Senior Construction Project Manager

Turner & Townsend help to deliver the outcomes that matter through transformational projects covering the full spectrum of consultancy, project delivery, and post-project operations. With offices located globally, you're never far away from our services. With over 22,000 specialists in more than 60 countries, we blend local knowledge with global insight to tackle challenges of any scale. Our team is dynamic, innovative, and client-focused, supported by an inclusive and fun company culture. Our clients value our proactive approach, depth of expertise, integrity, and the quality we deliver. As a result, our people get to enjoy working on some of the most exciting projects in the world.

Job Description

Turner & Townsend are seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager responsible for overseeing innovative tenant improvement and interior fit-out real estate construction projects for key clients in the Sacramento area. The ideal candidate will be a proactive self-starter, capable of taking initiative and driving activities with minimal supervision. Responsibilities include:

• Manage stakeholders including architects, engineers, and supply chain to deliver compliant projects.
• Analyze, track, and effectively manage critical milestone activities to avoid schedule slip.
• Verify that effective project governance, processes, and systems are utilized.
• Ensure application of best practice on all projects.
• Production of formal project status reports and other reports as required.
• Monitor the progress of multiple construction projects simultaneously to ensure that the approved design standards are being applied correctly.
• Manage the interface between all suppliers through monthly trackers and weekly reviews.
• Manage the flow of project information between the project team through regular meetings and written communications.
• Forecast and update key project milestones.
• Manage and monitor local design teams in accordance with commission criteria.
• Provide technical support to owners, architects, general contractors, and regional stakeholders.
• Rapid response to RFIs from the field.
• Provide expertise for cost control, value engineering, and constructability guidance where required.
• Independent review of status reports, drawing submittals, timelines, and costs from architects, contractors, and suppliers.
• Client management assist in developing excellent working relationships with Clients, with a view towards maximizing new opportunities.
• Strategic Thinking - provide advice to project teams on approaches that can be adopted to successfully achieve both clients' objectives and business objectives.
• Knowledge management ensure that key information and learnings generated from each project is captured.
• Process improvement Identify ways to improve internal systems and processes.
• Identify business development opportunities with both existing and new clients, including potential cross-selling opportunities.
• SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

Qualifications

• Ability and willingness to work onsite as needed.
• Construction project management experience and the ability to be highly effective in a client-facing role.
• College degree in Construction Management or a related field, and PMP certification.
• Membership in relevant professional organizations.
• Tenant Improvement and Fitout experience with Commercial Real Estate projects is required.
• Ability to advise at a strategic level during each project stage, including providing advice on the different approaches that can be adopted in order to successfully achieve the client's overall objectives.
• Proficiency in Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Procore, and construction project management tools.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Great time management skills. Ensure that project is managed to the right quality standards, completed efficiently and on time.
• Strong organizational and management skills ability to work effectively and collaboratively with the broader team.
• Experienced managing demanding stakeholders and work stream managers.
• Business development opportunities with existing and new clients, including cross-selling opportunities, are identified.
• Experience as a Construction Project Manager in Sacramento is required.