Project Manager, Construction Projects

Turner & Townsend Pty Limited; Puerto Bogotá; On-site; COP 120,000,000 - 180,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend is seeking an experienced Project Manager to provide full on-site management and oversight for construction projects. You will support the client’s representative, lead schedule and cost control efforts, and drive successful delivery from conception through closeout.

The role requires 6–8 years of PM experience in construction, an Engineering or Architecture degree, and English and Spanish fluency. PMI certification is a plus and the position is based on-site in Colombia.

Qualifications

• 6-8 years of experience as a Project Manager in construction.
• Engineering or Architecture degree.
• PMI certification is a plus.
• Fluent in English and Spanish.

Responsibilities

• Provide full project management services and on-site construction oversight on construction projects.
• Advise at project conception on approaches to achieve client objectives.
• Advise on procurement of resources.
• Contract and Budget ownership for direct contracts as assigned.
• Create and coordinate the detailed Project Execution Plan and coordinate GC PEP activities.
• Proactively manage risks related to construction, HES, and maintain the risk register.
• Support the design process, review drawings for constructability and provide input.
• Assist client PM in reviewing and reporting on construction progress, coordinate meetings and documentation.
• Coordinate RFI and Submittal processes with cost controller for budget alignment.
• Prepare and issue meeting minutes and other site progress documentation.
• Support safety, QA/QC and labor relations programs to meet objectives.
• Help establish project success criteria: time, cost, technical, quality.
• Ensure line managers are aware of quality, safety, health, and environmental issues.
• Support contractor purchasing strategy and its execution.
• Act as project schedule owner and maintain the schedule for critical actions.
• Conduct kickoff and regular meetings with stakeholders to track progress.
• Review as-built documents and closeout items.

Skills

Fluent in English

Fluent in Spanish

Education

Engineering or Architecture degree

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

The Project Manager is responsible forprovidingfull project management services andon-siteconstruction oversight on construction projects, and to support the clientas clientrepresentative in delivering successful project outcomes.

• Assistingthe client Project Manager (PM) asrequired– including oversight of the overall construction effort
• Advising at a strategic level at the project conception stage, includingprovidingadvice on the different approaches that can be adoptedtosuccessfully achieve the client’s overallobjectives.
• Advising upon the procurement of resources.
• Contract and Budget ownership for direct contracts as assigned
• Creating and coordinating thedetailedProject Execution Plandetailed plans, and coordinating completion of GC PEP activities
• Proactively managing the risks relating to construction project execution and HES, working with the clientPM –coordinating GC actions on risk as necessaryandmanagingthe risk register
• Support the design process, review drawings against project requirements, assess constructability andprovideother construction input during early project phases as needed
• Assistclient PM asrequiredin reviewing and reporting on the overall construction effort and progress. Creating andcoordinatingwith the Construction Field Representative, the Monthly, Daily and Event Reporting for the construction team.
• Coordinating and supporting the RFI and Submittal process, in concert with the cost controller for alignment with cost budgets
• Creating,coordinating,and issuing effective meeting minutes and other documentation for site progress meetings, Owner/Architect/Contractor meetings and other meetings as required
• Assisting the client PM in overall coordination of the construction effort in support of the effective safety, Quality Assurance / Quality Control (QA/QC), and labor relations programs which meet IIF and OE objectives
• Help to establish the success criteria of the project, including time, cost, technical, and quality performance parameters. Key focus is on the tactical, technical and process delivery of the project
• Identify and support that the appropriate line manager is aware of quality, safety,health,andenvironmental issues
• In concert with client, support development of contractor and overall purchasing strategy. Responsible for execution of defined strategy.
• Act as project schedule owner (or in support of project scheduler, if relevant), and maintain schedule at the level required to track critical actions and milestones.
• Conductkicksoff and regular meetings with key project stakeholders (architects, engineers, suppliers, contractors), to track and report on progress
• Working with the other project function teams,reviewingas-built documents and other closeout items

Qualifications

• 6 - 8 years of experienceas a Project Manager in construction.
• Engineering or Architecture degree.
• Proven track record as a Lead Project Manager, a specialist in performance measurement and analysis and delivering successful solutions for clients.
• PMIcertificationis a plus.
• Fluent in English and Spanish,to conduct meetings, create reports,and do presentations,etc.

Additional Information

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.

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 or that have not followed due process. Any speculative or unsolicited CV’s will be treated as a direct application.

It is strictly against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency working with Turner & Townsend will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time.

Any unsolicited resumes/CVs submitted through our website or to Turner & Townsend personal e-mail accounts, are considered property ofTurner & Townsend and arenot 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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It is strictly against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency working with Turner & Townsend will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time.

Any unsolicited resumes/CVs submitted through our website or to Turner & Townsend personal e-mail accounts, are considered property ofTurner & Townsend and arenot 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.

Diversity & Inclusion Statement

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We strongly encourage applications from people with disabilities and are committed to providing an accessible and inclusive recruitment process for all candidates.

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