakeholder influenceRisk managementQuality assurance
Certifications:Association for Project ManagementProject Management Institute
Languages:English

Eligibility

Nationality:UK National
Security Clearance:UK MoD Security Clearance (SC)

Company Brief

Turner & Townsend
Global professional services firm providing program, project and cost management, advisory and consulting services across property, infrastructure and natural resources sectors to public and private clients worldwide.
Industry: Consulting
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Established Company
Headquarters: Leeds, United Kingdom
Founded: 1946
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