Senior Project Manager

Turner & Townsend; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the construction industry seeks a Project Manager for their Energy and Natural Resources team. The role involves managing large projects, driving client satisfaction, and fostering a collaborative work environment. Candidates should have a degree in a construction-related field and ideally hold NEC accreditation, with a passion for leadership and professional growth.

Qualifications

• Degree qualified in a construction related subject.
• NEC (3/4) accreditation preferred.
• Chartered/qualified with ICE, APM, RICS preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead Project Management Commissions and ensure end to end delivery.
• Act as the key client interface to meet objectives.
• Manage project risks and implement mitigations.

Skills

Project management

Risk Management

Performance Reporting

Planning and Scheduling

Education

Degree in a construction related subject

NEC (3/4) accreditation

Chartered/Qualified with ICE, APM, RICS

Job description

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At Turner & Townsend our award-winning Controls & Performance team are focused on driving innovation, enhancing our client’s integrated controls capability, improving performance, and delivering better programme outcomes. We have a growing national team of over 600 Controls & Performance professionals. The breadth and scale of our team provides great opportunities to reach back and draw upon a vast pool of experience to enhance your knowledge and career. Our strong capability, discipline communities and varied client base, provides a great opportunity to drive your career, supported by our career pathways.

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Job Description

Our Energy and Natural Resources team is looking to expand its Project Managerment community. We are a close-knit team and we’re looking to welcome passionate and ambitious candidates across all our professional, senior professional and managerial grades who will support our early careers, grow into leadership roles and bring their skills and expertise to our communities of practice, fostering our values with specific emphasis to Bringing out the best in Everyone.

With exciting growth in region including new Major Programmes, Projects and Clients, we’re looking for flexible and mobile Planning and Scheduling / Performance Reporting / Risk Management candidates to deliver services in our local region. Travel within the surrounding area is required dependent on the project and can be discussed further during the recruitment process. What you can give in flexibility and mobility you get back in access to diverse sectors such as Power, Water, Rail, Mass Transit, Local Authority, Shipyards, the opportunity to autonomously utilise your expertise to bring our clients bespoke solutions in response to their unique needs, and the opportunity to stretch yourself and boost your professional development with support from our network of dedicated line managers.

MAIN PURPOSE OF ROLE

To lead Project Management Commissions, taking responsibility for end to end service delivery, often with respect to large or complex projects.

To act as the key, day to day client interface, ensuring that client objectives are met and that projects are delivered to time and cost targets and the appropriate quality standards.

SCOPE

Project Managers handle commissions of varying sizes, depending upon the complexity of the project, etc.Typically, projects fall within the £10m to £25m range.However, where the service provided is advisory in nature, for example advising on urban re-generation funding, the overall project size may be much larger.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

Project management, to include:

• Advising at a strategic level at the project inception stage, including providing advice on the different approaches that can be adopted in order to successfully achieve the client’s overall objectives
• Preparing and maintaining definitions of project requirements
• Helping to establish the overall success criteria for the project, including time, cost, technical and performance parameters
• Establishing effective project governance, processes and systems to be utilised throughout project
• Preparing and maintaining schedules of activity, including producing the master project plan
• Managing the development of the project in accordance with approved plans and targets
• Developing and implementing resource plans and procurement of resources
• Leading and facilitating the overall cross-functional project team
• Monitoring and applying performance management techniques, including the use of KPI’s to improve project performance
• Managing the change control process
• Developing and agreeing budgets and controlling forecast and actual costs against them
• Managing the flow of project information between the team and the client, through regular meetings and written communications
• Identifying and monitoring project risks and planning and implementing risk mitigations
• Preparing formal project progress and other reports
• Taking a leading role in interfacing with the client, other consultants, and managing stakeholders at all project stages
• Advising the client regarding Health & Safety and Environmental issues and risks
• Planning for and the ongoing management of quality, safety, health and environment issues

KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

• ASenior Project Manager will in part be judged by the extent to which:Projects are managed to the right quality standards and are completed efficiently, on time and to budgetProject delivery meets the client’s objectives and is in line with the conditions of appointmentThe project team is led effectivelyStrong relationships are developed with clients and members of the cross-functional teamGeneral line management responsibilities (where appropriate) are effectively dischargedBusiness development opportunities with existing and new clients, including cross- selling opportunities, are identified and acted uponThe internal financial status of all projects is effectively monitoredKey information and data is effectively cascaded and appropriately retained

Qualifications

• NEC (3/4) accreditation (preferred)
• Preferred if chartered/qualified with ICE, APM, RICS etc
• Candidates will ideally be degree qualified in a construction related subject

Additional Information

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employeesand actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single requirement. At Turner & Townsend, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. So, if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may just be the right candidate for this or other opportunities.

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

Join our social media conversations for more information about Turner & Townsend and our exciting future projects:

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 ofTurner & Townsend and arenot 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.