Turner & Townsend
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Project Director - Planning & Scheduling
Lead planning & scheduling for complex infrastructure/defence projects, managing teams and clients.
Job Highlights
About the Role
Successful candidates will act as change agents, shaping future strategy, improving performance and fostering a collaborative ‘One Business’ culture across clients, industry and communities. They will influence leadership, define capability requirements, promote learning, and champion a caring and inclusive environment while balancing revenue and employee well‑being. • Manage client‑facing commissions, high‑value and complex projects, and develop talent in local markets. • Improve Planning and Scheduling and interfacing project controls processes to increase efficiency and client benefits. • Build interdisciplinary relationships that serve client interests. • Drive business generation, resource planning, and strategic growth for the Planning and Scheduling team. • Ensure project scope delivery and maintain high client satisfaction. • Lead senior line‑management activities, including career development within Planning and Scheduling. • Develop project controls capability through recruitment, training, and experience. • Implement, embed and roll out enhancements to Planning and Scheduling processes. • Support national and regional Communities of Practice. • Champion performance reporting benefits and requirements internally and across the industry. • Provide subject‑matter expertise and analysis to stakeholders and senior management for decision‑making. • Train and coach clients and junior leadership on Planning and Scheduling practices. • Lead national and regional initiatives that achieve strategic goals such as growth, outreach, or improvement. • Direct Planning and Scheduling on complex projects/programmes. • Lead large teams and work on both delivery and transformation projects.
Key Responsibilities
- ▸planning
- ▸scheduling
- ▸project controls
- ▸client management
- ▸talent development
- ▸performance reporting
What You Bring
• Possess expert knowledge of Planning and Scheduling tools and techniques. • Demonstrate experience interfacing with other Project Controls disciplines. • Familiarity with NEC contracts. • For Defence projects, be a UK national with current or attainable SC Clearance.
Requirements
- ▸planning tools
- ▸project controls
- ▸nec contracts
- ▸sc clearance
- ▸uk national
Benefits
The role is primarily based in the Midlands and Central South, with regional travel and national mobility expected. It offers the chance to innovate, collaborate and learn within an award-winning community of practice and a broader Controls and Performance network.
Work Environment
Hybrid