Project Director - Project Management Full-Time

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

Job summary

Turner & Townsend is seeking a strategically-minded Project Director for UK Infrastructure. You will lead delivery, cultivate client relationships, and drive major programmes across rail, aviation, utilities and highways.

Mobility across the UK is expected to support national initiatives. The ideal candidate has a track record in leading multi-sector teams, bidding, and senior client engagement, with NEC3/4 contract knowledge.

Qualifications

• Proven leader of diverse teams across multi sectors such as Rail, aviation, utilities, power, highways, local authorities.
• Experience delivering Major Programmes and Projects at strategic level.
• Experience in bidding, networking, pursuit planning and client engagement.
• Ability to develop and grow client relationships across all levels of an organisation.

Responsibilities

• Lead in growing relationships within the Midlands region and support national initiatives; flexible to travel across the UK.
• Demonstrate commercially minded leadership and drive delivery of major commissions.
• Manage teams, contracts and governance to deliver strategic outcomes for clients.

Skills

Team leadership

Business development

Client engagement

NEC3/4 contracts

Tools

NEC3/4 contracts

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.
Please visit our website: www.turnerandtownsend.com

Job Description

Having secured several long-term frameworks through successful project and programme wins and with increasing client satisfaction we are currently seeking to hire a key strategic Project Director level role in our UK Infrastructure business.

You will take the lead in growing our relationships within the Midlands region as well as having a direct impact in supporting our national initiatives, as such this role will require individuals who are happy to be mobile across the UK.

The ideal candidate would be commercially minded and who is motivated in cultivating and developing relationships. You will need to have demonstrable experience in leading delivery of commissions working at strategic levels with clients.

Qualifications

• A proven and experienced leader of diverse teams across multi sectors such as Rail, aviation, utilities, power, highways, local authorities
• A background in one of Turner & Townsend’s key service lines Project Management, alternatively, an engineering background with in-depth experience of capital programme delivery would be equally applicable
• Experience of leading and managing Major Programmes and Projects
• Experience in leading and managing teams
• Working knowledge of NEC3/4 contracts
• Demonstrable experience in successful business generation activities including bidding at all levels, networking, pursuit planning and client engagement and management
• Ability to develop and grow client relationships across all levels of an organisation
• Procurement, asset management, or advisory (programme set up or performance improvement) would be desirable.
• Experience of inclusion on both client and internal boards, setting strategy and successfully delivering these including resourcing and growth strategies to deliver growth targets

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.

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

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

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

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