About the job
Join our dynamic Project Controls team at Turner & Townsend as a Senior Planning Engineer, where you will play a pivotal role in overseeing high-profile construction projects across the UK and Europe.
As a Senior Planning Engineer, you will be responsible for performance reporting and analysis, ensuring the successful delivery of projects while serving as a key liaison with clients. Your key responsibilities will include:
- Analyzing deviations from project baselines by identifying trends and root causes, and recommending effective remedial actions to optimize client value.
- Leading project evaluations focused on time, cost, and quality, applying necessary governance controls for successful project delivery.
- Collaborating with a remote team of cost managers to establish a competitive cost baseline and ensuring value for money for clients.
- Advising and guiding general contractors to ensure adherence to schedules and cash flow parameters.
- Acting as the primary contact for clients, addressing delivery and commercial challenges while preparing formal reports on time, cost, and quality.
- Managing costs through your expertise in conceptual estimating, funding procedures, and procurement principles.
- Developing comprehensive cost reports and executive dashboards to summarize financial status.
- Leading change management processes and workflows, facilitating tracking and approval of project changes.
- Organizing planning sessions and workshops with clients and vendors to compile and agree on the master project schedule and critical path.
- Integrating vendor lead times into the master schedule to prioritize material and equipment ordering for timely installations.
- Engaging in risk evaluations with project teams, applying Monte Carlo simulations to assess quantitative impacts on project costs and schedules.
- Maintaining communication with the project team regarding changes, ensuring all updates are captured and approved within the change management framework.
- Holding vendors accountable for timely schedule updates to maintain the integrity of the master schedule.

