Principal Consultant - Project Controls & Performance

Principal Consultant - Project Controls & Performance

• Full-time
• Department:
  Infrastructure

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.

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Joining the Programme Advisory team will afford you exciting opportunities to directly support world renowned clients, enhance your consulting skills, shape your career, and directly contribute to the team’s exciting growth trajectory. The Controls & Performance Programme Advisory team specialises in supplying strategic advisory to deliver business transformation and controls & performance advisory services covering strategy, set-up and optimisation of specific controls & performance functions or project/programme/portfolio management offices.

Our diverse and growing team of experts positively influence others and have an inclusive culture, bringing innovative thinking to some of the world’s most complex problems. We are stronger together and work well to collaboratively deliver tangible outcomes both internally and externally.

The Opportunity

We are seeking to recruit enthusiastic, talented, and proactive individuals who are passionate about delivering tangible results for clients and supporting the delivery of complex projects and programmes. The ideal candidate will have experience of Project Controls/Major Project and Programme Management.

Responsibilities

• Lead in the assessment of each client environment and their current challenges and assist in utilising our structured approach to discover design and deliver a solution that is fit for purpose and enables the client to achieve the benefits and outcomes desired.
• Lead the development, implementation, and optimisation of PMO and controls & performance strategies.
• Lead in the analysis, definition and write-up of findings and recommendations reports across various stages of the client engagement.
• Lead the delivery of workshops in a mix of virtual and face-to-face environments with client representatives.
• Work within diverse and multi-disciplinary teams representing Turner & Townsend at both client sites and virtually.
• Deploy established methodologies, processes, tools, and systems, tailoring these to suit specific circumstances.
• Contributing to their continuous improvement and development.
• Opportunity to work independently on work streams for commissions to enable your growth and development.
• Drive key activities within the Programme Advisory team including internal development of transformation products and approaches.
• Lead on business generation activities such as bids, proposals, etc and work closely alongside Senior Management and the wider Turner & Townsend team.
• Actively engage in marketing and social media campaigns (employee advocacy) where appropriate.
• Opportunity to engage in people development through being a buddy or line manager

Qualifications

• Experienced professional (3-5 years’ experience in Project Controls) with relevant industry experience (Master’s degree or equivalent experience desirable).
• Experience of working on major capital projects/programmes covering one or more roles within the PMO/controls & performance environment (schedule, cost, risk, change or performance reporting) in the infrastructure sector (Defense, Nuclear, Rail, Airport, Highways, Utilities) or similar.
• Familiarity with…