Project Manager / Senior Project Mana...

Turner & Townsend Group; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Defence Sector Project Manager to join their dynamic Nottingham team. This role involves supporting large-scale defence projects, managing design teams, and ensuring effective communication with clients. You will be part of a rapidly growing framework, contributing to significant capital investment initiatives while honing your project management skills. The company promotes a healthy work-life balance and values diversity, making it an ideal place for professionals looking to thrive in a collaborative environment. If you're motivated and technically skilled, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Experience in supporting large-scale defence projects across RIBA work stages.
• Proven track record in design management and client organization.

Responsibilities

• Support large-scale contracts and projects within the Defence Sector Portfolio.
• Manage design teams and facilitate programme, risk, and change management.

Skills

Project Management

Design Management

Client Care

Communication

Risk Management

Change Management

Procurement

Commercial Acumen

Microsoft Office

Common Data Environments

Education

Technical Degree in Engineering or Earth Sciences

APM Associate or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Office

Common Data Environments

NEC3/4 PSC/ECC Contracts

Job description

• Full-time

Company Description

At Turner & Townsend, we’re passionate about making the difference. As a data and digital led business, with an authority on the economics of sustainability, we are committed to delivering better outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realise their potential and transform the performance of major projects and programmes delivering a greener, more inclusive, and productive world.

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

Job Description

Our growing Nottingham Real Estate team is actively looking to engage with project management professionals to aid in the delivery of a broad range of defence schemes for our Derbyshire-based client.

We are looking to actively grow our defence sector accounts on a local, national and corporate scale. To successfully achieve our targets, we are seeking highly motivated, technically competent, and practically skilled individuals who have foundation experience working as part of a delivery team to join our expanding defence community. You will be part of the fastest growing framework in the business, with opportunities to grow both your own foundation delivery experience and knowledge and collectively working towards common goals and thriving on each other’s success.

A Defence Sector Project Manager would be expected to support large-scale contracts and projects within our overall Defence Sector Portfolio. Typically, these are large scale capital investment projects from a wider portfolio initiative supporting one of the 6 TLB holders. Key delivery responsibilities include day to day design team management at a delivery level supporting the overall capital project process both with day-to-day ownership of core project management tasks through all RIBA work stages. Successful performance is measured on the core parameters of any project whilst facilitating programme, risk, and change management.

Qualifications

• Proven track record of successfully supporting components of large-scale defence projects across multiple RIBA work stages, either as a consultant or in a client organisation.
• Proven track record of successfully leading components of large/small scale design management or post contract experience.
• Experience of supporting design teams / technical disciplines or general resource management.
• SC level Security Clearance.
• Very good client care and communication.
• Flexibility / willingness to travel with accompanying overnight stays.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office and able to use and manage Common Data Environments.
• APM associate or equivalent.
• Technical Degree in broader Engineering disciplines or wider Earth Sciences.
• Demonstrable experience of procurement and wider commercial acumen (ideally supporting public sector business cases and framework style single or two stage tendering).
• Some experience using NEC3/4 PSC/ECC contracts (both pre- and post-contract).

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.