Project Controls Engineer - Construction (Life Sciences)

3 Hours ago • All levels • Software Development & Engineering

Job Summary

Job Description

Turner & Townsend seeks a Project Controls Engineer with expertise in project planning and scheduling to support new construction projects in the Northwest. The role involves advanced planning, progress measurement, and change management, requiring a thorough understanding of planning techniques, risk analysis, and project objectives. Responsibilities include analyzing schedule deviations, implementing planning strategies, coordinating Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) and Cost Breakdown Structures (CBS), and preparing progress reports. The engineer will perform critical path analysis, probabilistic analysis on integrated schedules, and assess the impact of variances and change orders. Additionally, they will prepare resourcing plans, ensure data accuracy from contractors, and maintain independence in advising on planning issues. The ability to manage multiple projects across various locations and contractors is essential.
Must have:
  • Expertise in project scheduling tools (MS Project, Primavera P6)
  • Experience in coordinating schedule data for master schedules
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  • Ability to develop good working relationships
Good to have:
  • Advanced planning, scheduling, progress measurement, and change management
  • Risk Analysis and Risk Management
  • Ability to balance multiple projects and contractors
Perks:
  • Great place to work
  • Opportunity to affect change
  • Supportive of work-life balance
  • Flexible working environment
  • Inclusion and diversity celebration

Job Details

Company Description

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries.


Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.


Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.


We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.


Please visit our website: www.turnerandtownsend.com

 

Job Description

Our award-winning controls & performance team require a project planning specialist to aid in the delivery of new and exciting construction projects in the Northwest. 

The Planner function includes advanced planning, scheduling, progress measurement & change management implementation.  A thorough understanding is required of policies, methods, and procedures that includes advanced Planning and Scheduling techniques, Risk Analysis, Risk Management, and support of project objectives. The Planner will provide expertise and best practice implementation in the workplace for the region with regard to the planning and scheduling discipline. 

The role:

  • Analyze deviations from the baseline in the Project Master schedule highlighting bottlenecks / delays and propose corrective actions.
  • Implement Project Planning/Scheduling strategy, plans and procedures, reflecting both Company and contractor roles, responsibilities and expectations.
  • Coordinate the development and implementation of project Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) and Cost Breakdown Structures (CBS) in conjunction with Project Lead, Project Cost Engineer and Contractor project controls leads, and in conjunction with Project Execution Plans.
  • Support the Project Team in the implementation of an integrated enterprise based, cross functional and EPC master schedule program.
  • Preparing Staffing, Engineering, Construction progress and customized reports.
  • Perform Critical Path Analysis.
  • Perform probabilistic analysis on integrated schedules and contractor schedules.
  • Conduct the required project schedule analysis, critical path analysis and schedule risk analysis for the project as a whole.
  • Prepare the Integrated Planning / Scheduling contribution to the Monthly Project Report and specific reports / presentations.
  • Analyze and highlight the overall schedule impact of any variance / change order.
  • Prepare resourcing plans for the overall and individual project phases, identifying any excessive peak numbers and making recommendations for peak leveling.
  • Ensure that schedule related data from vendors, suppliers, engineering and construction contractors of actual projects is provided as feedback into the planning and scheduling systems.
  • Ensure the accuracy and completeness of the schedules produced, maintaining independence as a planning engineer when advising on issues requiring judgment.
  • Ability to balance multiple projects executed in multiple locations and by multiple contractors. 

Qualifications

  • Experience in coordinating multiple sources of schedule performance data into a master schedule platform and deliver project status reports required for large scale projects.
  • Expert experience level using project scheduling tools (MS Project, Primavera P6), Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Develops good working relationships with project team.

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 & 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/

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SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

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It is strictly against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency working with Turner & Townsend will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time. 

Any unsolicited resumes/CVs submitted through our website or to Turner & Townsend personal e-mail accounts, are considered property of Turner & Townsend and are not subject to payment of agency fees. In order to be an authorised Recruitment Agency/Search Firm for Turner & Townsend, there must be a formal written agreement in place and the agency must be invited, by the Recruitment Team, to submit candidates for review. 

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