Performance Management Lead - Infrastructure

Company Description

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries. 

Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success. 

Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions. 

We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.

Job Description

Turner & Townsend is seeking an ambitious Associate Director-Project Controls to join our growing team. The ideal candidate has a proven track record of successful client delivery. This individual will assist in leading project controls services for major client accounts and will help with wider business initiatives if needed.  

Under the general direction of the Chief of Project Controls, the Performance Management Lead is responsible for management of the Authority's Capital Baseline, including both the funded and unfunded portions of the program.

The incumbent is a senior manager within the Program Performance and Risk Management Branch and works in partnership with the leads over Cost, Schedule, and Risk Units to effectively collate, monitor, and report performance against the baseline to ensure overall performance is on track and provide the Project Controls Office with forward looking assessments of trends.

They are responsible for developing, maintaining, and reviewing project controls data including budget, cost forecast, schedule and risk information and providing accurate and timely reporting of the program's performance and variance analysis. In addition, this position is responsible for managing the technical documents associated with Business Plans, Project Update Reports, and other stakeholder required reporting. 

Position Responsibilities

• Key resource in charge of the Authority's Capital Baseline, including technical supporting documents, data systems, and assumptions underlying the baseline. 
• Controls Authority functional unit forecasts and assumptions for the Program baseline.
• Collation of data across the Authority functions and projects.
• Monitors changes against Capital Baseline on the projects under execution. Develops dashboards for executive reporting and provides analytical insights on variances of actuals versus Baseline plan.
• Maintains records of month-on-month movements in scope, EAC and schedule.
• Responsible for integration of the baseline across functions and branches. 
• Manages the development, maintenance and implementation of the Authority’s Program WBS and WBS dictionary.
• Drives performance improvement and optimizations by continually reviewing the existing baseline processes, structures and data.
• Develops, maintains and enhances Authority processes and procedures related to program performance monitoring and control.
• Collaborates with the other Authority business units to support value engineering, cost mitigation and opportunity realization.
• Provides big picture expertise on the Capital Baseline to ensure consistency and robustness of data and reporting.
• SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable. 

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Business Management, Project Management, or finance and 6+ years of project management experience in related fields of transit and mobility industry.  
• Have expertise in the principles and practices of project management, data management and cost control; project cost planning and reporting techniques; construction project phases and disciplines. 
• Use analytical techniques to provide cost analysis and provide solutions; research and compile data and maintain accurate and complete project records; meet deadlines; work and communicate effectively with others using courtesy, respect, and sensitivity; and follow and adhere to company policies 
• Have significant experience in liaison, coordination, and collaboration with departmental and external stakeholders to elicit timely and consistent responses to program controls requirements 
• Have experience in leading and developing rep