Project Controls Manager
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Turner & Townsend seeks a Project Controls Manager to join our Abu Dhabi team, leading lifecycle controls for a high-speed rail project. The role focuses on reporting, data analysis that flags issues and opportunities, and timely monthly reports with compliance. The ideal candidate has 15+ years postgraduate experience, a degree in civil engineering or project management, MS Office skills, and project management exposure; high-speed rail experience is preferred. PMP or equivalent credentials and a master’s degree are a plus. To apply, tailor your resume to end-to-end controls, quantify impact, and demonstrate governance improvements, cost and scheduling accuracy. Be onsite in Abu Dhabi and highlight collaboration.
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.
Job Description
We are looking for ambitious and driven Project Controls Manager to be part of our successful infrastructure team in Abu Dhabi. The ideal candidate should have experience in managing the full lifecycle of a major high-speed rail project.
- Responsible for uniform reporting in their assigned sector
- Accountable for ensuring reports are analyzed and presented in such a way that they highlight key management issues and opportunities to execute the program efficiently
- Accountable for providing support, guidance and advice to the assigned sector on project controls matters.
- Responsible for participating in reporting forums with relevant sector as required
- Accountable for point of contact for receiving all reporting data from the sector.
- Responsible for liaising closely with all the other PMO functions to produce the monthly report in a timely and consistent manner
- Ensure project controls compliance related to Projects
- Arrange meetings to discuss and assist sector to close their project control issues
- Provide support to the Senior Project Controls Manager where required on project control matters.
- Performs other responsibilities associated with this position as may be appropriate
Qualifications
Mandatory Requirements
- Minimum of 15 years post graduate experience with experience in major high speed rail project.
- Preference will be given to related experience
- University degree from a recognized University in an appropriate field such as, Project Management, Civil Engineering or equivalent.
- Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office
- Extensive Project Management experience
Desirable Requirements
- Evidence of suitable professional qualification PMP, APM or equivalent is preferable
- Master’s degree in a relevant field.
- Strong working knowledge of Project Planning Software’s.
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