MEP Senior Project Manager

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.

About the role

Turner & Townsend is looking for a MEP Senior Project Manager to work with our team, and partner with a global pharmaceutical client.  

The ideal candidate will have an engineering background with strong MEP knowledge and experience. To be successful in this role, you will be consultant-minded and have experience with Owner’s Representation.  

This role is on-site at our client's campus in Indianapolis, IN. 

What you'll do

Lead Project Delivery and the Client Relationship

• Serve as the primary point of contact for the client’s project portfolio and program leaders, building trust and managing expectations through regular governance meetings, written updates and appropriate escalation.
• Own end-to-end delivery of a portfolio of capital projects including planning, design, construction, commissioning and closeout.
• Manage the flow of project information between internal and external stakeholders through regular meetings and written communications.

Plan, Schedule and Control Cost

• Develop and maintain individual project schedules and integrate them into the overall program schedule for the portfolio.
• Create and maintain project capital budgets and forecasts. Use these budgets to inform the client’s overall capital plan.
• Diligently execute change management throughout all phases of projects.
• Identify, track and mitigate project risks and escalate issues early.
• Drive project progress and own overall delivery of all project/program scope.

Provide Technical Leadership

• Understand, manage and confirm execution of engineering drawings, specifications and project documents.
• Apply MEP expertise to design reviews, constructability & operational feasibility in a mission critical environment.
• Manage and coordinate MEP improvements to mission critical infrastructure at a site level.

Coordinate the Project Team

• Coordinate performing contractors, subcontractors, material providers, building management/engineering and client representatives.
• Conduct field walks with the general contractor & trade partners to verify quality and safety requirements as well as project progress.
• Lead and delegate work appropriately to technical and non-technical support staff. 

Required

• Bachelor’s degree with 8-10 years of relevant experience. Engineering, construction management, architecture or related field preferred.  In lieu of a degree, experience in a similar field. 
• Professional MEP engineering/construction experience spanning from project initiation through closeout
• Field construction management on active job sites
• Experience managing capital project budgets ($50M+) and schedules across multiple, connected concurrent projects
• Proven record of managing senior client stakeholders and maintaining strong relationships with client leadership
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and ability to tailor communications across project team members, stakeholders, and vendors.

Preferred

• Experience in data center and/or mission critical utilities improvement construction
• Project Management Professional (PMP)
• Experience leading or mentoring other project managers or engineers

*SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable. 

*On-site presence and requirements may change depending on our client's needs* 

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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. 

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