Project Controls Engineer – Defence
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Turner & Townsend is hiring a Project Controls Engineer for Defence to support UK wide clients with a hybrid remote arrangement. You will operate within a cross-discipline Project Controls team, lead specific workstreams, help define the scope with exclusions and dependencies, establish a robust Performance Measurement Baseline, manage change, and integrate cost, risk and schedule with supplier data and Finance to inform delivery decisions. The role requires experience across the project lifecycle in planning and scheduling, cost estimation and control, risk management or performance reporting, plus a proactive, collaborative mindset and strong stakeholder influence. You must be a Sole UK National eligible for MoD Security Clearance SC. Approximately 60% site or office attendance; apply even if not 100% matched. Tailor your CV to highlight Earned Value Management, WBS development, schedule integration, and cross-functional collaboration, and show SC status or eligibility, plus a demonstrated ability to thrive in uncertain environments and to contribute to process improvements.
Company Description
Important: Before applying, due to the sensitive nature of these projects, you must be a SOLE UK National who is able to achieve and maintain UK MoD Security Clearance (SC). See Security Clearance Section.
Already holding SC Clearance is desirable however we advise that if you feel you would be a great candidate for this role, please apply.
At Turner & Townsend, we’re passionate about making the difference. That means delivering better outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realise 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 110 offices worldwide.
Turner & Townsend within the UK has a wide range of key clients in various sectors, including Health, Local Authorities, Higher Education, Highways, Utilities, Rail, and Defence. Our diverse portfolio of clients provides our team members with unique and rewarding opportunities to gain experience across a broad range of major programmes and projects.
Turner & Townsend are a key Tier 1 supplier of project and programme management services to the Ministry of Defence and strategic Defence suppliers in the UK. We play a crucial role in supporting the defence of the United Kingdom, whilst ensuring our clients achieve better outcomes
Join a Team Where Your Perspective Matters
At Turner & Townsend, you’ll benefit from strong professional development and international exposure, as well as comprehensive health and well-being support. Employees also frequently highlight our positive work–life balance and the flexibility offered through hybrid working opportunities.
We know that diverse teams deliver better outcomes — and we actively welcome people of all identities, backgrounds, and career journeys. If you’re looking for a place where your voice is valued, your potential is supported, and your work has real impact, we’d love to meet you.
Our Cost Centre, Programme Performance, combines practical transformation delivery with project insight to help organisations make better decisions, manage uncertainty, and deliver consistent programme performance. Our service offerings span across Defence, including in the regulated environment.
We are actively looking to expand the team due to client requirements and have talented individuals join us who will support our broad client portfolio, whilst further developing their career, working on a range of complex and challenging commissions.
Job Description
As a Project Controls Engineer, you will have experience of:
Working within and leading on specific workstreams within a cross-discipline Project Controls team.
Contributing to project the scope definition through the use of exclusions, assumptions, interfaces, and dependencies, and coordinating the scope’s decomposition to enable the establishment of a Work Breakdown Structure.
Working with the Integrated Project Team to support the establishment a robust, accurate Performance Measurement Baseline and manage the change control process.
Supporting collaboration with suppliers to integrate and analyse project performance data in accordance with Supplier Project Controls contractual requirements.
Supporting scope, cost, risk and schedule integration and alignment.
Supporting the analysis of performance data, including Earned Value Management, to provide insight and to facilitate delivery decisions.
Supporting the liaison with Finance to generate relevant prospective financial positions, including Cash Estimate to Complete and Estimate At Complete profiles.
Supporting effective risk management through the appropriate identification, quantification, treatment and oversight of project risk.
Supporting Project Managers in the deployment of resource in-line with the resource-loaded schedules.
Assuring the quality, accuracy, and integrity of your output.
Working with the Integrated Project Team to communicate and contextualise delivery performance and influence stakeholders.
Promoting learning from experience and influencing process improvements.
Qualifications
As a Project Controls Engineer, you will;
Have experience of delivering projects.
Have Project Controls experience across a one or more stages within the Project lifecycle.
Have experience in the application of one or more Project Controls disciplines, including Planning and Scheduling, Cost Estimation, Cost Control, Risk Management or Performance Reporting and their associated software / tools.
Have a basic understanding of the way in which the Integrated Project Controls disciplines operate.
Hold a proactive, curious and ‘can-do’ attitude, as well as being an individual who is comfortable in uncertain and unclear project environments.
Be a good communicator with ability to influence outcomes.
Have a passion to build a community and support network beyond your delivery role.
Have an undergraduate degree in a relevant technical or management field or suitable equivalent qualifications and experience.
Hold or are working towards holding membership of a relevant professional body e.g. Association for Project Management, Project Management Institute.
Be competent in using the software needed to perform the role.
Have a desire to work within various sectors and with a range of clients
Additional Information
Working in teams/ Office & Site attendance:
Turner & Townsend recognises the importance of helping its employees harmonise their work and home life by offering hybrid working, that enable them to balance their working life with other priorities. At the same time T&T recognises that employee office and site attendance must always remain in line with the demands of the business and clients. Currently, we anticipate you being on client sites or Turner & Townsend offices 60% of your time, but this may flex depending on client and business requirements. The office is not the only place work gets done, but it is increasingly important for teams to be stronger together by learning, collaborating, and creating amazing work together
Security Clearance
Important: Before applying, due to the sensitive nature of these projects, you must be a SOLE UK National who is able to achieve and maintain UK MoD Security Clearance (SC).
Many of the clients and projects we support are subject to MoD security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, time out of country, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).
Person focus
Turner & Townsend is looking for the right people to join our team- if you do not fulfil 100% of the advert but think you can add value to our teams and clients please apply or reach out to the recruiter for a discussion.
Values & Behaviours:
- The successful candidate will demonstrate behaviours that are consistent with the T&T Value and Behaviours Model
Love a challenge
- We love a challenge and we work hard to make change happen and see things through. We don’t stand still, challenging ourselves and others to do better every day. And we are trusted to do the right thing, raising standards all the time.
Stronger together
- We’re stronger together by connecting people in diverse teams, so that we can all collaborate to deliver our best work. We focus on what matters and use our influence to build a better world for everyone.
Bring out the best in everyone
- 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.
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SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.
Join our social media conversations for more information about Turner & Townsend and our exciting future projects:
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.