ECC Project Manager

Turner & Townsend; Saffron Walden; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend is hiring an NEC3/NEC4 accredited Project/Cost Manager to lead infrastructure programmes from delivery through closeout. You will guide project teams, manage NEC contracts and ensure client objectives are met across multiple work streams.

The role offers hybrid working arrangements and opportunities to mentor junior staff while collaborating with a global professional services network on high-profile projects.

Qualifications

• Significant infrastructure project/programme management experience across lifecycle.
• NEC3/NEC4 Contracts experience in current or recent role.
• Degree or HND in a relevant subject; professional affiliation preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage infrastructure projects and programmes end-to-end.
• Administer NEC3/NEC4 contracts in current or recent role.
• Provide leadership and mentor team members.
• Build and maintain strong stakeholder relationships with clients and partners.
• Demonstrate strong problem-solving, analytical and budgeting capabilities.
• Plan, communicate and coordinate multiple work streams with senior stakeholders.
• Drive solutions under pressure and lead delivery teams.
• Maintain a growth mindset and continuous improvement.
• Work in a hybrid environment depending on client needs.

Skills

Infrastructure PM

Programme management

NEC contracts

Leadership

Stakeholder mgmt

Budgeting

Planning

Analytical thinking

Growth mindset

Education

NEC3/NEC4 Accredited PM

Degree or HND in management/construction/infrastructure

APM/RICS/ICE or equivalent affiliation

Job description

ECC Project Manager

Date: 2026-10-19

Location: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, GB, CB1 0

Application Deadline: 2026-11-17T10:00:44.75

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.

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Job Description

Due to significant growth and ongoing delivery success with our clients, we are looking for Senior Project Manager/Project Manager or Senior Cost Manager/Cost Manager who are NEC3 and NEC4 accredited Project Managers to support our clients to deliver a wide range of high-profile projects across Infrastructure, to be a leader in the industry and help mentor and develop the future generation of Project Managers. As a member of our growing team, you would be working to help us make a difference with our clients in delivering a diverse range of highly complex projects and programmes.

Dependent on client requirements, most of our roles support a hybrid working model.

NEC Project Manager at Turner & Townsend

NEC ECC Project Managers at Turner & Townsend work on a broad range of projects and programmes in Water, Aviation, Roads, Rail, Telecommunications, Utilities, and many more.

Skills, Experience and Attributes

• Significant experience of infrastructure project management and/or programme management across the project lifecycle, including: project management principles; delivering to client objectives; contract management; leadership and teamwork; financial management and project controls; health, safety, quality and environmental management
• Significant experience of administering NEC3 and NEC4 Engineering and Construction Contracts where you are currently engaged in a named ECC Project Manager role, or have concluded a representative role in the last 12 months
• Excellent leadership skills, capable of developing teams and leading others in challenging environments or through ambiguities
• Strong interpersonal and stakeholder management skills, comfortable working with a diverse range of personalities across clients and partner organisations and able to build long-term trusted advisor relationships with our clients
• Strong problem solving, analytical and numerical skills with an ability to quickly understand complex problems and shape these into workable solutions for delivery
• Drive and commitment to achieving solutions, including the ability to work under pressure and motivate others
• Strong commercial, forecasting and budgeting experience
• Planning, communication and organisational skills, including the ability to manage several work streams simultaneously and communicate effectively with senior client representatives
• Creative, curious and growth mindset

Beneficial Experience

• Experience of procurement and managing NEC contracts
• Experience of managing contractors, consultants and other advisors on infrastructure projects
• Experience of consultancy or client-side project management
• Familiarity with public sector organisations, non-departmental or arm's length bodies relevant to infrastructure

Qualifications

• Preferable qualifications: NEC3 or NEC4 Accredited Project Manager is essential
• Degree or HND qualification in a management, construction or infrastructure related subject, or equivalent experience
• Professional affiliation, qualification or near qualified status with the APM, RICS, ICE, or similar professional institution

Additional Information

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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Summary

• Type: Full-time
• Function: Project Management
• Experience level: Mid-Senior Level
• Industry: Construction