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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Key Job Responsibilities 

• Oversee real estate portfolio management to ensure optimal operations, utilization, and performance supporting business objectives. 

• Primary contact for real estate escalations, providing stakeholder support and minimizing business disruption. 

• Negotiations for landlord consents, lease amendments, property alterations, retrofits, and operational changes. 

• Develop regional real estate strategies encompassing consent negotiations, portfolio optimization, and risk management. 

• Support Transaction Managers with lease renewals, terminations, and strategic initiatives using site-related data. 

• Identify cost savings and operational efficiency opportunities, implementing best practices. 

• Provide real estate leadership during disasters or significant events impacting operations. 

• End-of-term lease obligations, addressing dilapidations and reinstatement to minimize financial exposure. 

• Build relationships with landlords, developers, and external stakeholders through regular meetings and site visits. 

• Provide strategic real estate advice to senior leadership for new concepts, aligning strategies with organizational goals. 

• Champion sustainability and ESG initiatives across the portfolio, including energy-saving projects and retrofits. 

• Collaborate with Legal, Finance, Operations, Engineering, and Construction teams for real estate guidance and problem-solving. 

• Support OPEX analysis, review payment escalations, and negotiate landlord modifications to expenses. 

• Support audits and portfolio reviews, ensuring compliance, risk mitigation, and cost savings identification. 

• Reporting inputs and liaison with Finance on real estate liabilities and Asset Management targets. 

Basic qualifications 

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Management, Real Estate, or another related field 

• Experience utilizing commercial real estate software platforms such as Tango, Yardi, or MRI 

• Experience in commercial real estate or lease administration within an industrial, commercial, and/or data center environment 

• Experience with lease administration processes 

• Speak, write, and read fluently in English 

• Experience with Landlord and Tenant codes, commercial law and service charge 

• Experience reading and interpreting lease language, managing critical lease dates, and conducting lease negotiations 

• Experience of property or asset management within commercial real estate, corporate occupier, developer, fund, or landlord entity. 

• Demonstrated proficiency in commercial and industrial building systems, including fire and life safety systems, HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning), electrical systems, and plumbing infrastructure. The ability to comprehend and analyze construction blueprints is highly valued. 

Preferred qualifications 

• Experience with accounting concepts and tax regulations, laws and standards 

• Additional European languages would be welcomed (French, Spanish, Italian) 

• RPA, CPM, RICS, or comparable professional designation 

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.​

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.​

If this sounds like a challenge you’d like to hear more about, please submit an application for our recruitment team to review.  ​

Please find out more about us at www.turnerandtownsend.com/

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