Who is Turner & Townsend?
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.
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Job Description
Head of Projects – Germany
Location: Berlin, Düsseldorf or Essen (Hybrid)
Reporting: Reporting to the country lead.
About the Role
CBRE Turner & Townsend is seeking an experienced Head of Projects to lead the delivery of a high-volume portfolio of capital projects across Germany for a key global client.
Based in Berlin, Düsseldorf or Essen, you will lead a team of Project Managers responsible for delivering multiple concurrent projects, typically valued between €500,000 and €2 million. The portfolio includes a wide range of office fit-outs, workplace refurbishments, MEP upgrades, lifecycle capital works, building fabric improvements and infrastructure projects across occupied commercial environments.
While individual projects are relatively modest in value, the programme is fast-paced and high volume, requiring exceptional leadership, programme oversight and stakeholder management. You will ensure projects are delivered safely, on time, within budget and to the highest standards of quality and governance.
Working closely with senior client stakeholders and CBRE Turner & Townsend leadership, you will drive operational excellence, mentor high-performing teams and play a key role in shaping the continued growth and success of one of our strategic client accounts
What You’ll Do
Lead Project Delivery
- Lead the successful delivery of a high-volume portfolio of projects across Germany.
- Oversee multiple concurrent projects typically valued between €500k and €2m.
- Ensure projects are delivered safely, on schedule, within budget and to agreed quality standards.
- Provide strategic oversight across planning, governance, commercial performance and risk management.
- Drive consistency through robust project controls and reporting.
Client Leadership
- Build trusted relationships with senior client stakeholders.
- Act as the senior escalation point across the project portfolio.
- Lead programme reviews, governance meetings and executive reporting.
- Ensure exceptional client satisfaction through proactive communication and delivery excellence.
Operational Excellence
- Champion best practice, governance and continuous improvement across the project delivery team.
- Embed standardised delivery processes and promote innovation across the account.
- Ensure compliance with CBRE Turner & Townsend policies, client standards and all Health & Safety requirements.
Commercial & Financial Management
- Maintain responsibility for the financial performance of the project portfolio.
- Monitor budgets, forecasts, change control and resource planning.
- Ensure accurate reporting and effective commercial management across all projects.
People Leadership
- Lead, mentor and develop a team of Project Managers.
- Recruit, retain and develop top talent to support continued account growth.
- Foster a collaborative, high-performance culture focused on continuous improvement.
Business Growth
- Support the continued growth of the client account by identifying opportunities to expand services.
- Contribute to strategic planning, client engagement and business development initiatives.
- Collaborate across the wider CBRE Turner & Townsend business to deliver integrated solutions.
Qualifications
- Recognised technical qualification in either a construction, mechanical or electrical discipline.
- Fluent in both German and English
- Significant experience leading project delivery teams within construction, fit-out, commercial real estate or capital projects.
Experience managing high-volume project portfolios, rather than single large-scale developments. - Minimum of 5 years proven project management experience in either an M&E, FM ,construction or critical environment
- Minimum of 5 years experience of developing new project opportunities
- Proven experience of running a P&L
- Demonstrable evidence of having managed a team
- Experience of creating, presenting and managing on bids, tenders and proposals.
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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Join our social media conversations for more information about Turner & Townsend and our exciting future projects:
It is strictly against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency working with Turner & Townsend will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time.
Any unsolicited resumes/CVs submitted through our website or to Turner & Townsend personal e-mail accounts, are considered property of Turner & Townsend and are not subject to payment of agency fees. In order to be an authorised Recruitment Agency/Search Firm for Turner & Townsend, there must be a formal written agreement in place and the agency must be invited, by the Recruitment Team, to submit candidates for review.
Skills Required
- Recognised technical qualification in construction, mechanical or electrical discipline
- Fluent in both German and English
- Significant experience leading project delivery teams within construction, fit-out, commercial real estate or capital projects
- Experience managing high-volume project portfolios
- Minimum of 5 years proven project management experience in M&E, FM, construction or critical environment
- Minimum of 5 years experience developing new project opportunities
- Proven experience of running a P&L
- Demonstrable evidence of having managed a team
- Experience creating, presenting and managing bids, tenders and proposals
What We Do
Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes. Together with our clients, we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources.
