Senior Project Manager - Infrastructure

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.
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Job Description

The Senior Project Manager will act as the Contracting Entity’s representative, taking responsibility for managing a group of projects from planning and design through to the successful completion and commissioning. The Project Manager is responsible for delivering the projects safely on time, to budget and to specification, ensuring the projects achieve all project goals and objectives in accordance with the Contracting Entity’s employer’s requirements and the corporate strategic intent for the portfolio. 

Programme Requirements, Standards & Performance 

• Oversee and monitor the delivery of the project around schedule, interface, cost, variations, contract and risk, liaising with the relevant team members and functions as required 
• Develop the Project Execution Plan, ensuring the project is aligned to and delivers in accordance with the 
• Contracting Entity's standards and methods 
• Engage with and manage the project relationships.

Team Management 

• Manage the performance of a team of Project Managers each responsible for the delivery of one or more projects 
• Oversee the day to day activities of the Project Managers ensuring that the appropriate project management techniques and measures are being implemented to ensure delivery of the projects to cost, schedule, quality and safety metrics. 
• Develop and maintain a detailed resourcing plan for the delivery of the projects under the responsibility of the Senior Project Manager. 
• Provide technical and contractual support to the Project Managers in their day to day delivery functions. 
• Be responsible for reporting on the performance of the projects under their remit 
• Work with the Programme Director to address any issues that arise in the course of the delivery of the projects.

Project Management Activities 

• Lead the coordination of the project ensuring interfaces are considered and addressed at all stages of the project lifecycle. 
• Maintain the Responsible / Accountable / Consulted / Informed task tracker. 
• Work with the technical teams in coordinating and managing the design consultants and other external service providers. 
• Organise the appropriate design review meetings and be responsible for communicating design acceptance to the Contractor. 
• Be responsible for communicating design changes to relevant members of the project team and stakeholders who may be impacted. 
• Report monthly on the tasks throughout the project’s lifecycle including construction works (during the construction phase) that have been undertaken. 
• Maintain the overall project risk register and update at monthly progress meetings. 
• Identify opportunities to improve Project Management procedures, templates and products referring ideas to the appropriate line manager. 
• Monitor and apply performance management techniques. 
• Manage the change control process. 
• Manage the flow of project information between the team and the client, through regular meetings and written communications.

Qualifications

• Minimum 15 years experience in the Construction / Infrastructure sector including on relevant aviation and/or other related projects of a similar size and complexity. 
• Experience of operating on site, not just office based. 
• Tangible experience of documenting best practice construction project management policies and standards. 
• Track record of delivering construction/asset delivery projects to time and within allocated budget; 
• Experience of dealing with a range of stakeholders at all levels across the organisation influencing the improvement of process and guidance to support project delivery. 
• Managing a significant multidisciplinary team across multiple concurrent projects. 
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills. 
• Ability to govern and drive outcomes to ensure project outputs that meet required standards 
• Knowledge of NEC and FIDIC suite of contracts. 
• Knowledge of Engineering and Project Management Principles.
• Required to attend client site weekly, going forward on a hybrid basis. 

Additional Information

What we Offer:

• Full time, permanent
• Competitive remuneration and attractive range of benefits
• Car Allowance
• Pension
• Annual leave + 2 Company days & 1 volunteering day 
• Bike to work Scheme
• Opportunity to work on impactful and innovative projects
• Career development opportunities both in Ireland and globally
• Opportunity to work with a diverse group of talented and collaborative colleagues

Our people share our Purpose and Values. Turner & Townsend provides a great place to work, where everyone can make change happen and influence a better world.

We champion our people to succeed in both 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. We actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

Please find out more about us at www.turnerandtownsend.com/

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