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Company DescriptionAt Turner & Townsend we’re passionate about making the difference. That means delivering better outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realize their potential, and doing our part to create a prosperous society.Every day we help our major global clients deliver ambitious and highly technical projects, in over 110 offices worldwide.Job DescriptionYou will lead Project Management Commissions, taking responsibility for end to end service delivery, often with respect to large or complex projects.Acting as the key, day to day client interface, seeing that client objectives are met and that projects are delivered to time, cost and carbon targets and the appropriate quality standards.You will be responsible for delivering primary infrastructure and enabling works projects helping to unlock site value and redeveloping or creating new infrastructure that supports new homes, mixed-use developments, and/or public facilities. This will likely include the procurement and management of design and other required consultants, managing the processes for securing third party approvals or adoptions, managing the preparation and submission of planning applications and discharging planning conditions, procurement and management of contractors, and meeting health, safety and wellbeing requirements.You will need to have a good understanding of the process of design and the securing of approvals for works associated with unlocking sites; S278 / S38 highway adoption, land transfers, land remediation, utilities delivery or diversions (statutory authority / undertakers process), hard and soft landscaping, drainage solutions, geotechnical and other associated works. You will ideally have a contractor (works) background and knowledge of contract administration, including (preferably) NEC forms of contract. You will have considered and advise the client on how work streams will be coordinated and delivered, working through optioneering to develop phasing strategies. You will also develop and manage the project Programme.You will be an excellent communicator familiar with reporting on programme/schedule, project costs and contingencies, quality, contractor and/or consultant team performance, risks and opportunities, and alignment with the client’s objectives.KEY ACCOUNTABILITIESProject 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 objectivesLeading the establishment of the overall success criteria for the project, including time, cost, technical and performance parametersManaging multi-disciplinary design (and related) consultants in the production of deliverables needed to advance project deliveryManaging, with the planning consultant, the preparation, submission and negotiation of planning applications needed to deliver primary infrastructure, or managing the discharge of relevant planning applications/pre-conditionsPlanning for and the ongoing management of quality, safety, health and environment issuesEstablishing effective project governance, processes and systems to be used throughout project deliveryProject planning, including the production of the detailed project execution planAdvising upon the procurement of resources/consultantsLeading and facilitating the overall cross-functional project teamMonitoring and applying performance management techniques, including the use of KPI’s to improve project performanceManaging the change control processMonitoring and advising upon project financesManaging the flow of project information between the team and the client, through regular meetings and written communicationsProducing project progress and other reportsTaking a leading role in interfacing with the client and other consultants, at all project stagesContract administration, preferably NEC forms of contractManaging contractors’ performance on site and addressing issues of underperformance (using the contract provisions where required)Supporting an ethos of safe working and compliance with health & safety obligationsManaging your commissions’ financial performance, including invoicing, cashflow and resourcingMarketing and business development, to include:Taking responsibility for developing new business opportunities with existing and new Turner & Townsend clientsIdentifying and acting upon cross-selling opportunitiesWorking with Associate Directors and Directors to construct bids for new workAttending formal client pitches with Assistant Directors and DirectorsEnsuring that project case studies, photograph and project CV files are kept up to dateIdentifying and acting upon opportunities to improve project management products and servicesUnderstanding the Turner & Townsend 2+2=5 philosophy and identifying and acting upon cross-divisional opportunitiesInternal management accountabilities, to include:Knowledge management – Ensuring that key information and learning generated from each project is input into the Turner & Townsend internal databaseFinancial management – Ensuring prompt client invoicing and utilising Dynamics 365 in order to monitor a project’s financial statusProcess improvement – Identifying and acting upon ways to improve internal systems and processesA Senior Project Manager will in part be judged by the extent to which:Projects are managed to the right quality standards and are completed efficiently, on time and to budgetProject delivery meets the client’s objectives and is in line with the conditions of appointmentThe project team is led effectivelyStrong relationships are developed with clients and members of the cross-functional teamBusiness development opportunities with existing and new clients, including cross- selling opportunities, are identified and acted uponThe internal financial status of all projects is effectively monitoredKey information and data is effectively cascaded and appropriately retainedQualificationsSkills & QualificationsSelf-motivatedStrong influencerPassionate about placemaking and peopleExcellent communication and negotiation skillsPresentation skillsExperienceExperience of delivering enabling works projects of various scales and complexitiesMinimum 8 years’ industry experience, the majority of which will have been on site overseeing delivery of worksConsultant team procurementContract management/administrationBudget and change control managementReporting in a range of formatsProfessional team coordinationManaging complex governance processesDeveloping delivery programmes including design, consents, enabling works, and phasingKnowledgeBroad knowledge of development process, preferably including mixed-use, residential, schools, research & development, science parks, campus, logistics, distributionAwareness of the need for technical surveys and specialist technical input at key stagesUnderstanding of Net Zero Carbon agenda and implications for developmentsProcedural understanding of statutory adoptions processes (for design and completed works) including (preferably) highways, utilities, and works near operational railwaysUnderstanding of third party assets and associated protection agreementsAdditional InformationOur 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#LI-MM1SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.Join our social media conversations for more information about Turner & Townsend and our exciting future projects: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.Any unsolicited resumes/CVs submitted through our website or to Turner & Townsend personal e-mail accounts, are considered property of Turner & Townsend and are not subject to payment of agency fees. In order to be an authorised Recruitment Agency/Search Firm for Turner & Townsend, there must be a formal written agreement in place and the agency must be invited, by the Recruitment Team, to submit candidates for review.Turner & Townsend
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