Senior Project Manager- Construction

About the role

Turner & Townsend are seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to join their team in support of the Developer Advisory team. The ideal individual will have prior experience supporting large-scale construction projects.

Responsibilities

• Manage stakeholders including architects, engineers, and supply chains to deliver compliant projects.
• Analyze, track, and effectively manage critical milestone activities to avoid schedule slips.
• Verify that effective project governance, processes and systems are utilized.
• Ensure application of best practice on all projects.
• Production of formal project status reports and other reports as required.
• Maintain the progress of multiple construction projects simultaneously to ensure that the approved design standards are applied correctly.
• Manage the interface between all suppliers through monthly trackers and weekly reviews.
• Manage the flow of project information between the project team through regular meetings and written communications.
• Forecast and update key project milestones.
• Manage and monitor local design teams in accordance with commission criteria.
• Provide technical support to owners, architects, general contractors and regional stakeholders.
• Rapid response to RFIs from the field.
• Provide expertise for cost control, value engineering, and constructability guidance where required.
• Independent review of status reports, drawing submittals, timelines and costs from architects, contractors and suppliers.
• Client management – assist in developing excellent working relationships with Clients, with a view towards maximizing new opportunities.
• Strategic Thinking - provides advice to project teams on approaches that can be adopted to successfully achieve both clients’ objectives and business objectives.
• Knowledge management – ensure that key information and learnings generated from each project is captured.
• Process improvement – Identify ways to improve internal systems and processes.
• SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

Project/Program specific responsibilities

• Project Management - Manage and monitor the projects schedule, budget and scope to ensure alignment with our objectives
• Lead and facilitate regular project meetings, issue progress reports and maintain all documentation
• Identify and manage project risks, schedule slippage, cost overruns and scope creep.
• Design Management - Lead design reviews with a view to constructability, maintainability, and compliance with codes and standards.
• Ensure sustainability and certification goals
• Schedule and timeline oversight
• Manage the master schedule and timeline
• Flag potential delays
• Contract administration - Oversight of and adherence to contracts for all third parties
• Ensure compliance with insurance, bonding and indemnification requirements.
• Manage any documentation related to claims, disputes and contract
• Construction oversight - Oversee, inspect construction progress, quality assurance etc
• Manage the review of submittals, RFI,s and shop drawings for consistency and design intent
• Maintain safety and performance compliance
• Manage punch list preparation and completion.
• Closure - Oversee punch list and acceptance testing
• Ensure all warranties, O&M manuals and as built drawings are received.
• Assist in the coordination of training for facility staff for building systems.
• Manage final payments, lien waivers and closeout documents

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, civil engineering, or applicable bachelor’s degree and or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 5-7 years of relevant project management experience.
• Strong organizational and management skills – the ability to work effectively and collaboratively with the broader team.
• Effective presentation skills.
• Proficiency in Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Procore, and construction project management tools.
• Excellent communication skills.