Company Description
At Turner & Townsend, we’re passionate about making the difference. As a data and digital led business, with an authority on the economics of sustainability, we are committed to delivering better outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realise their potential and transform the performance of major projects and programmes delivering a greener, more inclusive, and productive world.
Every day we help our global clients deliver ambitious and highly technical projects in over 110 offices worldwide.
Job Description
- To support our growing defence portfolio, taking responsibility for large-scale defence contracts, both client side and consultant side.
- To lead a team of Project Managers who provide the key interfaces to the wider project delivery team.
We are looking to actively grow our defence sector accounts on a local, national and corporate scale. To successfully achieve our targets, we are seeking highly motivated, technically proficient, and practically skilled individuals who have extensive team leadership experience to join our expanding defence community. You will be part of the fastest growing framework in the business, with opportunities to grow both your own professional delivery experience and knowledge as well as mentoring and advising colleagues, collectively working towards common goals and thriving on each other’s success.
A Defence Sector Senior Project Manager would be expected to lead large-scale contracts (+ £100m) and projects within our overall Defence Sector Portfolio. Typically, these are large scale capital investment projects from a wider portfolio initiative supporting one of the 6 TLB holders. Key delivery responsibilities include client, supplier and wider stakeholder engagement on a strategic level supporting the overall capital project process both with day-to-day management and at strategic gateways through all RIBA work stages. Successful performance is measured on the core parameters of any project whilst integrating programme, risk, and change management and reporting on the same, typically up to SCS 1*-2* level.
Qualifications
Essential:
- Proven track record of successfully delivering large-scale defence projects across all RIBA work stages, either as a consultant or in a client organisation.
- Portfolio of experience managing design teams / technical disciplines or general resource management.
- Procurement and wider commercial acumen (ideally supporting public sector business cases and framework style tendering).
- Portfolio of experience using NEC3/4 PSC/ECC contracts (both pre- and post-contract).
- SC level Security Clearance or ability to achieve SC.
- Exceptional client care and communication.
- Flexibility / willingness to travel.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office and able to use and manage Common Data Environments.
Desirable:
- APM membership or equivalent.
- Foundation level Project Management Qualification (PRINCE 2, APMQ etc.).
- Technical Degree in broader Engineering disciplines or wider Earth Sciences.
Additional Information
Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.
We want our people to succeed both in 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 and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.
Please find out more about us at www.turnerandtownsend.com/
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