Senior Project Manager

Turner & Townsend; Wilson (NC); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend is seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to join our team, focusing on large-scale life sciences construction projects. The ideal candidate will manage stakeholders including architects, engineers, and supply chains, ensuring governance and best practices are applied across projects.

You will produce formal status reports, monitor multiple projects, and provide cost control and constructability guidance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, civil engineering, or related field.
• 5–7 years of relevant project management experience.
• Strong organizational and teamwork skills.
• Proficiency in Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Procore, and PM tools.

Responsibilities

• Manage stakeholders including architects, engineers, and supply chains.
• Track milestones and avoid schedule slips.
• Ensure project governance, processes, and systems are used.
• Produce formal project status reports and regular communications.
• Forecast and update key project milestones and deliverables.
• Provide cost control and value engineering guidance.

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Procore

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Outlook

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 andprogrammesas 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.

Job Description

Turner & Townsendare seeking an experiencedSenior Project Managertojoin our team. The ideal individual will have prior experience supporting large-scale life sciences construction projects.

Responsibilities:

Manage stakeholders including architects, engineers, and supplychainsto deliver compliant projects.

Can analyze, track, and effectively manage critical milestone activities to avoid scheduleslips.

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 asrequired.

Monitor the progress of multiple construction projects simultaneously to ensure that the approved design standards areappliedcorrectly.

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.

Manage andmonitorlocal design teamsin accordance withcommission criteria.

Provide technical support to owners, architects, generalcontractorsand regional stakeholders.

Rapid response to RFIs from the field.

Provideexpertisefor cost control, value engineering, and constructability guidance whererequired.

Independent review of status reports, drawing submittals,timelinesand costs from architects,contractorsand suppliers.

Client management –assistin developing excellent working relationships with Clients, with a view towards maximizing new opportunities.

Strategic Thinking -providesadvice to project teams on approaches that can be adopted to successfully achieve both clients’objectivesand businessobjectives.

Knowledge management – ensure that key information and learnings generated from each projectarecaptured.

Process improvement – Identify ways to improve internal systems and processes

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

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in construction management, civil engineering, or applicable bachelor’s degree and or equivalent experience.

Minimum5-7 years of relevantproject managementexperience.

Strong organizational and management skills –the abilityto work effectively and collaboratively withthebroader team.

Proficiencyin Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Procore, and construction project management tools.

Additional Information

*On-site presence and requirements may change depending on our client's needs*

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