Project Delivery Director

Turner & Townsend; Charlottesville (VA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend is seeking a Project Delivery Director to oversee a multi-discipline team delivering cost solutions for real estate clients. The role sits within Building Consultancy, focusing on surveying, inspections, and planning.

You will supervise staff, coordinate daily activities, manage procurement and cost modeling, and align strategies with client goals to drive project success and financial performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree preferred with 8-12 years of relevant experience; combination of experience and education considered
• Life Sciences/Pharmaceutical facilities experience preferred
• Experience in staffing, selection, training, development, coaching, mentoring, measuring, appraising, and rewarding performance; retention-focused

Responsibilities

• Provide formal supervision to employees; oversee training, performance evaluations and coaching
• Coordinate and manage the team’s daily activities; set schedules and cross-train staff
• Manage all aspects of commercial management including procurement, vendor management, and scheduling
• Assist with designing and maintaining project-specific cost models to manage expenditures and publish reports
• Align cost model with stakeholder and client goals; guide deliverables within project scope
• Establish a strategy to manage cash flow and project accruals
• Implement commercial management strategies aligned with project timelines
• Assess financial benefit and risk; develop and publish business cases to support recommendations
• Apply knowledge of multiple disciplines and business drivers impacting performance
• Identify and solve multi-dimensional problems using cross-functional resources
• Lead by example and negotiate with external partners to reach common goals

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Organizational skills

Mathematical skills

Problem solving

Staff development

Coaching

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

Excel

Word

Outlook

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 programs as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.

Our capabilities include program, 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 program, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.

Job Description

About the Role: As a Project Delivery Director, you will assist with overseeing the department responsible for individual multi-disciplined real estate cost solutions for clients.

This job is part of the Building Consultancy function. They are responsible for specialist building services including surveying, inspections, and planning.

What You’ll Do:

• Provide formal supervision to employees. Monitor the training and development of staff. Conduct performance evaluations and coaching. Oversee the recruiting and hiring of new employees.
• Coordinate and manage the team's daily activities. Establish work schedules, assign tasks, and cross-train staff. Set and track staff and department deadlines. Mentor and coach as needed.
• Manage all aspects of commercial management including procurement, vendor management, scheduling, etc.
• Assist with designing and maintaining project-specific cost models to manage expenditures. Use cost model data to publish reports.
• Align cost model with stakeholder and client goals. Supply guidance and direction to achieve deliverables within the project scope.
• Establish a strategy to manage cash flow and project accruals.
• Implement commercial management strategies that identify goals and align with the project timelines.
• Assess the financial benefit and risk rating of projects to assess necessity. Develop and publish business cases to support recommendations.
• Apply a robust knowledge of multiple disciplines, the business, and key drivers which impact departmental and cross-functional performance.
• Identify and solve multi-dimensional, complex, operational, and organizational problems leveraging the appropriate resources within or outside the department.
• Significantly improves and changes existing methods, processes, and standards within job discipline.
• Lead by example and model behaviors that are consistent with CBRE RISE values. Persuade managers and other colleagues to take action while being guided by the organization's functional business plans. Negotiate with external partners, vendors, and customers of divergent interests to reach a common goal.

Qualifications

What You’ll Need:

• Bachelor's Degree preferred with 8-12 years of relevant experience. In lieu of a degree, a combination of experience and education will be considered.
• Experience with Life Sciences/Pharmaceutical facilities is preferred.
• Experience in the areas of staffing, selection, training, development, coaching, mentoring, measuring, appraising, and rewarding performance and retention is preferred.
• Ability to lead the exchange of sensitive, complicated, and difficult information, convey performance expectations, and handle problems.
• Leadership skills to set, manage and achieve targets with a direct impact on multiple department results within a function.
• In‑depth knowledge of Microsoft Office products. Examples include Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.
• Expert organizational skills and an advanced inquisitive mindset.
• Sophisticated math skills. Ability to calculate mildly complex figures such as percentages, fractions, and other financial‑related calculations.

Additional Information

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

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.

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