Project Controls Director – Turner & Townsend – Amsterdam

Company Description

Our world is changing, and our industry needs to respond. At Turner & Townsend we’re passionate about making the difference, transforming performance on the world’s most impactful programmes.

Every day we help our major global clients deliver ambitious and highly technical projects, helping our people to realize their potential, and doing our part to create a green, inclusive, and productive world. This will be challenging but it’s our responsibility to make it happen together.

Job Description

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Project Controls Leader (Associate/Director Grade) to join our busy and expanding Energy & Natural Resources Team, who are undertaking a range of Controls & Performance duties on high-profile Projects/Programmes across Europe. Additionally, these roles will provide the opportunity to innovate, collaborate and learn from our experienced and award-winning Scope & Integration community and wider extensive Controls and Performance Network.

Working with our major clients and Delivery Partners, you will be leading and integrating the delivery of Controls & Performance (Project Controls). You may be part of a wider delivery team or working independently with reach back support to experienced Controls & Performance professionals.

Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to, the following:

Leading cross-discipline teams of project controls professionals to deliver effective, consistent, assured and value-adding project controls services to our clients across diverse and complex programmes to support and drive delivery.

Driving continuous improvement in project controls processes to create efficiency and increasing benefits to our clients.

Defining and implementing project controls approaches across the project, programme and portfolio levels allowing effective decision making at all levels.

Defining and implementing effective governance and assurance processes around project controls products.

Working with clients to develop relevant breakdown structure and support scope definitions.

Defining scaled, tailored, and integrated approaches for project controls and documenting these (for example in a Project Control System Definition). 

Defining the scope through the identification and management of exclusions, assumptions, interfaces, and dependencies, and coordinate the scope’s decomposition.

Working with the Integrated Project Team to establish a robust, accurate Performance Measurement Baseline and manage the change control process.

Working with Project and Commercial Management to establish the Supplier Project Controls contract requirements, and then collaborating with suppliers to integrate and analyse their performance data.

Ensuring scope, cost, risk and schedule integration and alignment, and analyse performance data to provide delivery insight and facilitate delivery decisions.

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

Assuring the quality, accuracy, and integrity of the Project Controls Team’s output.

Undertaking line management activities including career development and performance management.

Qualifications

Experience in the application of Project Controls disciplines (Planning, Cost Estimation, Cost Management, Risk Management or Reporting) in multiple projects.

Practical experience of integrating Project Controls disciplines and the ability to assess the maturity of a team and ways of working.

Experience in managing Stakeholders at all levels .

Experience in using some Project Controls software and systems (Primavera P6, Active Risk Manager, Ecosys etc).

A project controls related qualification ( Project Planning & Controls) is desirable.

Additional Information

What we offer you

At Turner & Townsend we want our people to succeed in both work and life, we promote a healthy, productive and flexible environment. In addition, you can expect:

A competitive salary based on the position and your experience;

25 vacation days with the option to purchase additional days;

Offices in Amsterdam and Eindhoven, conveniently located;

A NS travel card for public transportation in the Netherlands;

A laptop and phone: Anything you need for your work;

Hybrid work possibilities: Working from home, our offices or the client site;

Monthly team events where you get to know your colleagues better informally (barbecuing, a graffiti workshop, making chocolates, padel/golf/running);

Career opportunities that are tailored to your ambition;

Working on high-profile projects with international opportunities;

You will be part of a driven and enthusiastic team that will give you a warm welcome to T&T;

Room and support for your personal development;

Possibility to join one of our social networks such as Corporate Responsibility, Equality Diversity and Inclusion or bring a new interest to your colleagues!

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.

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.

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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. 

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