Senior/Associate Project Manager - Defence (Construction)

Turner & Townsend; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend in the UK is expanding its defence delivery team in the Derbyshire region. The Defence Sector Project Manager will support large-scale contracts across a broad range of defence schemes, collaborating with delivery teams to manage design, programme, risk and change across RIBA stages.

Candidates bring foundation project management experience, client-facing skills, and willingness to travel for site visits and overnight stays.

Qualifications

• SC level Security Clearance
• APM associate or equivalent
• Foundation level Project Management Qualification (PRINCE 2, APMQ etc.)
• Technical Degree in broader Engineering disciplines or wider Earth Sciences
• Procurement and wider commercial acumen
• Experience with NEC3/4 PSC/ECC contracts (pre- and post-contract)
• Very good client care and communication
• Willingness to travel with overnight stays

Responsibilities

• Support large-scale defence contracts and projects within the Defence Sector Portfolio
• Lead components of design management or post-contract activities
• Coordinate day-to-day design team management across RIBA work stages
• Manage programme, risk and change management metrics

Skills

Security Clearance

Client communication

Travel willingness

Procurement acumen

Contract management

Education

Engineering degree or Earth sciences

PRINCE2/APMQ or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Office

Common Data Environments

Job 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

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

Our growing 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
• Foundation level Project Management Qualification (PRINCE 2, APMQ etc.)
• 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.

Please find out more about us atwww.turnerandtownsend.com/

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.

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.