Senior Project Manager - Water and environmental resilience

Ciwmjobs; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 98,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead and deliver high-profile infrastructure projects from our London office. You will work across Aviation, Roads, Rail, Utilities and more, mentoring teams and coordinating with client staff across the South-East.

We value strong leadership, problem solving and the ability to manage multiple work streams with senior client representatives. Experience with NEC contracts and utility projects is a plus.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in infrastructure/project management across lifecycle.
• Strong leadership and ability to develop teams in challenging environments.
• Excellent stakeholder management and client relationship skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver large infrastructure projects/programmes across Aviation, Roads, Rail, Utilities, etc.
• Coordinate multi-disciplinary teams and client engagement to meet objectives.
• Manage project controls, risk, and reporting to senior stakeholders.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Problem solving

Planning & organisation

Communication

Team development

Job description

Job Description

Due to significant growth and ongoing delivery success with our clients, we are looking for Senior Project Managers to support our to clients deliver a wide range of high-profile projects across Infrastructure, to be a leader in the industry and help mentor and develop the future generation of Project Managers. As a member of our growing team, you would be working to help us make a difference with our clients in delivering a diverse range of highly complex projects and programmes. You would be based in our London office and likely spend your time with colleagues and client teams based across the South-East region.

Senior Project Managers at Turner & Townsend:

Senior Project Managers at Turner & Townsend work on a broad range of projects and programmes in Aviation, Roads, Rail, Telecommunications, Utilities, and many more. We are looking for individuals with the following skills, experience and attributes:

• Significant experience of infrastructure project management and/or programme management across the project lifecycle, including: project management principles; delivering to client objectives; contract management; leadership and teamwork; financial management and project controls; health, safety, quality and environmental management
• Excellent leadership skills, capable of developing teams and leading others in challenging environments or in ambiguity
• Strong interpersonal and stakeholder management skills, comfortable working with a diverse range of personalities across clients and partner organisations and able to build long-term trusted advisor relationships with our clients
• Strong problem solving, analytical and numerical skills with an ability to quickly understand complex problems and shape these into workable solutions for delivery
• Drive and commitment to achieving solutions, including the ability to work under pressure and motivate others
• Planning, communication and organisational skills, including the ability to manage several work streams simultaneously and communicate effectively with senior client representatives
• Able to lead, manage and develop project teams on large projects or programmes
• Creative, curious and growth mindset

Beneficial Experience:

• Experience of utilities/water infrastructure project management
• Experience of procurement and managing NEC contracts
• Experience of managing contractors, consultants and other advisors on infrastructure projects
• Experience of consultancy or client-side project management
• Familiarity with public sector organisations, non-departmental or arm’s length bodies relevant to infrastructure