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Turner & Townsend

Global project management and cost consulting

Senior Project Planning and Control Engineer

Project ManagementConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeSantiago, Santiago Metropolitan Region, ChileNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A degree or equivalent specialization in Industrial Civil Engineering, Civil Construction, Civil Engineering, or an equivalent specialty.
  • At least 15 years of professional experience in mining projects.
  • At least 10 years of specific experience in planning, scheduling, and control of mining investment projects.
  • Demonstrated senior experience managing and controlling capital project costs, including budgets, forecasting, change control, contingency analysis, and performance monitoring.
  • Demonstrated experience in EPCM environments, engineering, construction, and large-scale mining project development.
  • Experience integrating schedule and cost for scenario evaluation and decision-making support.
  • Advanced proficiency with Primavera P6, Primavera Risk Analysis, Oracle Primavera Cloud, and Microsoft Excel.
  • Advanced proficiency with Power BI or equivalent data analysis and visualization tools.
  • Advanced knowledge of cost control, budgeting, forecasting, productivity, change control, and trend analysis.
  • Experience with Earned Value Management (EVM) methodologies.
  • Advanced ability to analyze, model, integrate, and visualize large volumes of data from multiple sources.
  • Knowledge of statistical and analytical techniques for identifying project trends, risks, and opportunities.
  • Strong analytical ability and ability to solve complex problems.
  • Critical and strategic thinking focused on optimizing project performance.
  • Strong data analysis and management capability, including transforming data into useful information for decision-making.
  • Ability to coordinate multidisciplinary teams and complex interfaces effectively.
  • Ability to communicate technical and executive information clearly and effectively.
  • Ability to work in demanding environments with multiple stakeholders.
  • High degree of rigor, attention to detail, and continuous-improvement orientation.

Responsibilities

  • Support preparation, updating, and maintenance of the Project Master Schedule (PMS), tracking objectives defined for the FEL3 phase and the overall project.
  • Integrate and periodically update planning for key scopes in the FEL3 phase and the overall project in the PMS, ensuring consistency among activities, sequences, milestones, interfaces, and dependencies.
  • Analyze project progress against the baseline, identify schedule deviations, gaps, constraints, and risks, and raise timely alerts through established channels and processes.
  • Assess schedule impacts resulting from changes in scope, engineering, permits, procurement, costs, and contracts.
  • Support calculation, analysis, and monitoring of schedule contingencies in coordination with the Planning Superintendent and based on identified project risks.
  • Coordinate with project areas and disciplines to update planning information and incorporate it appropriately into the PMS.
  • Report planning status by updating designated scheduling tools, such as Primavera P6, Primavera Risk Analysis, Oracle Primavera Cloud, or other tools specified by the organization.
  • Consolidate physical progress, productivity, and project scheduling reporting information.
  • Prepare technical planning and progress reports for different levels of project management and governance.
  • Ensure correct application of the planning methodologies, standards, procedures, and tools defined for the project.
  • Perform integrated schedule and cost analyses, identifying trends, deviations, risks, and opportunities to optimize overall project performance.
  • Support project cost-control, forecasting, trend-analysis, contingency, and performance-indicator evaluation processes.
  • Analyze cost impacts resulting from changes in project scope, engineering, procurement, contracts, and risks.
  • Develop and maintain executive reports, dashboards, and analysis tools to effectively visualize project schedule, cost, and progress performance.
  • Generate advanced data analyses to support the organization's strategic and operational decision-making.
  • Participate in scenario analysis, risk simulation, and assessment of schedule and cost impacts.

About the Company

Turner & Townsend

Global project management and cost consulting

Turner & Townsend provides project management, cost management, and advisory services for real estate, infrastructure, and natural resources. It manages the full project life cycle—from planning and budgeting to risk management and program delivery across design, construction, and operation. The firm distinguishes itself with a global footprint of 130+ offices in 45+ countries and an alliance with CBRE that expands reach and resources for large, complex assets. Its goal is to help clients maximize asset value by delivering projects on time and within budget while improving performance from inception through operation.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
Acquired
Total funding
$1.3B
Headquarters
Leeds, United Kingdom
Founded
1980

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