Senior Project Manager - Life Sciences

Praxy; Huntsville (TN); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead large-scale Life Science construction programs in the United States. The role focuses on coordinating architects, engineers, suppliers, and owners to ensure compliant projects are delivered on time and within budget.

The ideal candidate will have 8–12 years of PM experience, strong communication and presentation skills, and proficiency in Procore and MS Office tools.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, civil engineering, or an equivalent field.
• Minimum 8–12 years of relevant project management experience.
• Strong organizational and management skills with the ability to coordinate with the broader team.
• Effective presentation skills.
• Proficiency in Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Procore, and construction PM tools.
• Excellent communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage stakeholders including architects, engineers, and supply chains to deliver compliant projects.
• Analyze and track critical milestone activities to avoid schedule slips.
• Ensure governance, processes and systems are used effectively.
• Produce formal project status reports and other required reports.
• Monitor multiple construction projects to apply design standards.
• Manage interfaces with suppliers via monthly trackers and weekly reviews.
• Provide technical support to owners, architects, GCs and regional stakeholders.
• Respond rapidly to RFIs from the field.
• Provide cost control, value engineering, and constructability guidance as needed.
• Review status reports, drawings, submittals, timelines and costs from project partners.
• Develop excellent working relationships with Clients to maximize new opportunities.
• Strategically advise teams on approaches to meet client and business objectives.

Skills

Strong organizational skills

Effective presentation skills

Excellent communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in construction management, civil engineering, or equivalent

Tools

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Outlook

Procore

Job description

Senior Project Manager

Turner & Townsend are seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to join our team in support of our Life Science Sector. The ideal individual will have prior experience supporting large-scale construction projects.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• 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 is captured.
• 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.
• Minimum 8-12 years of relevant project management experience.
• Strong organizational and management skills – the 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.
• Excellent communication skills.

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