Project Controls Specialists (all levels) - Performance & Reporting

Turner & Townsend
Doncaster
1 year ago
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Company Description

At Turner & 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.

Job Description

Our PMO Yorkshire Northeast team is looking to expand its Controls community. We are a close-knit team and we’re looking to welcome passionate and ambitious candidates across all our professional, senior professional and managerial grades who will support our early careers, grow into leadership roles and bring their skills and expertise to our communities of practice, fostering our values with specific emphasis to Bringing out the best in Everyone.

With exciting growth in region including new Major Programmes, Projects and Clients, we’re looking for flexible and mobile Planning and Scheduling / Performance Reporting / Risk Management candidates to deliver services in our local region. Travel within Yorkshire and the Northeast is required dependent on the project and can be discussed further during the recruitment process. What you can give in flexibility and mobility you get back in access to diverse sectors such as Power, Water, Rail, Mass Transit, Local Authority, Shipyards, the opportunity to autonomously utilise your expertise to bring our clients bespoke solutions in response to their unique needs, and the opportunity to stretch yourself and boost your professional development with support from our network of dedicated line managers.

Working alongside project delivery teams as part of a wider reporting & performance management team or independently with reach back support to experienced performance & reporting professionals, responsibilities will include, but are not limited to, the following: 

Tailoring reporting processes to meet the client’s needs and aligning with best practice. 

Deliver to performance and reporting management plans for our clients based on project requirements, maturity, and best practice. 

Promoting the benefits and requirements of Performance Reporting & Analytics within the project and programme team.

Implementing, administering, and maintaining reporting systems and procedures to track project controls performance. 

Working with the Integrated Project Team to establish a robust, integrated, well structured, accurate Performance Measurement Baseline (PMB) and support the change control process.

Roll out reporting calendars to ensure a consistent drumbeat of performance data and sufficient time to assure and analyse outputs. 

Work with project controls to define requirements and data flows for information management systems and supporting our digital teams in their implementation.

Lead the development, analysis and maintenance of corporate datasets. 

Provide guidance and advice on data quality issues to a wide variety of data providers. 

Lead material preparation for governance through projects, programmes, portfolios and the enterprise. 

Identify performance recovery recommendations for relevant stakeholders and management to support effective decision making. 

Support the project team develop, embed KPIs and contributes to the development of the performance measures dictionary. 

Developing project performance reports and dashboards, providing recommendations to relevant stakeholders and management to support effective decision making. 

Lead preparation of presentations and other materials for client governance forums and performance reviews. 

Contribute towards our national and regional performance & reporting communities including Communities of Practice. 

Training and coaching clients and less experienced team members on performance and reporting management processes and practices.

Qualifications

Experience in a project or programme environment is essential.

An understanding of how other aspects of Project Controls (Scheduling, Cost Control, Change Control) interact with Reporting.

Demonstrable track record in identifying reporting and data requirements and documenting these using the appropriate types of tools and documentation

Awareness of Project Controls software (Primavera P6, Active Risk Manager, Ecosys etc) is desirable.

Experience in using data analysis tools ( Power BI)

An understanding of data, data architecture and data models 

Additional Information

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 

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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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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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