Digital Project Controls – Senior/ Principal Consultant- Bristol & London

Company: Turner & Townsend
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Location: Greater London
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Company Description

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.

We help major global clients deliver ambitious and highly technical projects across more than 110 offices worldwide, with digital at the core of our business.

Job Description

You are an experienced project controls professional (infrastructure or real estate) who wants to enhance client enterprises by transforming their approach to portfolio‑programme‑project management (P3M) through software solutions.

Our Digital Controls cloud technology platform embeds project controls into software applications for portfolio, programme and project management, producing status and performance reports that provide insight and drive action for complex work portfolios.

As a member of the Digital Controls team you will be expected to contribute in several ways, including:

  • Contribute to the assessment of each client environment and support the structured approach to discovering, developing and delivering a Digital Controls solution that is fit for purpose and enables the client to achieve desired outcomes and associated benefits.
  • Lead development, implementation and optimisation of project controls & performance related strategies, functional set‑up and optimisation.
  • Implement our Digital Controls platform to enable an optimised project controls & performance operating model.
  • Deploy established P3M methodologies, processes, tools and systems, tailoring these to suit specific circumstances and contributing to their continuous improvement and development.
  • Continuously improve our Digital Controls platform and advisory services.
  • Produce reports to support findings and recommendations across various stages of client engagements.
  • Deliver workshops in a mix of virtual and face‑to‑face environments with client representatives.
  • Work within diverse and multi‑disciplinary teams representing Turner & Townsend at both client sites and virtually.
  • Participate in business generation activities such as bids, proposals and work closely with senior management and the wider team.
  • Identify, contribute to and progress business generation opportunities where appropriate.
  • Support marketing and social‑media campaigns (employee advocacy) where appropriate.

Qualifications

The ideal candidate will have experience and qualifications in line with the below, but we are open to enthusiastic and ambitious individuals who want to pursue a successful consultancy career within the construction industry.

  • Graduate calibre with relevant industry experience.
  • Experience of leading the development of project management or project controls & performance business processes and the specification or configuration of Digital Controls solutions.
  • Experience working on capital projects or programmes covering multiple project controls functions (scope, schedule, cost, risk, performance reporting) in the infrastructure sector (rail, aviation, highways, utilities, defence, nuclear) or similar.
  • Understanding of strategy and set‑up of target operating models and organisational design in the context of capital infrastructure delivery businesses, integrated project controls & performance functions or PMO set‑ups would be advantageous.
  • Experience of business transformations and associated change‑management activities.
  • Familiarity with supporting capability or maturity assessments across capital delivery businesses, PMO, project controls & performance or a specific function.
  • Literacy in office productivity software applications such as Microsoft Office, Teams and diagramming tools such as Visio, Lucid Chart or Draw.io.
  • Possess an analytical mindset, being confident in data manipulation and presentation (SQL, Power Query, Power BI, Tableau, Qlik is advantageous).
  • Experience with specialist project management or project controls & performance software:
    • Take‑off, measurement & estimating: CostX, CostOS, RIB iTwo, Procore, RIB Candy.
    • Activity planning, scheduling & Critical Path Analysis (CPA): Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, Power Project, Open Plan.
    • Portfolio, project and contract management (cost & change management): EcoSys, PRISM G2, Cobra, Unifier.
    • Risk: riskHive, Active Risk Manager (ARM), Primavera Risk Analysis, Safran, Xactium.
  • Experience with writing and presenting reports, and the ability to navigate complex stakeholder environments and engage senior stakeholders in client teams.
  • Familiarity with coding and the principles of modern computer‑system architecture is advantageous.
  • APM, PMI or similar certification or equivalent experience is advantageous.

Key Expected Behaviours and Ways of Working

  • Proactively identify and resolve client issues, communicating lessons learned.
  • Build strong, professional client relationships and challenge behaviours when appropriate.
  • Express ideas with clarity, focusing on key points.
  • Listen effectively to understand wider issues and impacts.
  • Show determination to achieve set goals.
  • Remain resilient despite obstacles, disappointments or challenges.
  • Take personal responsibility to complete actions and resolve issues.
  • Encourage active participation and positive contribution from all.
  • Work with others, both internally and externally, to achieve project and/or business goals.
  • Analyse information quickly and efficiently.
  • When making decisions, use an appropriate mix of analysis, intuition and judgement to determine the best solution.

Additional Information

Our people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, fostering a healthy, productive and flexible environment that respects work‑life balance.

The role may include SOX control responsibilities where applicable.

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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Posted: April 17th, 2026