Director of Project Management

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

Who are you?

Turner & Townsend is seeking a Director, Strategic Program Delivery to work alongside our North American Sector Leads to support our aspiration to transform asset operations across our Energy & Natural Resources Portfolio.

Job Description

As the Director of Project Management, you will be involved in:

• A service/delivery leader, ensuring Turner & Townsend’s methods and standards are embedded across all commissions.
• Support business development by leveraging deep technical expertise in Construction and Project Management to build trust and credibility.
• Drive program assurance, quality control, and performance improvement across managed services.
• Support growth campaigns by articulating our capabilities and value proposition in the marketplace
• Mentor and develop teams to strengthen delivery capability and consistency.
• Champion our digital tools enablers to enhance project controls and reporting.
• Requires ability to shape service offerings from the ground up

Ideal Profile

• Genuine, proven expertise with strong downstream experience in Energy & Natural Resources.
• Background with major EPCs and operators to relate from both sides of the industry.
• Highly personable, well-connected, and respected in the energy sector.
• Skilled in program delivery, assurance, and team leadership, especially related to construction and project management teams.
• Comfortable in a client-facing advisory role, with expectation to be a primary business developer.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, engineering or field related to construction.
• Graduate degree in construction management or engineering is preferred.
• 15+ years of relevant project and program management experience.
• 2+ years managing high performing programs in a consulting environment.
• Knowledge of multiple project delivery methods
• Proven track record of leading programs
• Demonstrated experience providing leadership of a team in an integrated project delivery organization.
• Demonstrated experience in negotiating multi-million-dollar contracts as part of a multi-billion-dollar program.
• Proven track record of following through on commitments.
• Demonstrated experience in delivering major capital programs successfully (on budget, on time, meeting safety and quality standards within approved scope)
• Proven track record of building consultative and collaborative partnerships.
• Demonstrates excellent presentation, verbal, written, organizational and communication skills.

Additional Information

What's in it for you...

• 100% covered health and dental benefits for you and your dependents (including paramedical services)
• Health spending account, to top up expenses not covered in the benefits program
• RRSP option with company matching
• Annual learning and development budget
• Access to a range of online learning tools, and support for career development and growth
• Coverage of one professional membership or license fee per year, if directly related to your role
• We believe in work-life balance, so you can recharge and take care of what matters most with vacation, flex and sick days
• A flexible, hybrid work approach that allows colleagues to find balance between their professional and personal lives
• Commitment to creating a diverse, equitable and inclusive culture that promotes a sense of belonging

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.

We are an Equal opportunity employer who will ensure accommodations are available for applicants with disabilities upon request. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

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Join our social media conversations for more information about Turner & Townsend and our exciting future projects:

It is strictly against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency working with Turner & Townsend will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time.

Any unsolicited resumes/CVs submitted through our website or to Turner & Townsend personal e-mail accounts, are considered property of Turner & Townsend and are not subject to payment of agency fees. In order to be an authorised Recruitment Agency/Search Firm for Turner & Townsend, there must be a formal written agreement in place and the agency must be invited, by the Recruitment Team, to submit candidates for review.