Senior Project Manager, Real Estate Projects

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.

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Lead the end-to-end delivery of capital projects (real estate and construction) as the single point of contact, managing scope, schedule, budget, quality, and risk under client governance and compliance frameworks (PAO/GOG). Ensure strict adherence to approval processes (IEP), procurement policies, and reporting requirements in corporate systems.

Skills and Qualifications

• Run and lead client and other required meetings, presenting updates to the client at all project stages.
• Stakeholder management: Lead local Client and report to global team
• Manage risks and control the risk register, manage risk workshops as needed
• Identify the factors that influence construction costs and can monitor and report on this data.
• Issue reports as agreed with Client
• Run at field with quality control formats validation for civil works in general 
• Support design management and review looking forward to identify constructions methods opportunities
• Support engineering decisions relating to the project cost and budget while design-build changes take place during construction.
• Review requests for payment.
• Advocate on the part of the client during disputes, disagreements, modifications, or change orders.
• Analyse, track and effectively manage critical milestone activities to avoid schedule slip.
• Track and ensure equipment meet the project schedule
• Lead value engineering sessions as required
• Oversee and manage the transfer of the building operations to the client including all close out documentation and warranties.
• Collaborative approach, be client facing, able to develop strong relationships, confidently present to clients and stakeholders.
• Be assertive and detail orientated, to identify potential issues early and raise them in the appropriate forum for resolution.
• Demonstrable track record in the delivery of relevant projects.
• Advanced skills with spreadsheets, report writing and presentations.
• Management experience, with ability to manage and lead team in delivering a commission and general line management.
• Manage revenue, team resource and priorities to ensure that client expectations are met.
• Have an elevated sense of quality, and lead quality control action.
• Have a good knowledge and awareness of Health and Environmental Safety in construction.
• Be an effective communicator, both verbal and written.
• Be a self-starter, a team player, a natural leader capable of motivating teams.

• Degree in Engineering/Architecture or related field; 6-8 years of experience managing capital projects in regulated environments.
• Mandatory PMP certification; desirable PMI-RMP and LEED AP.
• Proficiency in MS Project, Microsoft 365 (Excel/PowerPoint/Word), REALM, P2P, and Appian.
• Full bilingual proficiency (English/Spanish); Portuguese intermediate level desirable.

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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.

Turner & Townsend does not accept any speculative or unsolicited CV's that have been sent to our internal recruitment team or hiring managers from agencies outside of our preferred supplier list or that have not followed due process. Any speculative or unsolicited CV's will be treated as a direct application.

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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.