Heritage Project Managers - Central and Local Government

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Every day we help our major global clients deliver ambitious and highly technical projects, in over 110 offices worldwide.

Job Description

We are looking for Project Managers who have experience in the Central and Local Government sector to join our Central and Local Government Real Estate team. You will be responsible for leading and managing projects that deliver value to the public sector and preserve the built heritage, using innovative and sustainable approaches. You will also have the opportunity to work with high-profile clients and stakeholders and lead on a wide range of interesting and historically important projects across the South East. This is an exciting time to join our business unit and make a difference to the environment and the society.

Responsibilities

As a Project Manager, you will be responsible for:

• Being the key liaison with the client, contractors, and designers
• Conducting background research, data collection and benchmarking
• Working on a range of heritage, historical, residential, or mixed-use projects, at the enabling stage
• Monitoring and documenting project progress and other performance indicators
• Preparing formal project progress and other reports
• Preparing presentation materials for client pitches, etc.

Qualifications

To be considered for this role, you will need:

• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
• Demonstrable experience of working on historically challenging or listed buildings and of liaising with planning authorities, and stakeholders such as Historic England and The 20thCentury Society
• A strategic mind and solution orientated approach to problems
• Willingness to travel to London / Home Counties / South East when necessary
• A “nice to have” …
  • Cognate qualification (construction, real estate, planning, engineering)
  • Holding or working towards MRICS or MCIOB
  • Broad understanding of the development lifecycle (business case, design, consents, procurement, delivery, handover, management)
  • Direct experience of on-site construction under JCT or NEC contract forms

Additional Information

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

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

Join our social media conversations for more information about Turner & Townsend and our exciting future projects: 

It is strictly against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency working with Turner & Townsend will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time. 

Any unsolicited resumes/CVs submitted through our website or to Turner & Townsend personal e-mail accounts, are considered property of Turner & Townsend and are not subject to payment of agency fees. In order to be an authorised Recruitment Agency/Search Firm for Turner & Townsend, there must be a formal written agreement in place and the agency must be invited, by the Recruitment Team, to submit candidates for review.