Project Manager

Turner & Townsend; New York (NY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend is seeking a Project Manager to oversee and manage Commercial Real Estate projects for a high-profile Financial Services client in the greater New York City area. The role requires on-site presence in the client's NYC office and full-time hours.

You will lead construction projects with responsibility for delivery, governance, milestones, and budget, coordinating with architects, engineers, and suppliers while ensuring design standards are applied and client objectives are met.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, architecture, engineering or related field.
• Strong organizational and management abilities to coordinate with cross-functional team.
• Proficiency in Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook and Procore.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and manage commercial real estate projects for a NYC-based client.
• Lead project governance, schedules, and budgets to ensure delivery.
• Coordinate with architects, engineers, and supply chains.
• Produce project status reports and track milestones.
• Monitor multiple projects and apply design standards.
• Interface with suppliers via monthly trackers and weekly reviews.
• Ensure client objectives and business goals are met.

Skills

Organizational skills

Team collaboration

Communication skills

Presentation skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in construction management, architecture, engineering or related field

Tools

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Outlook

Procore

Construction PM tools

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 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.

Job Description

About the role

We are seeking a Project Manager to join our team to oversee and manage various Commercial Real Estate projects for a high profile dedicated Financial Services Sector client in the greater New York City area. The Project Manager will lead construction projects with direct accountability for project delivery.

This is not a remote role and will be required to be full time on site in the client's NYC office.

What you'll do

• Manage stakeholders including architects, engineers, and supply chains to deliver compliant projects.
• Can analyze, track, and effectively manage critical milestone activities to avoid schedule slips.
• Verify that effective project governance, processes, and systems are utilized.
• Ensure application of best practice on all projects.
• Production of formal project status reports and other reports as required
• Monitor the progress of multiple construction projects simultaneously to ensure that the approved design standards are applied correctly.
• Manage the interface between all suppliers through monthly trackers and weekly reviews
• Manage the flow of project information between the project team through regular meetings and written communications.
• Forecast and update key project milestones and budget.
• Manage and monitor local design teams in accordance with commission criteria
• Provide technical support to owners, architects, general contractors and regional stakeholders
• Rapid response to RFIs from the field
• Provide expertise for cost control, value engineering, and constructability guidance where required
• Independent review of status reports, drawing submittals, timelines, and costs from architects, contractors and suppliers.
• Client management – assist in developing excellent working relationships with Clients, with a view towards maximizing new opportunities.
• Strategic Thinking - provides advice to project teams on approaches that can be adopted to successfully achieve both clients’ objectives and business objectives.
• Knowledge management – ensure that key information and learnings generated from each project are captured.
• Process improvement – Identify ways to improve internal systems and processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, architecture, engineering or field related to construction.
• Strong organizational and management skills – ability to work effectively and collaboratively with the broader team
• Effective presentation skills
• Proficiency in Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Procore, and construction project management tools
• Strong communication skills.

Additional Information

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

*On-site presence and requirements may change depending on our client's 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/ and https://www.heery.com/

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