Project Management Consultant

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.

Turner & Townsend are currently seeking a Project Management Consultant to join our team to oversee and manage various Commercial Real Estate projects for a large client with facilities throughout the U.S. The Project Manager will lead high-end commercial real estate projects associated with the Clients real estate transaction activity related to expansions, consolidation, capital improvements, rightsizing and exits.

The candidate will perform its work from one of the Turner & Townsend offices. The specific location of the assigned office will be dependent upon the hiring location and client requirements. The position will require 40% to 50% travel.

This job is part of the Project Management function and is responsible for the management of projects from initiation through completion.

What you’ll do

• Lead all facets of project management (budget, schedule, procurement, quality & risk) for multiple commercial, high-end renovation projects including planning, design, construction, occupancy and closeout.
• Demonstrate capability to read, understand, and apply standard to sophisticated documents affecting real estate projects, including but not limited to agreements/contracts, leases, work letters, project charters, surveys and drawings.
• Interface and be in direct contact with the clients to define project requirements. Prepare scope of work, project delivery resource requirements, cost estimate & budget, cash flow, work plan schedule & milestones, quality control, and risk identification.
• Identify project delivery resources from pre-qualified lists or through individual project qualification process; conduct standard request for proposals; completes bid analysis; recommends resources to clients.
• Lead project delivery resources/team providing project guidance and direction to achieve project goals.
• Implement communication plan for meetings and written reports/meeting minutes to keep client and project resources informed. Facilitate project meetings.
• Implement project documentation governance aligned with company and Client requirements. Ensure project data integrity and documentation is accurate, timely and coordinated.
• Track progress of each project against goals, objectives, approved budgets, approved timelines. Report status and variances. Craft action plans to meet objectives, budget and schedule.
• Implement change management routines to assess change requests, make recommendations, secure client approvals, and issue change orders. Assess change requests to determine impacts to scope, budget, schedule, quality and risk.
• Demonstrate ability to identify complex project risks, lead constructability reviews, develop risk mitigation and contingency plans, and implement plans to reduce or eliminate project risks.
• Demonstrate a knowledge of projects & project management within the context of business results (larger economic implications, business risk, etc.).
• Conduct complex requests for proposals, complete bid evaluations, and recommend resources to clients.
• Facilitate the development of a charter and integrated timelines.
• Ensure all functions remain on schedule and issues get resolved or escalated.
• Facilitate regular meetings to review project status for active and pending…