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Project Controls Manager - Pharma Manufacturing

Turner & Townsend3,555 open roles

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Your applicationOpen nowProject Controls Manager - Pharma ManufacturingTurner & Townsend · Singapore, Asia

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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.

Please visit our website: www.turnerandtownsend.com

Job Description

Reporting to the Project Director, the Project Controls Manager will lead all project controls functions for a large-scale pharmaceutical, biotechnology, semiconductor, or advanced manufacturing capital project. The role is responsible for cost estimating, cost control, planning and scheduling, risk management, progress measurement, reporting, and commercial support to ensure successful project delivery.

This position plays a key leadership role within the project management team and will work closely with engineering, construction management, procurement, finance, operations, and commissioning stakeholders from project initiation through facility start-up.

Key Responsibilities

Project Controls Leadership

  • Lead and manage all project controls activities, including:Cost Estimating Cost Control Planning & Scheduling Risk Management Progress Measurement Project Reporting

Cost Estimating & Cost Management

  • Develop and maintain the Basis of Estimate (BoE) for all project phases.
  • Lead development and validation of project cost estimates through conceptual, preliminary, and definitive design stages.
  • Establish project cost control systems, change management processes, cost forecasting, and reporting frameworks.
  • Develop and maintain project cash flow forecasts and funding requirements.
  • Collaborate with finance and project stakeholders on budget governance and capital expenditure reporting.
  • Support development of resource plans and associated project delivery costs.

Planning & Scheduling

  • Develop and maintain Level 3 and Level 4 integrated project schedules covering engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, qualification, and start-up.
  • Monitor schedule performance and identify recovery plans where required.
  • Ensure schedule integration across multiple contractors and stakeholders.
  • Support implementation of earned value management and progress tracking methodologies.

Risk Management

  • Establish and maintain the project risk register.
  • Lead project-wide risk identification, assessment, mitigation planning, and monitoring activities.
  • Drive initiatives to optimize project cost and schedule performance.
  • Identify opportunities for cost savings and schedule acceleration.

Procurement & Commercial Management

  • Support development of procurement and subcontracting strategies.
  • Collaborate with procurement teams on tendering, bid evaluations, contract awards, and contractor performance.
  • Participate in contract negotiations, variation management, claims resolution, and commercial discussions.
  • Monitor contractor performance against contractual obligations.

Reporting & Governance

  • Develop project dashboards, KPIs, and executive-level reporting.
  • Lead weekly, monthly, and quarterly project controls reporting.
  • Support project audits, compliance reviews, and governance requirements.
  • Ensure accurate and timely progress measurement and reporting across all project phases.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Quantity Surveying, Project Management, or a related discipline.
  • Minimum 20 years of experience delivering large-scale capital projects.
  • Proven experience in a senior project controls leadership role on projects exceeding US$1 billion in total installed cost.
  • Demonstrated experience delivering greenfield pharmaceutical, biotechnology, semiconductor, advanced technology manufacturing, or highly regulated industrial facilities.
  • Minimum 5 years of project controls leadership experience in Singapore.
  • Ability to travel internationally up to 60% of the time.
  • Regular travel between Singapore, engineering offices, project sites, and corporate stakeholders.
  • Must be willing to relocate and work full-time in Singapore for the duration of the project execution phase.

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.

Please find out more about us at www.turnerandtownsend.com/

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