Assistant Project Manager- Data Center Construction

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries. Working with clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy, and natural resources, we transform challenges into opportunities and deliver outcomes that improve lives. 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.

About the role

Turner & Townsend is looking for an Assistant Project Manager to join our team and support project management services. This role involves working closely with internal and external stakeholders to provide project support.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Project Manager in ensuring the project is managed to the right quality standards and completed efficiently and on time.
• Manage individual tasks throughout the construction process, including submittal and RFI processes.
• Assist with the preparation of proposals for new projects or variations to existing projects.
• Assist with establishing effective project governance, processes, and systems to be utilized throughout the project.
• Ensure that key information and data are effectively shared and appropriately retained.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with the client and team members.
• Interface with multiple stakeholders, including executive management, project team members, consultants, and vendors.
• Assist with the flow of project information between team members and stakeholders.
• Attend relevant meetings, update and maintain current issues/actions logs.
• Transcribe meeting minutes and action items and drive each item to closure.
• Develop detailed project plans, attend status meetings, and follow up with team members on completion status and close-out of open items.
• Contribute monthly reporting on various aspects of the client’s program.
• Prepare various reports for multiple audiences, including formal project management reports, executive dashboards, and other reporting requirements.
• Handle daily tasks such as submittal approval management, RFI processing, change order management, meeting coordination, punch-list management, administration of project observation reports, participation in commissioning, and transition of close-out documentation to operations.
• Assist with the procurement of suppliers/resources as required.
• Monitor and assist the Project Manager with applying performance management techniques.
• Monitor and report on project costs/spending, maintain project cost tracking, and EVM systems.
• Liaise with the client’s finance team and others to obtain information, review, and report finance/cost data.
• Adhere to SOX control responsibilities where applicable.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, architecture, engineering, or a field related to construction.
• A minimum of 3 years of applicable experience.
• Proactive, organized, and thorough with a strong work ethic.
• Ability to work as an effective and collaborative team member in delivering the project.
• Exposure to project management software systems.
• Strong proficiency with Microsoft Office, especially Excel, and Google tools.
• Strong communication skills.

Pay

The salary range for this full-time role is $100K–$140K per year. Ranges are determined by role and level and represent base salary only. Turner & Townsend reserves the right to pay more or less than the posted range, depending on candidate’s location, experience, and qualifications.

Benefits

We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change. We promote a healthy, productive, and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.