Senior Project Manager (m/f/d) – Aviation

  • Full-time
  • Department: Infrastructure

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.
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Job Description

For complex infrastructure projects in the Aviation sector in Portugal, we are seeking an experienced Project Manager with proven expertise in the construction or modernization of passenger terminals and airport infrastructure.

In this key role, you will take on the strategic leadership of complex construction projects—from planning to successful handover.

Your Responsibilities:

  • Holistic project management of construction projects in the field of passenger terminals and airport infrastructure
  • Responsibility for planning, budgeting, scheduling, and resource management
  • Leading interdisciplinary teams (architects, engineers, contractors, specialist planners)
  • Ensuring compliance with safety, environmental, and legal standards
  • Communication with authorities, airport operators, and other stakeholders
  • Monitoring project progress and initiating corrective actions
  • Ensuring timely, budget-compliant, and quality-assured project delivery

Qualifications

  • 7 - 10 years of experience managing large-scale construction projects in airport infrastructure
  • Solid knowledge of construction and design of passenger terminals and airport infrastructure
  • Degree in civil engineering, architecture, project management, or a comparable field
  • Project management certification (e.g., PMP) is an advantage
  • Strong leadership, communication, and negotiation skills
  • Fluent Portuguese and English required; additional languages are a plus

Additional Information

Our people share our Purpose and Values. Turner & Townsend provides a great place to work, where everyone can make change happen and influence a better world.

We champion our people to succeed in both work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive, and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance. 

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