Senior Project Manager (m/f/d) - Industrial Construction Projects

Turner & Townsend; Zürich; On-site; CHF 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend is seeking a Project Lead to own a key project area within a major multidisciplinary team. You will drive delivery, manage stakeholders across disciplines, and ensure success in line with objectives, schedules, and budgets.

You will lead client and partner meetings, monitor milestones, and oversee cost reporting and risk management to safeguard project outcomes. On-site presence is required three days per week, with a proactive, solution-focused mindset.

Qualifications

• Minimum 7 years’ professional experience in project management.
• Degree in Civil Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, or related discipline.
• Proven track record of leading multidisciplinary projects through full lifecycle.
• Experience with Design & Build project delivery models is advantageous.
• Strong leadership, communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Fluent in German and English (written and spoken).
• Willingness to work on-site at least three days per week.
• Proficient with MS Office applications, including Excel and project reporting tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage overall project delivery, including cost, schedule, risk, and budget control.
• Coordinate General Contractors and other key project partners to ensure successful project execution.
• Monitor milestones to mitigate risks and prevent schedule delays.
• Chair client, project, and stakeholder meetings, ensuring clear communication and alignment across all parties.
• Track, analyse, and report on cost drivers, project performance, and commercial risks.
• Support key engineering and commercial decisions by evaluating their impact on project costs, budgets, and delivery objectives.
• Act as a trusted advisor to the client, managing change, resolving issues, and supporting negotiations related to variations and change orders.
• Oversee project close-out activities, including commissioning, handover, final documentation, and warranty management.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with clients and stakeholders while driving projects to successful completion in line with quality, safety, and business objectives.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Stakeholder management

Presentation

MS Office

Excel

Project reporting tools

Education

Civil Engineering degree

Architecture or Construction Management background

Tools

MS Office

Project reporting tools

Excel

Job 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

Job Description

This is an exciting opportunity to work a major, high-profile project as part of a multidisciplinary team. We are seeking a professional who can take ownership of a key project area, acting as Project Lead within the wider programme team. In this role, you will be responsible for driving the delivery of complex project scopes, managing stakeholders across multiple disciplines, and ensuring successful execution in line with project objectives, schedules, and budgets.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage overall project delivery, including cost, schedule, risk, and budget control.
• Manage and coordinate General Contractors and other key project partners to ensure successful project execution.
• Monitor, analyse, and proactively manage critical project milestones to mitigate risks and prevent schedule delays.
• Chair and lead client, project, and stakeholder meetings, ensuring clear communication and alignment across all parties.
• Track, analyse, and report on cost drivers, project performance, and commercial risks throughout the project lifecycle.
• Support key engineering and commercial decisions by evaluating their impact on project costs, budgets, and delivery objectives.
• Act as a trusted advisor to the client, managing change, resolving issues, and supporting negotiations related to variations and change orders.
• Oversee project close-out activities, including commissioning, handover, final documentation, and warranty management, ensuring a seamless transition into operations.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with clients and stakeholders while driving projects to successful completion in line with quality, safety, and business objectives.

Qualifications

• Degree in Civil Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, or a related discipline.
• Minimum of 7 years’ professional experience in project management, with a strong background in industrial or large-scale construction projects.
• Proven track record of leading or managing complex, multidisciplinary projects throughout the full project lifecycle.
• Experience with Design & Build project delivery models is advantageous.
• Strong leadership capabilities combined with excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Fluent in both German and English, with strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficient in MS Office applications, particularly Excel and project reporting tools.
• Willingness to work on-site at least three days per week.
• A proactive, solution-oriented mindset with the ability to balance commercial awareness, technical expertise, and effective team collaboration.

Additional Information

Our people share our Purpose and Values. Turner & Townsend provides a great place to work, where everyone can make change happen and influence a better world.

We champion our people to succeed in both 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. We actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

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