Senior Cost Manager

Turner & Townsend is seeking an experienced Project Controls Manager to join our team to support a large scale Life Sciences project. You will be involved from inception through to completion, so the successful candidate will require a broad experience of the construction process and be able to stand up a project from the beginning; establishing and delivering robust processes.  To be successful in this position you must have great communication skills and be comfortable operating in a client-facing role.Responsible for project controls implementation and leadership throughout the process, ensuring client requirements are adhered to at all stages of the project lifecycle.Provide proactive communication to ensure client leadership (Project Services and Project Execution) is appraised of trends on the project.Establish and maintain project controls service level agreements, responsibility matrices etc. providing clarity over responsibilities amongst internal and external resources.Responsible for the development of, and approve, project control plans and procedures covering all facets of project controls (schedule, cost, cashflow, risk, change and reporting). Leverage third-party providers and their work processes wherever practicable.Input into risk management activities, with pricing of risks where appropriate and contributing to mitigation measures.Participate in interactive planning sessions, ensuring any outputs including ongoing visual performance management tools are in place and accessible for all appropriate persons.Develop and maintain accurate staffing plans for the project(s) in conjunction with project team.Review key project control deliverables ahead of submission for periodic reporting purposes to ensure accurate and meaningful data is provided. Provide comment and recommendations for corrective actions where appropriate.Liaise with client Finance team and/or other stakeholders as required to ensure project performance data is open, transparent and supports corporate requirements.Support the procurement process, working pre-contract with Procurement resources as required.Coordinate with estimating resources in respect of funding requests etc. and take responsibility for ‘on time in full’ project controls stage-gate documentation for internal governance / funding decisions. Key responsibilities would be coordinating third party estimating / GC firms and consolidating from multiple sources to provide an all-in estimate.Key DeliverablesMonthly cost report, tracking against authorised budget to deliver conceptSupporting with the preparation of content for stakeholder monthly presentations.Quarterly cashflow forecastsConducting and agreeing monthly pencil requisitions with the GC.Facilitate change process (establish and maintain change log)Ditto re risk management process / registerReviewing and agreeing variations with the GC to achieve a rolling final account.Agreeing GC Final Accounts.Project Controls PlanBehaviorsCandidate would ideally have positive experience in demonstrating the following behaviors in their previous roles:Taking the initiative to work within loosely defined parameters and setting a structure to be followed by others.Client facing, so able to display key company behaviors of creating an inclusive environment of mutual trust and cooperation.Challenge existing behaviors and processes in a positive way to drive a culture of improvement and change.Excellent communicator and thrives in a client facing role with an ability to present to senior stakeholders.