Associate Director

Turner & Townsend; Manchester; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading project management firm is hiring an Associate Director in Manchester to lead project activities and ensure exceptional delivery on major infrastructure projects. Candidates should have significant experience in project management, ideally within Rail, Highways, or Utilities, and possess a degree in Civil Engineering or a related field. This role involves business development and overseeing a team, promoting a collaborative and inclusive work environment.

Qualifications

• Experience of working on major Infrastructure projects.
• Preferred NEC accreditation.
• Degree qualified in a relevant discipline.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate project activities.
• Establish project governance and processes.
• Manage communication with clients and consultants.

Skills

Project management experience

Leadership skills

Communication skills

Education

Degree in Civil Engineering/Construction

Tools

FMS

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Company Description

At Turner & Townsend we're passionate about making the difference. That means delivering better outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realize their potential, and doing our part to create a prosperous society.

Every day we help our major global clients deliver ambitious and highly technical projects, in over 110 offices worldwide.

Job Description

We have an exciting opportunity for an Associate Director to join our expanding Project Management Infrastructure business in the North West and help to drive growth across the region.

Main Purpose of the Role

To lead and co-ordinate project activities, ensuring good communication and adherence to governance processes.

To understand, anticipate, inform and deliver great outcomes for our clients, every time, everywhere.

To drive exceptional delivery, health & safety, commercial, risk management and quality performance on infrastructure projects throughout the project lifecycle.

To be heavily involved in winning new work and developing a team of Project Managers

Key Accountabilities

• Project management discipline, to include:
• Helping to establish the overall success criteria for the project, including time, cost, technical and performance parameters.
• Identifying and ensuring that the appropriate line manager is aware of quality, safety, health and environment issues.
• Establishing effective project governance, processes and systems to be utilised throughout project.
• Project planning, including producing the detailed project plan.
• Advising upon the procurement of resources.
• Leading and facilitating the overall cross-functional project team.
• Monitoring and applying performance management techniques.
• 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.
• Preparing formal project progress and other reports.
• Taking a leading role in interfacing with the client and other consultants, at all project stages.

Business Development to Include

• Identifying opportunities to develop new business with existing clients and reporting such opportunities to the appropriate line manager.
• Assisting in the production of bid documentation.
• Internal management accountabilities, to include: Knowledge management - Ensuring that key information and learning generated from each project is input into the Turner & Townsend internal database.
• Financial management - Ensuring prompt client invoicing and utilising FMS in order to monitor a project's financial status.
• Process improvement - Identifying ways in which internal systems and processes can be improved and referring ideas to the appropriate line manager.

Qualifications

• Experience of working on major Infrastructure projects (Rail, Highways, Utilities, Aviation and Power)
• Preferred if the NEC accreditation is in place
• Degree qualified in a relevant discipline (Civil Engineering/Construction)

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.

Please find out more about us at www.turnerandtownsend.com/

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