Who is Turner & Townsend?
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.
Please visit our website: www.turnerandtownsend.com
Job Description
- Assist the Project Manager in ensuring the project is managed to the right quality standards and completed efficiently and on time.
- Assist with establishing effective project governance, processes and systems to be utilized throughout project.
- Ensure that key information and data is effectively shared and appropriately retained.
- Build & 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 / stakeholders.
- Attend relevant meetings, update and maintain issues/actions logs as current.
- Development of detailed project plans, attendance at status meetings and follow-up with team members on completion status, close-out of open items.
- Contribute to monthly reporting on various aspects of the Client's program.
- Preparation of various reports for multiple audiences, including formal project management reports, executive dashboards and other reporting requirements.
- Assist with the preparation of proposals for new projects or variations to existing projects.
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Procurement: Assist with the procurement of suppliers / resources as required.
- Manage the Supplier Performance Management Program which includes all strategic suppliers, including General Contractors, Architects and key Subcontractors.
- Collate and report performance data.
- Coordinate regular supplier/ Client meetings to review performance and propose supplier development initiatives.
- Monitor and assist the Project Manager with applying performance management techniques.
- Assist with risk management processes & maintenance of the project risk register.
- Monitor and report on project costs/spending, maintain project cost tracking & EVM systems.
- Liaise with the client’s finance team and others to obtain information, review & report finance/cost data.
- Manage the change control process.
- Identify opportunities to improve Project Management procedures, templates and products referring ideas to the appropriate line manager.
- Assist with development of new business opportunities with existing and new clients.
- Identify and act upon ways to improve systems and processes referring ideas to the appropriate manager.
- Quality, Health, Safety & Environment: Identify and make the appropriate manager aware of quality, safety, health and environment issues.
Qualifications
- Project Coordination and administrative role with experience in the construction industry.
- Experience working on data center or corporate real estate projects desirable but not required.
- 8 years of relevant experience preferred
- Prior exposure to working as part of a Program Management Office and/or understanding of supply chain management activities would be an advantage.
- Proactive, organized and thorough with a strong work ethic.
- Work as an effective team member in delivering the project
- Excellent interpersonal skills including great communication.
- High IT literacy. Experience of analysing data and presenting Management Information is an advantage.
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office and Google tools to include: Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Drive.
- Knowledge of macOS apps including Pages, Numbers & Keynote etc is preferred but not essential
Additional Information
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