Director, Project Controls Lead - Europe

Company Description

From the inception of a project through to completion and beyond, Turner & Townsend help to deliver the outcomes that matter through transformational programmes covering the full spectrum of consultancy, project delivery and post-project operations.

With offices located globally, you're never far away from our services. Working from 113 offices in 46 countries, we make the difference to projects across the real estate, infrastructure and natural resources sectors worldwide.

Job Description

Role Summary

The successful candidate will lead the project controls function for Infrastructure regionally and provide direction and support to the local teams across Europe.

The Project Controls Lead will be responsible for driving growth with a particular focus on large scale major projects and programmes within the infrastructure sectors, including Rail, Aviation, Highways, and Defence. The appointed lead will also be responsible for service quality, the hiring and nurturing of key talent required to deliver our services, and the conversion of major opportunities.

A key focus of this role is securing new business opportunities and building and leading a team. This includes developing and expanding networks, positioning and creating opportunities, and providing routes to market to sell our services. The role requires a strategic, high-level perspective to oversee and drive the growth and development of project controls across Europe.

Business Generation Responsibilities

• Securing new business opportunities.
• Positioning and creating opportunities to provide routes to market for selling our services.
• Building and expanding the network across Europe.
  
  

Team Leadership Responsibilities

• Building and leading a team.
• Strategic oversight in respect to building this discipline across Europe.
• Delivery of respective cost centre budget (business performance).
• Leadership of people, including engagement and development leadership as well as effective deployment.
• Lead and assure service excellence Level.
• Compliance with our Business Management Systems: contract, risk, HSW, delivery, finance.
• Lead Health Safety & Wellbeing activities for respective cost centre.
• Lead contract execution & compliance.
• Visible regional market presence.
• Securing regional bids for cost centre.
• Responsible for resourcing and capability build to meet need in region.
  
  

Operational Management Responsibilities To Include

• Market offer – contributing to the ongoing development of major project and programs offer for project controls, including service approaches, best practices, etc.
• Strategy – leading the development and execution of major projects and programmes growth strategies across all sectors.
• Opportunities – identifying opportunities and leading major project and programme pursuits in key markets across Europe.
• Execution – serve as a project director / leader of our service on new commissions.
• Capability development – lead the development and nurturing of talent, in line with strategy and opportunities.
• Partnerships – leading on development of strategic industry partnerships to enable opportunities, proposition, and delivery.
• Assurance – development of core assurance methodology associated with the projects in the local market.
• Thought leadership – author publications and speak at industry events related to best practices and innovation within project controls.
  
  

Qualifications

Technical experience

• Likely to have 10-15 years plus construction industry experience from a scheduling or cost engineering background.
• Minimum of 5-10 years working in the civil engineering industry specifically, with a proven track record in successfully delivering major projects and programmes.
• Extensive experience establishing and / or leading a project controls function.
• Experience of working within both client and consultant environments an advantage.
• Ability to work in multi-cultural environments.
• Experience working with global accounts and supporting the growth of those relationships.
  
  

Skills/qualifications

• Qualified to degree level with professional membership.
• Excellent communication skills and an ability to establish robust relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Ability to access and influence key decision makers within clients, regulatory bodies, and government.
• Strategically minded with a considered and consistent approach to decision-making.
• Ability to serve in the capacity of a ‘doer / leader’ – someone who can deliver the service while growing talent and the pipeline regionally.
  
  

Additional Information

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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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