Project Manager / Senior Project Manager (Defence) - Real Estate

Turner & Townsend Plc.; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend Plc. is seeking a Defence Sector Project Manager for their Nottingham team. The role involves managing large-scale capital investment projects and supporting design teams throughout various project stages. Ideal candidates will have experience in defence projects, excellent communication skills, and a relevant technical degree.

The company promotes a balanced work environment and encourages applications from diverse backgrounds, offering a supportive and flexible workplace.

Qualifications

• Proven track record of leading components of large-scale defence projects.
• Experience of supporting design teams or resource management.
• SC level Security Clearance required.

Responsibilities

• Support large-scale projects within the Defence Sector Portfolio.
• Manage day-to-day design team activities at a delivery level.
• Facilitate programme and risk management.

Skills

Project management

Client communication

Design management

Microsoft Office proficiency

Procurement and commercial acumen

Education

Technical Degree in Engineering or Earth Sciences

APM associate or equivalent

Tools

Common Data Environments

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.

Role Overview

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.