Project Management Consultant

Turnertownsend; Saddle Brook (NJ); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend is seeking a Project Management Consultant to oversee commercial and industrial real estate projects in the greater New Jersey area. This hybrid role requires occasional travel to client and project offices as dictated by project needs.

You will lead budgets, schedules, risk, and procurement, read complex contracts and drawings, coordinate with clients, and guide project teams through delivery and closeout while ensuring governance and documentation control.

Qualifications

• Requires a Bachelor’s degree and at least five years of related experience, preferably in commercial interior or industrial projects.
• Experience working with demanding clients and managing multiple projects simultaneously.
• Strong proficiency with MS Office and MS Project.

Responsibilities

• Lead all facets of project management (budget, schedule, procurement, quality & risk) for multiple commercial and industrial projects.
• Read and apply agreements, leases, project charters, surveys and drawings to project delivery.
• Interface with clients to define requirements, prepare scope, budgets, schedules, and risk plans.
• Identify resources, conduct RFPs, bids, and implement change management as needed.
• Guide project teams, facilitate meetings, and ensure governance and documentation accuracy.

Skills

Project management

Budgeting

Scheduling

Client management

Communication

Risk management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Five years of related experience

Tools

MS Project

MS Office

Teams

Job description

About the role

We are seeking a Project Management Consultant to join our team to oversee and manage various Commercial and Industrial Real Estate projects for our clients in the greater New Jersey area. The Project Manager will lead commercial and industrial real estate projects for various clients for the New Jersey advisory business.

This is a hybrid role, the selected candidate will be required to report to the clients' offices or project offices as dictated my client's needs and project requirements as well as regular attendance at T&T office locations.

This job is part of the Project Management function. They are responsible for the management of projects from initiation through completion.

What you'll do

• Lead all facets of project management (budget, schedule, procurement, quality & risk) for multiple commercial and industrial projects including planning, design, construction, occupancy and closeout.
• Demonstrate capability to read, understand, and apply standard to sophisticated documents affecting real estate projects, including but not limited to: agreements/contracts, leases, work letters, project charters, surveys and drawings.
• Interface and be in direct contact with the clients to define project requirements. Prepare scope of work, project delivery resource requirements, cost estimate & budget, cash flow, work plan schedule & milestones, quality control, and risk identification.
• Identifies project delivery resources from pre-qualified lists or through individual project qualification process; conducts standard request for proposals; completes bid analysis; recommends resources to clients.
• Leads project delivery resources/team providing project guidance and direction to achieve project goals.
• Implements communication plan for meetings and written reports/meeting minutes to keep client and project resources informed. Facilitates project meetings.
• Implements project documentation governance aligned with company and Client requirements. Ensure project data integrity and documentation is accurate, timely and coordinated.
• Tracks progress of each project against goals, objectives, approved budgets, approved timelines. Reports status and variances. Crafts action plans to meet objectives, budget and schedule.
• Implements change management routines to assess change requests, make recommendations, secure client approvals, and issue change orders. Assesses change requests to determine impacts to scope, budget, schedule, quality and risk.
• Demonstrates ability to identify complex project risks, lead constructability reviews, develop risk mitigation and contingency plans, and implement plans to reduce or eliminate project risks.
• Demonstrates a knowledge of projects & project management within the context of business results (larger economic implications, business risk, etc.).
• Other duties as assigned.

What you'll need

• Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States without the need for visa sponsorship now or in the future.
• Bachelor's degree and at least five years of related experience and/or training. Prior experience working with high-end commercial interior projects, industrial projects, ground up projects is strongly desired.
• Prior experience working with demanding clients is helpful.
• Solid track record of managing multiple projects in varying stages simultaneously and the ability to deliver under pressure or fast paced environments is helpful.
• Ability to exercise judgment based on the analysis of multiple sources of information with a willingness to take a new perspective on existing solutions.
• In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Office products including MS Office, MS Project and other MS software including but not limited to Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Teams, etc.
• Interpersonal skills with an advanced inquisitive mindset.
• 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.

Turner & Townsend does not accept any speculative or unsolicited CV's that have been sent to our internal recruitment team or hiring managers from agencies outside of our preferred supplier list. Any speculative or unsolicited CV's will be treated as a direct application.

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.