Project Manager (Hospitality Project) - Kuantan

TURNER & TOWNSEND SDN. BHD.; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend SDN. BHD. is seeking a Project Manager for hospitality projects in Kuantan. The role oversees planning, execution, governance, and stakeholder engagement to deliver time- and budget-driven outcomes across international assignments.

You will lead cross-functional teams, monitor finances, manage change controls, and ensure quality and safety compliance while maintaining strong client relationships and knowledge capture for future opportunities.

Qualifications

• Degree in Construction, Project Management, or related discipline.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in managing commercial office, retail, or showroom fit-out projects internationally.
• Strong knowledge of project management concepts, tools, and techniques.
• Proven experience leading small to medium-sized construction projects of low to medium complexity.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment and meet tight deadlines.
• Strong communication and leadership skills; fluency in English required.

Responsibilities

• Define and support the achievement of project success criteria including time, cost, quality, and performance.
• Develop and maintain detailed project plans and schedules.
• Monitor project finances and ensure alignment with budgetary targets with the project quantity surveyor team.
• Manage change control processes and ensure proper documentation.
• Lead and facilitate cross-functional project teams.
• Ensure effective communication and collaboration across all stakeholders.
• Manage the flow of project information through meetings and written communications.
• Maintain effective project governance, processes, and systems.
• Prepare formal project progress reports and other documentation.
• Ensure compliance with quality, safety, health, and environmental standards.
• Act as a key point of contact for clients and consultants throughout all project stages.
• Identify opportunities to develop new business with existing clients and elevate to senior management.
• Ensure key learnings and project data are captured in internal knowledge systems.

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Communication

Stakeholder management

Education

Degree in Construction/Project Management

Tools

PM tools

Job description

Project Manager (Hospitality Project) - Kuantan

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

Project Planning & Execution

• Define and support the achievement of project success criteria including time, cost, quality, and performance.
• Develop and maintain detailed project plans and schedules.
• Monitor project finances and ensure alignment with budgetary targets with the project quantity surveyor team.
• Manage change control processes and ensure proper documentation.
• Lead and facilitate cross-functional project teams.
• Ensure effective communication and collaboration across all stakeholders.
• Manage the flow of project information through meetings and written communications.

Governance & Reporting

• Maintain effective project governance, processes, and systems.
• Prepare formal project progress reports and other documentation.
• Ensure compliance with quality, safety, health, and environmental standards.

Client & Stakeholder Engagement

• Act as a key point of contact for clients and consultants throughout all project stages.
• Identify opportunities to develop new business with existing clients and elevate to senior management.
• Ensure key learnings and project data are captured in internal knowledge systems.

Qualifications

• Degree in Construction, Project Management, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in managing commercial office, retail, or showroom fit‑out projects internationally.
• Strong knowledge of project management concepts, tools, and techniques.
• Proven experience leading small to medium-sized construction projects of low to medium complexity.
• Ability to work in a fast‑paced, high‑pressure environment and meet tight deadlines.
• Strong communication and leadership skills; fluency in English required.

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/

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