Senior Project Manager- Railway Construction

Company Description

From the inception of a project through to completion and beyond, Turner & Townsend help to deliver the outcomes that matter through transformational projects covering the full spectrum of consultancy, project delivery and post-project operations.

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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 is recruiting a Senior Project Manager to lead project design, permitting, construction, and commissioning as part of the owner’s project team to facilitate material transfer between mine sites for our client's large scale construction program in northeastern Nevada.

The project consists of design and construction of three independent rail segments connected to a national rail network and three accompanying rail loading/unloading facilities at mine sites.

Primary responsibilities and tasks:

• Develop project execution plan and build owner’s team with necessary resources.
• Oversee project execution and manage engineers, contractors, construction workers, and project team.
• Supervise, mentor and train subordinate project engineers, define clear objectives and expectations of direct reports, evaluate performance, provide verbal and written feedback on career growth, and encourage innovative thinking and process improvement.
• Develop proposals and cost estimates, including required equipment, materials, personnel, and other peripheral services.
• Engage departments who may be impacted by the project to determine and account for their needs and requirements, while representing those interests in the field during project execution.
• Prepare, schedule, coordinate, and monitor assigned engineering projects and manage projects within the constraints of time, cost, and scope, and report any significant deviations including proposed countermeasures.
• Confirm engineering specifications and criteria comply with applicable regulatory and corporate codes, practices, policies, standards, and specifications.
• Interface with environmental department to ensure all permitting is in place to prevent delays to construction, commissioning, and operation of project.
• Prepare capital allocation requests including all required supporting documentation, and champion the project to seek approval and funding.
• Maintain accurate records of committed, expended, and forecast costs associated with the project against the approved budget.
• Perform risk and consequences analysis for projects to help understand both risks and opportunities that may occur during each project phase.
• Oversee quality control tasks against budgets, schedules, plans, and how to produce project status reports for distribution.
• Develop procurement specifications for equipment and work scopes for engineering, procurement, and construction bid packages.
• Effectively communicate with members of the project team and collaborate with stakeholders to adopt the most cost effective and efficient practices.
• Provide technical review for procurement tender and award activities.
• Create and/or update standard operating procedures and asset management tactics, and how the process is used to provide training to operating personnel during commissioning and start-up.
• Develop framework to measure a project's metrics to monitor performance, and contribute to daily, weekly, and monthly data reconciliation and analytics reporting.
• Ensure all project control procedures are implemented and compliant with company policy and standards.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of rail operation & maintenance practices.
• Knowledge of track design, signal systems, and bridge design.
• Knowledge of rail right-of-way permitting.
• Knowledge of rail loading/unloading facilities, material handling systems, and yard design.
• Knowledge of contract and contractor management practices.
• Knowledge of applicable engineering and peripheral codes, policies, standards, and best practices.
• Demonstrated computer literacy and practical application of MS Of