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.
Please visit our website: www.turnerandtownsend.com
Job Description
The Senior Project Manager will act as the Contracting Entity’s representative, taking responsibility for managing a group of projects from planning and design through to the successful completion and commissioning. The Senior Project Manager is responsible for delivering the projects safely to time, to budget and to specification, ensuring the projects achieve 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
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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
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Develop the Project Execution Plan, ensuring the project is aligned to and delivers in accordance with the
Contracting Entity's standards and methods
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Engage with and manage the project relationship with the stakeholders.
Project Management Activities
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Lead the coordination of the project ensuring interfaces are considered and addressed at all stages of the project lifecycle
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Maintain the Responsible / Accountable / Consulted / Informed task tracker
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Work with the technical teams in coordinating and managing the design consultants and other external service providers
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Organise the appropriate design review meetings and be responsible for communicating design acceptance to the Contractor
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Be responsible for communicating design changes to relevant members of the project team and stakeholders who may be impacted
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Report monthly on the tasks throughout the project’s lifecycle including construction works (during the construction phase) that have been undertaken
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Maintain the overall project risk register and update at monthly progress meetings
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Identify opportunities to improve Project Management procedures, templates and products referring ideas to the appropriate line manager
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Monitor and apply performance management techniques
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Manage the change control process
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Manage the flow of project information between the team and the client, through regular meetings and written communications
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Review and accept programme submissions
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Lead and act in the spirit of mutual trust and co-operation
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Communicate and issue documents as required by the ECC and perform any other duties as stated in the contract
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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
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Manage the compensation event process so that the Contractor is fairly compensated for any Contracting Entity- initiated change on the project
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Ensure the Contractor notifies compensation events in good time so that the Contracting Entity is not disadvantaged
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Assess payment after each assessment interval
Experience
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Minimum 10 years experience in the Construction / Infrastructure sector including on relevant rail and/or other related projects of a similar size and complexity
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Experience of operating on site, not just office based
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Tangible experience of documenting best practice construction project management policies and standards.
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Track record of delivering construction/asset delivery projects to time and within allocated budget;
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Knowledge of operating as a client’s senior project manager
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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.
Skills
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Strong communication and interpersonal skills
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Ability to govern and drive outcomes to ensure project outputs that meet required standards
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Knowledge of NEC or FIDIC suite of contracts
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Knowledge of Engineering and Project Management Principles
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Planning capability and ability to use Oracle Primavera 6 scheduling system
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Knowledge of Policies and Procedures implementation
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Ability to make decisions and demonstrate the logic in reaching those decisions where required
Qualifications
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University degree in either Project Management or an Engineering Discipline preferred
Mandatory Practicing/Training/Compliance Certification
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Professional Memberships
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PRINCE2 or equivalent
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RICS, CIOB, APM or equivalent
Additional Information
What we offer you:
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Full time
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Competitive remuneration and attractive range of benefits
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8% Pension
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23 days Annual leave (+ 2 company days)
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Opportunity to work on impactful and innovative projects
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Career development opportunities both in Ireland and globally
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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.
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