At Turner & Townsend we’re passionate about making the difference – we are committed to delivering Sustainable Net Zero outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realize their potential, and doing our part to create a prosperous society.

Every day we help our major global clients deliver ambitious Net Zero programmes from over 112 offices worldwide.

As our presence across the Nordics continues to grow rapidly, we are investing in building a best-in-class Project Management team to support an expanding portfolio of global clients. This is an exciting time to join our business, offering the opportunity to play a key role in our growth, influence how we deliver projects across the region, and contribute to the success of some of the world's leading organisations.

Location: Head office in Amsterdam, with travel across the region
Language: Fluent in English and Dutch 
Management: Under the Project Lead/Director

The Role

The Project Manager is responsible for leading and delivering construction, fit-out, refurbishment, and workplace projects with individual project values from €100,000 to €2 million. The role serves as the primary interface between the client, project stakeholders, and delivery teams, ensuring projects are executed efficiently, safely, and in accordance with agreed objectives. In addition to managing individual projects, the Project Manager is responsible for maintaining oversight of the client's project portfolio through dedicated project trackers, providing accurate reporting, clear visibility of project status, and effective prioritisation of activities across all assignments.

Your main mission will be to:

• Lead projects from initiation through design, procurement, construction, commissioning, and final handover.
• Manage projects with values from €100,000 to €2M, ensuring delivery within approved scope, budget, schedule, and quality requirements.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for clients and key stakeholders.
• Develop and maintain project execution plans, delivery strategies, schedules, budgets, and risk registers.
• Manage the client's project portfolio tracker, ensuring all projects, actions, milestones, risks, budgets, and key dates are accurately monitored and reported.
• Provide regular project and portfolio reporting, including dashboards, status updates, financial summaries, and executive presentations.
• Coordinate all project stakeholders, including consultants, contractors, suppliers, Facility Management teams, landlords, and client representatives.
• Lead procurement activities, including tendering, contractor selection, bid evaluation, contract negotiations, and contract administration.
• Monitor project financial performance through budgeting, forecasting, cost control, change management, invoicing, and final account reconciliation.
• Participate in pre-construction activities, including constructability reviews, risk assessments, sequencing strategies, and mitigation planning.
• Oversee project delivery and construction activities to ensure compliance with project objectives, technical specifications, and contractual requirements.
• Facilitate project governance through regular progress meetings, stakeholder workshops, and decision-making forums.
• Proactively identify risks, constraints, and opportunities, implementing corrective actions where required.
• Ensure compliance with applicable Health, Safety, Environment, and Quality (HSEQ) requirements, T&T standards, and client procedures.
• Manage project close-out activities, including snagging, testing and commissioning follow-up, practical completion, handover documentation, and warranty management.
• Establish and maintain strong working relationships with clients, contractors, consultants, and internal teams.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives and contribute to the development of project management best practices.
• Mentor and support junior project management resources when required.

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Construction Management, Architecture, Project Management, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 3 years of professional experience in project management within construction, fit-out, refurbishment, workplace, or capital projects environments.
• Proven ability to lead projects in a client-facing environment and operate autonomously within a dynamic and fast-paced organisation.
• Strong commercial awareness and sound business acumen.
• Excellent leadership, stakeholder engagement, and relationship management capabilities.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to make informed decisions and manage competing priorities.
• Ability to communicate effectively at all organisational levels, from site teams to senior client leadership.
• Excellent verbal, written, presentation, and negotiation skills.
• Strong organisational skills, attention to detail, and ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Collaborative mindset with the ability to influence and coordinate multidisciplinary teams.
• Solid understanding of construction and workplace project delivery environments.
• Knowledge of contract administration, procurement processes, and project governance principles.
• Good understanding of Health, Safety, Environmental, and Quality (HSEQ) requirements and industry best practices.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and common project management and reporting tools.
• Fluent in written and spoken English and dutch.
• Professional certifications such as PMP, PRINCE2, RICS, CIOB, or equivalent are considered an advantage.
• Demonstrated commitment to client service excellence, continuous improvement, and professional development.

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.

SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

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

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