Project Manager
Turner & TownsendJobsCloseBy Editorial Insights
Turner & Townsend is seeking a Project Manager in Adelaide for a full-time onsite role to lead project management, ensuring time, cost and quality targets while meeting client objectives. You’ll establish governance, plan and monitor progress, manage change, and oversee finances and communications with clients and consultants. The ideal candidate has professional qualifications in construction, PM, engineering, surveying, architecture or IT, 2–5 years of PM experience, solid knowledge of core PM tools, and proven cross-functional leadership and client-focused delivery. To apply, tailor your CV to highlight lifecycle experience, procurement knowledge, value management and concrete outcomes, and show collaboration, business development and a mindset of improvement, aligning with Turner Townsend culture.
Company Description
At 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 130 countries worldwide.
Our team is dynamic, innovative and client-focused, supported by an inclusive and fun company culture. Our clients value our proactive approach, depth of expertise, integrity and the quality we deliver. As a result our people get to enjoy working on some of the most exciting projects in the world.
Job Description
To lead Project Management Commissions, taking responsibility for end to end service delivery.
To ensure that client objectives are met and that projects are delivered to time and cost targets and to appropriate quality standards
elping to establish the overall success criteria for the project, including time, cost, technical and performance parameters.
Identifying and ensuring that the appropriate line manager is aware of quality, safety, health and environment issues.
Establishing effective project governance, processes and systems to be utilised throughout project.
Project planning, including producing the detailed project plan.
Solid knowledge of construction industry technical matters, such as different procurement routes, value management and value.
Managing the change control process.
Monitoring and advising upon project finances.
Managing the flow of project information between the team and the client, through regular meetings and written communications.
Preparing formal project progress and other reports.
Knowledge management – Ensuring that key information and learning generated from each project is entered into the Turner & Townsend internal database.
Financial management – Ensuring prompt client invoicing and utilising FMS in order to monitor a project’s financial status.
Process improvement – Identifying ways in which internal systems and processes can be improved and referring ideas to the appropriate line manager.
Taking a leading role in interfacing with the client and other consultants, at all project stages.
Qualifications
Professionally qualified in one of the following fields: construction, project management, engineering, surveying, architecture or information technology.
Qualifications in Project Management or equivalent knowledge and experience.
Design, management or construction experience gained within the general construction environment.
A minimum of 2 - 5 years project management experience, preferably gained within the above environment.
A thorough understanding of the total project life cycle, from project conception stage, through all of the operational stages to completion and post-project review.
Excellent knowledge and experience of all of the main project management concepts, tools and techniques.
Experience of leading and facilitating the overall cross-functional project team for medium sized construction projects of medium to high complexity.
Business development experience, including developing business with existing and new clients and cross-selling.
Experience of working within a Client focused environment.
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