Project Manager - Infrastructure

  • Full-time
  • Department: Infrastructure

Company Description

Who is Turner & Townsend?

All over the world people are using buildings, infrastructure, and assets we helped to deliver. It could be the hospital they work in, the railway they travel on every day, the fuel that powers their car or the data centre they depend on at work. For more than 75 years we’ve been helping to deliver transformational programmes across the real estate, infrastructure and natural resources sectors, making a difference to people’s lives and ensuring a return on investment for our clients and their investors.

Our purpose:

Transforming performance for a green, inclusive, and productive world.

The world is changing and we have a responsibility to support that change, helping drive it and be part of it. Through the commitment, capability and care our team brings, we build trust between clients, suppliers, governments and society. Delivering better outcomes that have a positive impact on the world around us. We work smarter to face the challenges of the future; bringing the clarity that helps teams realise their full potential across the real estate, infrastructure and natural resources sectors. It’s how we’ve made the difference for more than 75 years.

Our values:

Love a challenge: We love a challenge and we work hard to make change happen and see things through. We don’t stand still, challenging ourselves and others to do better every day. And we are trusted to do the right thing, raising standards all the time.

Stronger together: We’re stronger together by connecting people in diverse teams, so that we can all collaborate to deliver our best work. We focus on what matters and use our influence to build a better world for everyone.

Bring out the best in everyone: We bring out the best in everyone. We help each other to make the most of our potential, always learning from our experience. We treat each other with care and respect and make time to give everyone a voice.

Job Description

The Project Manager will act as the Contracting Entity’s representative, taking responsibility for managing the project from planning and design through to the successful completion and commissioning of the project. The Project Manager is responsible for delivering the project to time, to budget and to specification, ensuring the project achieves all project goals and objectives in accordance with the Contracting Entity’s employer’s requirements and the corporate strategic intent for the portfolio.

Programme Requirements, Standards & Performance

  • Oversee and monitor the delivery of the project around schedule, interface, cost, variations, contract and risk, liaising with the relevant team members and functions as required
  • Develop the Project Execution Plan, ensuring the project is aligned to and delivers in accordance with the Contracting Entity’s standards and methods
  • Engage with and manage the project relationship with the Airport Transformation Manager.

Project Management Activities

  • Lead the coordination of the project ensuring interfaces are considered and addressed at all stages of the project lifecycle
  • Maintain the Responsible / Accountable / Consulted / Informed task tracker
  • Work with the technical teams in coordinating and managing the design consultants and other external service providers
  • Organise the appropriate design review meetings and be responsible for communicating design acceptance to the Contractor
  • Be responsible for communicating design changes to relevant members of the project team and stakeholders who may be impacted
  • Report monthly on the tasks throughout the project’s lifecycle including construction works (during the construction phase) that have been undertaken
  • Maintain the overall project risk register and update at monthly progress meetings
  • Identify opportunities to improve Project Management procedures, templates and products referring ideas to the appropriate line manager
  • Monitor and apply performance management techniques
  • Manage the change control process
  • Manage the flow of project information between the team and the client, through regular meetings and written communications

NEC Specific Activities (where applicable)

  • Review and accept programme submissions
  • Lead and act in the spirit of mutual trust and co-operation
  • Communicate and issue documents as required by the ECC and perform any other duties as stated in the contract
  • Carry out the duties as the Project Manager as required by the Contracting Entity’s contract for the Programme, maintaining close contact with the Client in order to ensure the Project Manager’s actions reflect the Contracting Entity’s objectives for the project
  • Manage the compensation event process so that the Contractor is fairly compensated for any Contracting Entity- initiated change on the project
  • Ensure the Contractor notifies compensation events in good time so that the Contracting Entity is not disadvantaged Assess payment after each assessment interval
  • Minimum 10 years experience in the Construction / Infrastructure sector including on relevant aviation and/or other related projects of a similar size and complexity
  • Understanding of operating in a live airport site
  • Experience of operating on site, not just office based
  • Tangible experience of documenting best practice construction project management policies and standards.
  • Track record of delivering construction/asset delivery projects to time and within allocated budget;
  • Knowledge of operating as a client’s project manager

Experience of dealing with a range of stakeholders at all levels across the organisation influencing the improvement of process and guidance to support project delivery.

Qualifications

University degree in either Project Management or an Engineering Discipline preferred

  • Managing a multidisciplinary team
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills
  • Ability to govern and drive outcomes to ensure project outputs that meet required standards
  • Knowledge of NEC and FIDIC suite of contracts
  • Knowledge of Engineering and Project Management Principles
  • Planning capability and ability to use Oracle Primavera 6 scheduling system
  • Knowledge of Policies and Procedures implementation
  • Ability to make decisions and demonstrate the logic in reaching those decisions where required
  • Report writing skills Computer literacy

RICS, CIOB, APM or equivalent

PRINCE2 or equivalent

Additional Information

What we offer you:

  • Full time, permanent
  • Competitive remuneration and attractive range of benefits
  • 8% Pension
  • Car Allowance 
  • 23 days Annual leave,2 Company days & 1 volunteering day 
  • Opportunity to work on impactful and innovative projects
  • Career development opportunities both in Ireland and globally
  • Opportunity to work with a diverse group of talented and collaborative colleagues

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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