Project Controls Manager

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.

Turner & Townsend are seeking an ambitious Project Controls Manager to join our growing team. The ideal candidate is an ambitious construction professional with experience supporting project controls cost and schedule on large construction projects or programs. This role is onsite in Ville Platte, Louisiana. This role is also available for per diem.

• Progress each project every month to ensure all projects are monitored for project controls in line with the monthly reporting cycle, checking accuracy and consistency of data.
• Report milestones of planned value and earned value data, % complete on projects and provide project commentaries.
• Attend project status meetings report on major material status; update forecast and schedule per progress discussion.
• Summarize project performance metrics and provide specialized direction and recommendation to project teams and management for the resolution of diverse project controls issues.
• Develop, monitor and update owners of Project Integrated Master Schedule (IMS).
• Interface with project stakeholders as a trusted advisor to provide guidance and recommendations for the project.
• Actively work with project managers and construction firms to maintain schedule integrity.
• Track and review change orders with project management and cost management team.
• Produce monthly reports for management.
• Contract Administration (retention, T&Cs, insurance, allowances, contingency, incentives).
• Prepare baseline schedules and schedule basis documents for approval by project teams.
• Conduct schedule for resource loading and leveling.
• Consolidate contractors schedule to incorporate into IMS.
• Assess impacts on the critical path and near-critical activities and report to the project team.
• Monitor schedule deviations and variances and assist in the development of alternative methods for corrective action.
• Review schedules with project team members on a regular basis to ensure that accurate and timely data is incorporated into the schedule.
• Facilitate interactive planning sessions and quantitative risk assessments when required.
• Maintain record of scope changes, trends and variances that potentially affect performance.
• Maintain liaison with clients and other consultants at all project stages.
• Implement best practices and reporting trends both internally and externally.
• SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

• Good knowledge of construction industry technical matters, such as different procurement routes, value management and value engineering.
• Advanced skills with spreadsheets, report writing and presentations.
• High proficiency in Microsoft Office and Google Suite of applications.
• Preferred knowledge of P6 scheduling.
• Skilled in the use of industry accepted applications for cost, planning and progress measurement.
• Self‑motivated and proactive.
• Demonstrates a high level of self‑organization, coordination and planning.
• Good organization skills, ability to multi‑task, be a team player and integrate easily with others.
• Must have strong and professional English oral and written communication skills.

• Project Controls manager experience.
• Will…