Associate Director - Real Estate

Turner & Townsend; Cambourne; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend in Cambridge is seeking an Associate Director to join our Real Estate Project Management Team. You will lead the delivery of complex real estate projects across sectors, ensuring that client objectives are met and projects are delivered on time, cost and quality.

The role requires 8 years’ experience in real estate project management, a degree in a related discipline, and willingness to travel within the UK and internationally.

Qualifications

• Degree qualified in relevant construction, real estate or project management discipline.
• 8 years’ experience managing Real Estate projects, ideally in a consultancy environment.
• Willingness to travel within the UK and internationally as required
• Excellent communication skills, in person and written
• Professional membership desirable, such as RICS, PMI, or CIOB

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the delivery of complex real estate projects to meet client objectives and deliver on time, cost and quality.
• Act as the day-to-day client interface ensuring objectives and targets are met.
• Advise at the strategic level at project conception, including different approaches to achieve client objectives.
• Establish overall success criteria including time, cost, technical and performance parameters.
• Plan for and manage ongoing quality, safety, health and environment issues.
• Establish project governance, processes and systems for use throughout the project.
• Produce and maintain the detailed project plan and monitor performance using KPIs.
• Manage the change control process and project finances.
• Ensure timely production of formal project progress and other reports.
• Lead marketing and business development activities, including pursuing new opportunities and participating in client pitches.

Skills

Real estate project management

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Communication

Education

Degree in construction/real estate/project management

Job description

We are seeking an Associate Director to join our Real Estate Project Management Team in Cambridge. You will be part of a dynamic and diverse team, working across sectors on a wide variety of projects on a rotational basis. Associate Directors handle commissions of varying scale, value and complexity; from local community led initiatives to transnational projects with global resonance.

Responsibilities

As an Associate Director, you will:

Lead and manage the delivery of complex real estate projects, ensuring that client objectives are met and that projects are delivered to time, cost and quality standards

Act as the key, day to day client interface, ensuring that client objectives are met and that projects are delivered to time and cost targets and the appropriate quality standards

Advise at a strategic level at the project conception stage, including providing advice on the different approaches that can be adopted in order to successfully achieve the client’s overall objectives

Establish the overall success criteria for the project, including time, cost, technical and performance parameters

Plan for and manage the ongoing quality, safety, health and environment issues

Establish effective project governance, processes and systems to be utilised throughout project

Project plan, including ensuring the production of the detailed project plan

Monitor and apply performance management techniques, including the use of KPI’s to improve project performance

Manage the change control process

Monitor and advise upon project finances

Ensure the production of formal project progress and other reports

Lead the marketing and business development activities, such as:

• 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
• Identifying and acting upon opportunities to improve project management products and services

Qualifications

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Degree qualified in relevant construction, real estate or project management discipline
• 8 years’ experience managing Real Estate projects, ideally in a consultancy environment
• Willingness to travel within the UK and internationally as required
• Excellent communication skills, in person and written
• Professional membership desirable, such as RICS, PMI, or CIOB

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.

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

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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 of Turner & Townsend and are not 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.

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

Join our social media conversations for more information about Turner & Townsend and our exciting future projects:

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 of Turner & Townsend and are not 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.