Project Director - Planning & Scheduling

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Turner & Townsend is seeking an experienced Project Director for Planning and Scheduling to lead our Sydney data centre team on high value, complex programmes. You will chair client-facing commissions, drive improvements to planning and scheduling interfaces with controls, and develop multidisciplinary teams to deliver better outcomes. The role requires subject matter expertise in planning tools and techniques, proven experience directing planning and scheduling on complex programmes, and a track record of leading teams in delivery and transformation projects, with data centre exposure preferred. To apply, tailor your CV to show how you’ve enabled efficiency, growth, and client satisfaction through collaboration, mentoring, and strategic resourcing. Highlight stakeholder engagement and commitment to inclusive culture.

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 award-winning Planning and Scheduling team are focused on driving innovation, enhancing our client’s integrated controls capability, improving performance, and delivering better programme outcomes.  The breadth and scale of our team provides great opportunities to reach back and draw upon a vast pool of experience to enhance your knowledge and career. Our strong capability, discipline communities and varied client base, provides a great opportunity to drive your career, supported by our career pathways.

We are seeking an experienced Project Director for Planning & Scheduling to join our busy and expanding Data Centre team, who are undertaking a range of Controls & Performance duties on several high-profile Real Estate projects.

This role is Sydney based. 

Additionally, this role will provide the opportunity to innovate, collaborate and learn from our experienced and award-winning Planning & Scheduling community and wider extensive Controls and Performance Network.  

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Managing commissions in a client facing role, managing high value and complex projects, developing our talented teams and engage in our local markets.
• Improving Planning and Scheduling (and interfacing project controls) processes to create efficiency and increasing benefits to our clients
• Developing interdisciplinary relationships that operate for the benefit of our clients.
• The continued success and growth of the Planning and Scheduling team in relation to business generation, resource planning, and business strategy / opportunities.
• Project scope, capability delivery and maintaining high levels of client satisfaction.
• Senior Line management activities including career development and Planning and Scheduling. 
• The development of the project controls capability through recruitment, training and experience. 
• The implementation, embedding and roll-out of any identified changes to Planning and Scheduling processes. 
• The benefits and requirements of Performance and Reporting within the business and externally within industry.
• Subject Matter Expertise.
• Expert analysis to relevant stakeholders and senior management, supporting effective decision making.
• Training and coaching clients and less experienced leadership team members on Planning and Scheduling processes and practices.  
• National and regional initiatives that are aimed to achieve strategic goals such as growth, outreach or improvement.

Qualifications

Skills & Behaviours

• You make change happen by viewing the needs of our business through a broad lens and taking responsibility for shaping future. You challenge our leaders and teams to be ready for the future. 
• We do better every day because you have a transformational perspective in developing and implementing strategy. You drive improvement in our offering manage performance and drive accountability for execution at all levels.
• You act as a role model for collaboration and our ‘One Business’ approach, thereby fostering a culture of partnership across the business, with clients, and the broader community. 
• You focus on leading and influencing across the business and within our clients, industry, and communities. You use your leadership influence to deliver on our purpose and values.
• You define future capability requirements and plan resourcing to match. You promote a culture of learning and development for everyone. 
• You promote a culture of care and inclusivity, challenge unacceptable behaviour and manage the culture of the business, balancing concern for revenue with the well-being and safety of our people.

Qualifications

• Subject matter expertise of different Planning and Scheduling tools and techniques is mandatory.
• Experience of interfacing with other Project Controls disciplines is mandatory. 
• Experience in Directing Planning and Scheduling on complex projects/programmes is essential.  
• Experience in leading teams is essential.
• The ability to work in both delivery and transformation projects is essential.
• Experience in the Data Centre space is favoured.

Additional Information

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 www.turnerandtownsend.com

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