Advisory Consultant - Data Center (To...

Turner & Townsend Plc.; Manchester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Project Advisory Consultant to join their expanding Advisory team in the construction market. This role involves leading various projects, ensuring client objectives are met, and delivering exceptional outcomes through effective planning and management. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in project and cost management, with at least 5 years of experience in the construction industry. Proficiency in both English and Japanese is essential, alongside a Bachelor's degree in a relevant field. Join this dynamic firm and contribute to innovative solutions that drive project success.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in project/cost/construction management in the construction industry.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, especially Excel formulas.
• Business level English and Japanese required.

Responsibilities

• Lead Project Advisory projects, ensuring client objectives are met.
• Conduct project monitoring and prepare regular reports.
• Develop new business opportunities with existing and new clients.

Skills

Project Management

Cost Management

Construction Management

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Microsoft PowerPoint

Risk Management

Procurement Strategy

Contract Management

Business English

Japanese

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Architectural Engineering

Bachelor’s Degree in Construction Management

Bachelor’s Degree in MEP

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Microsoft PowerPoint

Job description

• Full-time

Company Description

Working in partnership with our clients, we deliver major projects and programmes with skill and precision, by focusing on outcomes and driving high performance.

Delivering innovative solutions and exceptional outcomes across our sectors, we drive the success of our client’s projects and programmes through effective planning, highly skilled teams, and rigorous controls.

Our capabilities include asset management, controls and performance, cost and commercial management, digital, procurement and supply chain, programme advisory, project management and sustainability. Backed by our extensive experience, we focus on outcomes to transform client’s projects and programmes.

With over 133 offices across 47 countries, we are an organisation of over GBP 1.5 billion turnover and 12,000+ talented team members across the world. In 2025, we are combining with CBRE’s Project Management business to create the premier, differentiated programme, project, and cost management capability globally. Through this change, our profile in Asia will scale significantly, comprising a team of over 4000 staff across all major countries in region. The combination of our programme management and project management and commercial management capabilities will provide a unique opportunity to do things for our clients.

Job Description

Job Summary:

• To lead Project Advisory projects including but not limited to commissions related to Lender’s Independent Project Monitoring, Procurement Advisory, Contract Advisory, Contract Management taking responsibility for end-to-end service delivery, often with respect to various construction projects.
• To act as the key point of contact to client, ensuring that client objectives are met and that prepare objectives by due date with appropriate quality standards.

Purpose:

• We are now expanding Advisory team for construction market. To meet market requirement, we are seeking new project advisory consultant.

Detailed Job Description:

Delivery Management, To Include

Project Monitoring:

• Collecting necessary information from the borrowing development company.
• Reviewing documents provided by the borrowing developer.
• Setting up meeting with borrowing developer to correspond if necessary.
• Preparing initial report for project audit based on provided documents and information which includes but not limited to:
  • Overview
  • Project risk assessment
  • Project cost assessment
• Performing regular monitoring of project from both project management and cost management perspective.
• Preparing regular (monthly or quarterly) project monitoring report based on updated information which includes but not limited to:
  • Overview
  • Project risk assessment
  • Project cost assessment
  • Project progress assessment
• Communicate with client to set up suitable procurement strategy for the project.
• Draft procurement strategy to illustrate:
  • Project organisation
  • Scope demarcation
  • Approach to contractors
• Communicate with client to set up suitable contract strategy for the project.
• Draft contract strategy to illustrate:
  • Project organisation
  • Scope demarcation
  • Approach to contractors
  • Risk mitigation plan

Contract Management:

• Draft contract based on client’s template.
• Coordinate contract review by client’s internal stakeholder and external stakeholders such as GC, vendor, consultant.
• Understand client’s risk management requirement.
• Negotiate with external stakeholders as a client’s representative according to client’s risk management requirement.
• Update draft contract according to negotiation.
• Seek advise from client’s legal team if necessary.
• Coordinate execution once terms and conditions are mutually agreed.

Marketing Management, 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.

Internal Commission Management Accountabilities, To Include

• Knowledge management – Ensuring that key information and learning generated from each project is entered into the Turner & Townsend internal database.
• Financial management – Ensuring scheduled invoicing to clients and monitoring projects’ financial status.
• Projects are managed to the right quality standards and are completed efficiently, on time and to budget.
• Project delivery meets the client’s objectives and is in line with the conditions of appointment.
• Strong relationships are developed with clients and members of the cross-functional team.
• General line management responsibilities (where appropriate) are effectively discharged.

Qualifications

Successful candidate must have:

• Business level English and Japanese
• Bachelor’s Degree in architectural, MEP, construction management.
• Knowledge and experience in Project Management / Cost Management / Electrical Engineering / Mechanical Engineering or equivalent.

Successful candidate should have one of below qualifications:

• MRICS (Member of Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors).

Skills And Experience

• A minimum of 5 years project/cost/construction management experience in construction industry.
• We welcome proactive attitude of taking on and completing tasks in which you have no prior experience.
• Excellence in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
  • Especially demonstrate effective formula usage in Excel such as: SUM, SUMIF, SUBTOTAL, XLOOKUP, COUNT, COUNTIF, IF.
• A thorough understanding of the total project life cycle, from project conception stage, through the entire construction stages to completion and post-project review.
• Excellent knowledge and experience of all the main project management concepts, tools and techniques.
• Design, management or construction experience gained within the general construction environment.
• Experience of leading project management commissions for large sized construction projects of high complexity.
• Direct experience with delivering data centre design projects, including procurement and commissioning of equipment.
• Experience as a consultant.

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.

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