Project Control Manager

Who is Turner & Townsend?

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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Job Description

• Implement project controls and ensure compliance throughout the project lifecycle.
• Keep the project manager updated on key trends and issues.
• Set up and maintain SLAs, responsibility matrices, and related governance documents.
• Develop and approve project control plans and procedures across schedule, cost, cashflow, risk, change, and reporting.
• Perform core cost control tasks, including VOWD updates, cost reporting, and change/payment reviews.
• Lead or support planning sessions and ensure visibility of performance management tools.
• Support project risk management and facilitate risk workshops when needed.
• Work with cross‑functional teams to maintain the project resource plan.
• Review project controls deliverables to ensure accuracy and meaningful insights.
• Coordinate with client Finance and other stakeholders to ensure transparent project performance data.
• Support procurement activities during pre‑contract stages.
• Work with estimating teams on funding requests and ensure timely stage‑gate documentation.
• Implement quality assurance measures for project controls tasks.
• Ensure smooth onboarding of third‑party project controls teams.
• Contribute to lessons learned and lead project‑controls‑related reviews when required.

Qualifications

• Degree in engineering, construction management, or a related field.
• 10+ years of hands‑on experience in project controls, planning, and/or construction management.
• Awareness of cost and schedule quantitative risk analysis.
• Understanding of estimating practices.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills; able to work effectively with diverse project and management teams.
• Proven team player with an open mindset toward different perspectives when making decisions.
• Ability to manage service providers delivering project controls services.
• Able to work at project sites or contractor offices and support business travel when required.
• Bio‑pharmaceutical industry experience preferred.
• Professional accreditation in a relevant discipline preferred.
• Hands‑on experience in quantitative risk analysis desirable.

Additional Information

We believe in the power of a diverse and inclusive workforce where the backgrounds, perspectives and life experiences of our people strengthen us. It’s important to us that our recruitment process is easily accessible for you so please click apply for a confidential discussion, as we’re happy to make changes to support the needs of individuals.

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