At Turner & Townsend, we are passionate about making the difference. That means delivering better outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realize their potential, and doing our part to create a prosperous society. With more than 22,000 professionals in 247 offices across 62 countries, we help our major global clients deliver ambitious and highly technical projects, providing the skills and insight to improve the way they develop, deliver and operate their physical real estate assets.
Across private and public sectors, our talented professionals provide the most innovative solutions for our clients’ greatest challenges. Our clients value our proactive and client-centric approach, depth of expertise, integrity, and the quality of the work we deliver. As a result, our employees get to work for the top global brands on some of the most exciting projects around the world.
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Job Description
- Leading the establishment of the overall success criteria for the project, including time, cost, technical and performance parameters
- Planning for and the ongoing management of quality, safety, health and environment issues
- Establishing effective project governance, processes and systems to be utilised throughout project
- Project planning, including ensuring the production of the detailed project plan
- Advising upon the procurement of resources
- Leading and facilitating the overall cross-functional project team
- Monitoring and applying performance management techniques, including the use of KPI’s to improve project performance
- Managing the change control process
- Monitoring and advising upon project finances
- Managing the flow of project information between the team and the client, through regular meetings and written communications
- Ensuring the production of formal project progress and other reports
- Taking a leading role in interfacing with the client and other consultants, at all project stages
- Manage stakeholders including architects, engineers, and supply chain to deliver compliant projects.
- Analyse, track, and effectively manage critical milestone activities to avoid schedule slip.
- Verify that effective project governance, processes and systems are utilized.
- Ensure application of best practice on all projects.
- Production of formal project status reports and other reports as required.
- Monitor the progress of multiple construction projects simultaneously to ensure that the approved design standards are being applied correctly.
- Manage the interface between all suppliers through monthly trackers and weekly reviews.
- Manage the flow of project information between the project team through regular meetings and written communications.
- Forecast and update key project milestones.
- Manage and monitor local design teams in accordance with commission criteria.
- Provide technical support to owners, architects, general contractors and regional stakeholders.
- Manage project cost control, value engineering, and constructability guidance where required.
- Independent review of status reports, drawing submittals, timelines and costs from architects, contractors and suppliers.
- Client management – assist in developing excellent working relationships with Clients, with a view towards maximizing new opportunities.
- Strategic Thinking - provide advice to project teams on approaches that can be adopted to successfully achieve both clients’ objectives and business objectives.
- Knowledge management – ensure that key information and learnings generated from each project is captured and case studies are up to date on the HIVE.
- Process improvement – Identify ways to improve internal systems and processes.
- Identify business development opportunities with both existing and new clients, including potential cross-selling opportunities.
- Responsible for all project manager functions in D365
- Responsible for maintaining CDA to be up to date on a weekly basis and maintain the CDA health score at the BU target of 90%
Marketing and business development, to include:
- Taking responsibility for developing new business opportunities with existing and new Turner & Townsend clients
- Identifying and acting upon cross-selling opportunities
- Working with Associate Directors and Directors to construct bids for new work
- Attending formal client pitches with Assistant Directors and Directors
- Ensuring that project case study, photograph and project CV files are kept up to date
- Identifying and acting upon opportunities to improve project management products and services
- Degree in Construction Project Management or equivalent qualification
- 10-15 years’ experience
- Must preferably be registered with a professional body as Professional Project Manager
- Industry knowledge and exposure
- Ability and willingness to work onsite as needed.
- Tenant Improvement and Fitout experience wit commercial real estate projects is desirable
- Construction project management experience and the ability to be highly effective in a client facing role.
- Membership in relevant professional organizations.
- Ability to advise at a strategic level during each project stage, including providing advice on the different approaches that can be adopted in order to successfully achieve the client’s overall objectives.
- Proficiency in Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Procore, and construction project management tools.
- Strong communication and presentation skills.
- Great time management skills. Ensure that project is managed to the right quality standards, completed efficiently and on time.
- Strong organizational and management skills – ability to work effectively and collaboratively with the broader team.
- Experienced managing demanding stakeholders and work stream managers.
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Skills Required
- Degree in Construction Project Management or equivalent qualification
- 10-15 years of experience
- Construction project management experience
- Ability to work effectively in a client-facing role
- Ability and willingness to work onsite as needed
- Industry knowledge and exposure
- Experience managing demanding stakeholders and workstream managers
- Strong communication and presentation skills
- Strong time management, organizational, and management skills
- Proficiency in Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Procore, and construction project management tools
- Registration with a professional body as a Professional Project Manager
- Tenant improvement and fit-out experience with commercial real estate projects
- Membership in relevant professional organizations
- Ability to advise strategically throughout each project stage
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.
