Senior Project Manager - Technical Services

Turner & Townsend; Canberra; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend is seeking a Senior Project Manager - Technical Services in Canberra. The role leads establishing success criteria, governance, and cross-functional coordination for complex building services projects.

The position requires a tertiary engineering or PM qualification and at least 3 years of autonomous project delivery experience with senior support, in a dynamic real estate, infrastructure or related setting.

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualification in a relevant engineering field or project management.
• Minimum of 3 years of project management experience delivering autonomous projects with senior support.

Responsibilities

• Establish overall success criteria for time, cost, technical and performance parameters.
• Plan and manage quality, safety, health and environment on projects.
• Identify and manage risks.
• Establish project governance, processes and systems for the project.
• Plan the project and produce a detailed project plan.
• Advise on procurement of contractors and consultants.
• Coordinate with the cross-functional project team.
• Manage the change control process.
• Monitor and advise on project finances.
• Facilitate information flow between team and client via meetings and reports.
• Produce formal project progress and other reports.
• Interface with client and consultants at all stages.
• Demonstrate strong stakeholder management and reporting.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Project governance

Risk management

HSE planning

Education

Engineering or PM qualification

Job description

Senior Project Manager - Technical Services

• Full-time

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, defence, 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.

• Leading the establishment of the overall success criteria for the project, including time, cost, technical and performance parameters.
• Planning and managing quality, safety, health and environment issues on projects.
• Risk identification and management.
• Establishing effective project governance, processes and systems to be utilized throughout project.
• Project planning, including ensuring the production of the detailed project plan.
• Advising upon the procurement of contractors and consultants.
• Co-ordinating with the overall cross-functional project team.
• 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.
• Strong stakeholder management, understanding client key requirements and communicating/reporting accordingly.
• Able to manage full cycle project delivery of technical building services projects (ie, HVAC, Electrification, Chillers, Electrical/Mechanical etc) from the feasibility to delivery and handover.

• Tertiary qualification in a relevant engineering field or project management, or relevant industry experience in building services and construction (Builder, Contract administration, Electrical, HVAC, Security, BMS, Fire, Hydraulic, etc).
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in project management who can deliver projects autonomously with senior support

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.