Associate Director - Environmental Risk and Resilience

Turner & Townsend; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A global professional services company is seeking a Senior Consultant for a Project Manager role focused on delivering Environmental Due Diligence consulting services. The ideal candidate will manage teams, ensure high-quality project delivery, and develop client relationships to identify business growth opportunities. Candidates should have over 5 years of experience in Environmental Due Diligence, strong leadership skills, and excellent communication abilities. This position offers a chance to lead impactful projects and grow both personally and professionally.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to lead client projects in a large business setting.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to manage junior team members effectively.

Responsibilities

• Lead teams to deliver high-quality projects and develop team skills.
• Deliver Environmental Due Diligence consulting services to clients.
• Identify business growth opportunities through client relationships.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Problem-solving

Collaboration

Attention to detail

Education

5+ years experience in Environmental Due Diligence

Job description

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.

Who are you?

You are aProject Manager with at least 5+years post-graduate experience looking for the next step or are currently undertaking a similar role in a similar environment.

Job Description

Role Purpose

As a Senior Consultant, you will be responsible for delivering Environmental Due Diligence consulting services to clients across our business. Senior consultants are responsible for leading more complex programmes of work and co-ordinating multiple projects for clients, demonstrating strong technical expertise in particular areas and providing mentoring support and management to more junior members of the TDD team. You may lead a virtual team of consultants delivering high-quality work to clients and building strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

You will report to Dan Hudson, and in some cases may line manage consultants or next gen talent.

In the role you will:

• Lead teams: Manage and motivate matrix teams of consultants to deliver high-quality projects, develop their skills, and achieve business growth targets.
• Deliver services: Deliver EDD consulting services to clients, including; portfolio and asset level work.
• Business development: Build relationships with clients, colleagues and other stakeholders to identify opportunities for business growth.
• Service delivery: Manage services to meet the agreed client outcomes and the commercial targets we have set for the work.

Qualifications

Person Specification/Requirements

A natural collaborator, able to foster and maintain relationships.

Proactively seeks responsibility and opportunity to broaden and deepen both technical and non-technical skills to progress their career for the benefit of themselves and the TDD team.

Good experience in leading client projects in a large business setting. Able to identify problems and issues and address these with clients or teams in a simple and diagnostic way while delivering the best outcomes for the client and CBRE.

• Able to communicate concisely, clearly and articulately; and demonstrates natural ability to adapt their style to the audience.
• Able to manage client and stakeholders expectations and be proactive and positive in their outlook, and find solutions to problems as they arise. Is action focused and practical in their approach for themselves and others.
• Demonstrates and adopts a commercial / business approach in delivering financial outcomes and able to translate this into practice in how they oversee their teams and the work they undertake for clients.
• Can support in challenging and difficult conversations with colleagues and clients.
• Can manage junior members of the team during project delivery, setting out clear objectives, timelines and delivery expectations.
• Has +5 years’ experience in Environmental Due Diligence, understands the business drivers and needs of investor and occupier real estate clients and is able to demonstrate that experience when engaging with clients.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, strong attention to detail.

Additional Information

SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

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