Senior Project Manager

Turner & Townsend; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Project Manager to join their Johannesburg team. This pivotal role involves leading multi-site programmes, ensuring projects meet time and cost targets while maintaining quality standards. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in construction management, a strong understanding of stakeholder engagement, and a passion for delivering successful business solutions. This dynamic firm offers a collaborative environment where your expertise will drive impactful projects across Africa. If you are ready to take on a leadership role and contribute to transformative initiatives, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in Construction Management or Project Management.
• Degree in Construction Project Management or equivalent qualification.

Responsibilities

• Lead Project Management Commissions and ensure end-to-end service delivery.
• Develop new business opportunities and manage client relationships.

Skills

Construction Management

Project Management

Stakeholder Engagement

Quality Management

Risk Management

Education

Degree in Construction Project Management

Professional Construction Project Manager (SACPCMP)

PMP Certification

Tools

Project Management Software

Construction Contracts Knowledge

Job description

Company 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.
Please visit our website: www.turnerandtownsend.com

Job Description

Our people are the key to our success and are our most important asset. As Senior Project Manager you will join our Johannesburg Project Management team to provide services that help our clients devise strategies to deliver successful business solutions prior to sanction, achieve confidence around project delivery, ensure projects are effectively managed & controlled and facilitate the capture and transfer of knowledge.

Expectations

In undertaking the role of Project Manager, Turner & Townsend have specific expectations to be met. The expectations will form part of your continuous development and performance measurement. These are set out as follows:

Service Delivery

Total service delivery to all clients within Africa. Your reporting structure with other Directors/MSL will ensure that you are best placed to direct resources to maximise return. Your focus will be continuous improvement at a service level and coordinating with other Directors/MSL to maximise opportunities available with our Key Accounts. You will also be expected to implement and or update requisite tools and systems to ensure staff are able to deliver a professional and efficient service.

Main Purpose of Role

• To lead Project Management Commissions and multi-site programmes, taking responsibility for end-to-end service delivery.
• To act as the key, day to day client interface, ensuring that client objectives are met and that projects are delivered to time and cost targets and the appropriate quality standards.
• Leading technical knowledge is built environment projects and programmes, from C-Suite stakeholder engagement and management, through to design and engineering management, and construction oversight.

Duties of a Senior Project Manager

As the Senior Project Manager you will have responsibility, amongst others, for the service stream in terms of Project Resourcing, Best Practice and Knowledge Management, Tool & Systems, Key Account Management, Service Opportunity identification and Service Development. You will continue to promote the interests of Turner & Townsend giving the full benefit of your knowledge, expertise, and skills to all your business undertakings.

Project management, to include:

• Advising at a strategic level at the project conception stage, including providing advice on the different approaches that can be adopted in order to successfully achieve the client’s overall objectives.
• Leading the establishment of the overall success criteria for the project, including time, cost, technical and performance parameters.
• Planning for and the ongoing management of quality, safety, health and environment issues.
• Establishing effective project governance, processes and systems to be utilised throughout project.
• Project planning, including ensuring the production of the detailed project plan.
• Advising upon the procurement of resources.
• Leading and facilitating the overall cross-functional project team.
• Monitoring and applying performance management techniques, including the use of KPI’s to improve project performance.
• Managing the change control process.
• Managing the procurement of provisional sums.
• Monitoring and advising upon project finances.
• Managing the flow of project information between the team and the client, through regular meetings and written communications.
• Taking a leading role in the interface between design and engineering professionals and client and contractors alike.
• Taking a leading role in interfacing between the principal contractor and the consultants during the construction stages.
• Ensuring the production of formal project progress and other reports.
• Taking a leading role in interfacing with the client and other consultants, at all project stages.

Marketing and business development, to include:

• Taking responsibility for developing new business opportunities with existing and new Turner & Townsend clients.
• Identifying and acting upon cross-selling opportunities.
• Working with Associate Directors and Directors to construct bids for new work.
• Attending formal client pitches with Assistant Directors and Directors.
• Ensuring that project case study, photograph and project CV files are kept up to date.
• Identifying and acting upon opportunities to improve project management products and services.

Qualifications

• Degree in Construction Project Management or equivalent qualification.
• 10+ years’ experience in Construction Management / Project Management.
• Must be registered with a SACPCMP as Professional Construction Project Manager.
• PMP would be an advantage.
• South African Industry knowledge and exposure.
• Working expert knowledge in forms of construction contracts.
• Experience in multi-site, geographically dispersed roll-out programme, both from a green field, brown field, refurbishment and fit-out perspective.
• Experience delivering projects within Sub-Saharan Africa is beneficial, in addition to South Africa.