Associate Director - Cost Control

Company Description

The world is changing, and we have a responsibility to support that change, helping drive it and be part of it.

Through the commitment, capability and care our team brings, we build trust between clients, suppliers, governments, and society. Delivering better outcomes that have a positive impact on the world around us.

We work smarter to face the challenges of the future; bringing the clarity that helps teams realise their full potential across the real estate, infrastructure, and natural resources sectors.

It’s how we’ve made the difference for 75 years. Transforming performance for a , and world.

At Turner & Townsend we are 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 provide Commercial, Procurement and Cost Management Services to a wide range of clients out of over 110 offices worldwide, operating in various sectors including Defence, Rail, Utilities, Transport, Education, Local Authorities and Health.

Job Description

At Turner & Townsend our award-winning Controls & Performance team are focused on driving innovation, enhancing our client’s integrated controls capability, improving performance, and delivering better programme outcomes. We have a growing national team of over 600 Controls & Performance professionals. The breadth and scale of our team provides great opportunities to reach back and draw upon a vast pool of experience to enhance your knowledge and career. Our strong capability, discipline communities and varied client base, provides a great opportunity to drive your career, supported by our career pathways.

We have an exciting opportunity for an Associate Director (Cost Control) to join our busy and expanding, Defence team, who are undertaking a range of Controls & Performance duties on several high-profile Infrastructure Projects/Programmes. This will be to work on growing our cost capability in the Southwest. Additionally, this role will provide the opportunity to innovate, collaborate and learn from our experienced and award-winning Cost Control community and wider extensive Controls and Performance Network.

Key Deliverables:

Working alongside project delivery teams as part of a wider cost control team and leading experienced cost professionals, responsibilities will include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Lead and develop teams of Cost Control professionals on complex client projects or programmes.
• Drive continuous improvement in cost control (and interfacing project controls) processes to create efficiency and increasing benefits to our clients.
• Develop and maintain relationships with interfacing disciplines including, but not limited to, Finance, Commercial and Project Managers to ensure alignment of project information.
• Drive the implementation, embed and roll-out of any identified changes to cost control processes.
• Appropriately select, implement, administer, and maintain cost control systems to meet client requirements.
• Mentor the wider Turner & Townsend Cost Controller team, providing support and guidance where required.
• Provide subject matter advice and manage the development of reporting tracking tools, where required, and generate Cost reports on a regular basis, including evaluation of earned value.
• Define how to build and assure project forecast to account for all residual works in the Estimate to Complete (ETC) and the development of the Estimate at Completion (EAC) incorporating required supply chain information.
• Provide Subject Matter Expertise for Turner & Townend and the client in all aspects of Cost Control.
• Present / provide performance recovery recommendations to relevant stakeholders and senior management to support effective decision making.
• Support the development of Turner & Townsend Cost Control training material.
• Lead on the preparation and presentation of Communities of Practice/Interest and Knowledge Shares.
• Support the National Cost Control Lead in delivering Cost Control nationally.
• Support Turner & Townsend’s recruitment activities to grow and develop the project controls capability.

Qualifications

Essential:

• Extensive experience in a Lead Cost Control role with management responsibility.
• Extensive experience of working within a project environment.
• An intermediate to advanced level of Earned Value Management (EVM) understanding.
• Confidence and ability to critically challenge.
• Practical experience of using MS Excel and other MS applications.
• A good understanding of how other aspects of Controls & Performance (Scheduling, Risk Management, Reporting, Change Control) interact with Cost Control.
• Demonstratable team leadership experience.
• Experience in implementing Cost Control processes and procedures.
• A good and clear understanding of the differences between Cost Control and Finance.

Desirable:

• Familiarity with at least one Cost Control tool.
• Familiarity with NEC contracts.
• Working in a Defence environment.
• A relevant Cost Control qualification, such as the Controls & Skills Authority.
• A relevant Project Controls qualification, such as ECITB, APM.

Due to the nature of this role applicants will require to hold or have the ability to achieve security clearance. Therefore unfortunately, we can only accept applications from sole British nationals

Additional Information

• Turner & Townsend recognise the importance of helping its employees harmonise their work and home life by offering hybrid working, enabling them to balance their working life with other priorities. At the same time T&T recognises that employee office and site attendance must at all times remain in line with the demands of the business and clients. Currently, we anticipate you being on client sites or Turner & Townsend offices 60% of your time, but this may flex to meet client and business requirements. The office is not the only place work gets done, but it is increasingly important for teams to be stronger together by learning, collaborating, and creating amazing work together.

Additional Information:

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.

We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.

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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SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

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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.

SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

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.