Construction Manager - Data Center Construction

Turner & Townsend; Alexandria (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend in the United States is seeking an experienced Construction Manager to lead large-scale ground-up real estate projects. You will partner with clients and cross-functional teams, drive planning, budgeting, and governance, and ensure delivery to schedule and quality standards.

The ideal candidate will be a self-starter with superb communication, able to take initiative with limited supervision, manage stakeholders, and identify opportunities to improve project management

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Engineering, Construction Management or related field or equivalent experience.
• Demonstrated experience as a Project Manager in construction on commercial ground-up real estate projects.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills for client-facing roles.
• Experience managing demanding stakeholders and work stream managers.

Responsibilities

• Interface with the client and other consultants at all project stages.
• Manage project budgets and ensure timely client invoicing and financial monitoring.
• Develop and maintain detailed project plans and schedules.
• Apply performance management techniques and monitor progress.
• Oversee change control processes and governance standards.
• Coordinate information flow between team and client via meetings and reports.
• Prepare budget progress and other formal reports.
• Ensure quality control and compliance with standards.
• Contribute to proposals for new work or variations as needed.
• Identify opportunities to improve PM procedures and templates.

Skills

Project management

Client relations

Stakeholder management

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Construction Management

Job description

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over22,000 peoplein more than 60 countries.

Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure,energyand 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 includeprogramme, 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 estateservicesand investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premierprogramme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.

Turner & Townsendare seeking an experiencedConstruction Managerto work on large-scale construction projects. The ideal candidate will be a self-starter, have excellent communication skills, be able to take the initiative and drive activities with limited supervision.

Responsibilities:

• Interfacing with the client and other consultants, at all project stages.
• Financial management: Ensuring prompt client invoicing and utilizing the financial system to monitor a project’s financial status.
• Project planning, including producing a detailed project plan.
• Monitoring and applying performance management techniques.
• Managing the change control process.
• Managing the flow of project information between the team and the client, through regular meetings and written communications.
• Preparing formal project budget progress and other reports.
• Quality Control – Ensuring compliance with quality standards.
• Working to construct proposals for new work or variations for existing projects.
• Identifying opportunities to improve Project Management procedures, templates and products referring ideas to the appropriate line manager.
• Identifying and ensuring that the appropriate line manager is aware of quality, safety, health and environment issues.
• Establishing effective project governance, processes and systems to be utilized throughout project.
• General line management responsibilities (where appropriate) are effectively discharged.
• Ability to advise strategically during the project conception stage, including providing advice on the different approaches that can be adopted to achieve the client’s overall objectives.
• Great time management skills. Ensure that the project is managed to the right quality standards, completed efficiently and on time.
• Ability to build strong working relationships with clients and cross-functional team members.
• Experienced working as an effective team member within the context of delivering a specific commission.
• Business development opportunities with existing and new clients, including cross-selling opportunities, are identified.
• Key information and data are effectively shared and appropriately retained.
• SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degreein Engineering, Construction Management or a related field, or related equivalent experience.
• Demonstrated experience working as a Project Manager within the construction industry on commercial ground up real estate projects.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to be highly effective in a client facing role.
• Experienced managing demanding stakeholders and work stream managers.

*On-site presence and requirements may change depending on our clients' needs.*

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 at www.turnerandtownsend.com/

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.