Program Advisory - Associate Director

Turner & Townsend; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend seeks an Associate Director in Vancouver to oversee advisory roles primarily in large-scale capital projects. The successful candidate will leverage at least 12 years of expertise to enhance project governance, procurement strategies, and client engagements across various sectors, ensuring high-quality outcomes and stakeholder satisfaction.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 12 years of experience in capital projects advisory.
• Strong public procurement background highly desirable.
• Proficient in project management methodologies and tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead teams through large-scale project governance and delivery.
• Provide cross-sector procurement and financial advisory.
• Manage client relationships and project documentation compliance.

Skills

Governance

Procurement

Financial Advice

Analytical Skills

Leadership

Commercial Advice

Digital Strategy

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, architecture, quantity surveying, or a similar field

Tools

MS Suite

PowerBI

BIM

Project Controls Software

Job description

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Company Description

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries.

Company Description

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.

Please visit our website : www.turnerandtownsend.com

Who are you?

Do you want to be part of our successful advisory team supporting top clients for Turner & Townsend in Toronto? We are hiring an ambitious and forward-thinking team members in the Advisory to work in our growing team.

You are an Associate Director with a minimum of 12 years post-graduate experience looking for the next step or are currently undertaking a similar role in a similar environment.

Our Advisory team is dynamic, innovative and client focused. Our clients value our proactive approach, depth of expertise, integrity, and the quality we deliver. As a result, our people get to work on some of the most exciting projects in the country. We are a go-to-solution provider for the strategy, set up, delivery assurance and operational excellence for projects, programs, and portfolios.

Job Description

As an Associate Director, you are expected to have :

• Expertise in delivering and advising on large-scale projects including providing governance, procurement, financial and commercial advice for public and / or private sector clients.
• Cross sector experience, e.g., infrastructure, energy and natural resources with a strong public procurement background is highly desirable.
• Good understanding of PMO set up and implementation including governance and oversight of project controls areas and familiarity with associated recommended practices.
• Demonstrated advisory mentality with experience in strategic governance and transformation of complex projects including advising on project assurance, project maturity assessments and auditing experience.
• Good experience in providing commercial advice for different contracting models such as P3, alliancing, construction management, integrated project delivery, progressive design, and other collaborative contracting models.
• Ability to lead and manage end-to-end procurement advisory, procurement strategy, contract administration and provide hands-on advice on value for money, commercial, claims and dispute principles on major projects or programs.
• Familiar with digital technology and ecosystems of capital programs, e.g., data and information management tools, data automation, analytics and reporting, digital strategy and set up e.g., use of PowerBI, BIM, project controls software etc.
• Expertise in conducting and implementing effective contract and supplier management strategies with both negotiation and commercial competence.
• Assess aspects around technical project delivery with respect to legal, financing, funding as well as performance monitoring, payment mechanisms, incentivization, risk sharing provisions and risk allocation strategies.
• Experience in leading teams, managing, and supervising delivery of others as well as mentoring and coaching talent to provide strategic direction.
• Lead and support business development, marketing as well as bid preparation and proposal documentation to support the work winning capability of this service.
• Manage client and stakeholder relationships and commission outputs and deliverables towards successful outcomes for our clients.
• Leader in decision making, negotiation, communication, written and presentation skills and commitment to excellence in client delivery.
• Successfully leading teams to ensure compliance with Turner & Townsend’s and client’s document management and quality requirements as well as project closeout and lessons learned information.

Qualifications

Qualifications

• A minimum of 12 years of experience in capital projects advisory
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, architecture, quantity surveying, or a similar field
• PMI, APM and / or AACE certification / designation or similar is an asset.
• Proficient in MS Suite - Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project
• Knowledge of best practices relevant to project management, commercial management, and project controls areas of knowledge
• Good with technology / digital tools and web-based data platforms relevant to this role.

Additional Information

The base salary range for this full-time role is $130,000 - $180,000 per year. Ranges are determined by role and level and represent a good faith effort to provide a fair and equitable salary. This range is a reflection of base salary only, not of a total compensation package. Please note Turner & Townsend reserves the right to pay more or less than the posted range, depending on candidate’s experience and qualifications.

Turner & Townsend is a leading independent professional services company specializing in program management, project management, cost management and consulting across the property, infrastructure and natural resources sectors. With 118 offices in 50 countries, we draw on our extensive global and industry experience to manage risk while maximizing value and performance during the construction and operation of our clients’ assets. We are an Equal opportunity employer who will ensure accommodations are available for applicants with disabilities upon request.

Turner & Townsend does not accept any speculative or unsolicited CV’s that have been sent to our internal recruitment team or hiring managers from agencies outside of our preferred supplier list. Any speculative or unsolicited CV’s will be treated as a direct application.

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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.

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