Turner & Townsend is anticipating record growth in 2026, with opportunities across a number of sectors in 2026 including Data Centers, Pharmaceuticals/Life Sciences, Semiconductor Manufacturing and other Complex/Sophisticated Construction Projects nationwide. We are interviewing Directors of Project Controls, Cost Management, Scheduling, Project Risk Management and Change Management, as well as in Construction and Project Management across the USA. The ideal candidates have a proven track record of successful client delivery and managing project control teams. These individuals will lead commissions for major client accounts and will help with wider business initiatives as needed. These are hybrid/travel/remote roles that can be seated anywhere in the USA, but the candidate MUST be flexible to frequently travel nationwide/relocate to site and/or to a client location as needed. TRAVEL/RELOCATION OPPORTUNITIES for the life of Programs/Projects for at 3-5 years and beyond!
Locations will include less-traveled regions in the Midwestern USA, Mountain USA, Southeastern USA, and rural locations in the Northeast. You MUST be willing to relocate/travel full-time to be considered for these opportunities. These are not remote roles.
Responsibilities:
- Responsible for establishing and executing the high-level strategic direction of project controls including cost management, risk management and schedule management.
- Responsible for project budget approval process.
- Leads risk workshops with the project team to identify risks, establish likelihood/severity, mitigation actions and Owners.
- Take the lead for project controls deliverables that require cross-functional input.
- Motivate the team by providing clear direction and goals.
- Assist with weekly team meetings to discuss progress on initiatives and to drive performance.
- Lead the development and production of regular reporting.
- Prepares documentation for project gateway and approval processes.
- Develop overall guidelines for project level chartering and partnering.
- Review the Project Master Schedule sequencing, interface milestones and critical path elements (developed by others).
- Develop and recommend the project budget, cash flow and financial plan.
- Oversee and lead the risk management process for the project.
- Develop the work plan that forms the Project Execution Plan (PEP) for the project.
- Review, critique and submit for approval the Project implementation plans as developed by the project supporting PMCM teams.
- Manage Project Estimating and life cycle (total cost of ownership) asset costing, including contingency methodology and estimate evolution through the project lifecycle.
- Develop and submit for approval change management and impact mitigation strategies throughout the life of the project. This includes, but is not limited to scope, cost, schedule control, and cost reduction initiatives.
- Develop the set of controls to assure team performance against the Project baseline metrics.
- Develop protocols and guidelines for Diversity Compliance, Monitoring and Reporting.
- Establish the metrics and basis for progress reporting against the Project, Projects, and Contracts. Reporting shall include Performance Measurement, Forecasting, Trending, Issues, Actions, Progress and Overall Status.
- Develop project guidelines and protocols for cost reduction initiatives. Review project level cost reduction recommendations.
- Review project level diversity recommendations.
- Review construction progress and approve recovery plans.
- Review the claims resolutions recommendations.
- Collaborate with appropriate internal and external stakeholders to achieve consent.
- Establishes ongoing risk process and coordinates regular Monte Carlo analyses.
- Project intake: Consider expansion of deliverables to ensure more robust business cases/estimates/schedules are developed.
- Consider the development of an end-to-end process that captures the project controls information from intake through to closeout. Including incorporating a feedback loop for intake/cost/scheduling closeout information.
- Consider the integration of intake/cost/scheduling reporting to provide a holistic approach to project controls.
- Leads the Project Controls Team and assures deliverables with quality control and assurance.
- SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.