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Senior Project Manager - Public Sector/Religious Institution Construction

Turner & Townsend
United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 20 Jun 2025

About the role

Company Description

Founded in 1952 and formerly known as Heery International Inc., the firm operates throughout the United States as part of Turner & Townsend. It specializes in project and program management for public sector organizations, with industry-leading experts in corporate, cultural, healthcare, justice, sports, K-12 education, higher education, religious, aviation and government facilities.

Recognized for service excellence by a broad spectrum of professional organizations and industry publications, the talented multidisciplinary team at Turner & Townsend Heery exceeds client expectations — adding value, best practice, and expertise at every turn. The team's unique client-centric culture is integrated into each project and reflects a passion for the built environment and staying true to the client’s vision.

Job Description

Turner & Townsend Heery are seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to provide full project management and owner’s representation services for large-scale public sector and religious institution construction projects.

Responsibilities:

  • Manages and oversees total project to ensure construction is in compliance with design, budget, and schedule. Includes interfacing with client representatives, architectural and engineering representatives, contractors, consultants, and others.
  • Collaborates with design professionals, contractors, and administrators to ensure an acceptable product according to contract specifications, local and federal codes, regulations, and district policy.
  • Ensuring prompt client invoicing and monitoring project and program financial status.
  • Contract and budget ownership for projects, as assigned.
  • Support the design process, review drawings against project requirements, assess constructability and provide other construction input during early project phases as needed.
  • Project planning, including producing the detailed project plan.
  • Proactively managing the risks relating to construction project execution.
  • Monitoring and applying performance management techniques.
  • Managing the change control process, including change orders and verification of pricing and scope.
  • Managing the flow of project information between the team and client, through regular meetings and written communications.
  • Preparing formal project budget progress and other reports.
  • Ensuring all company, client project policies and procedures standards are compliant.
  • Assisting in overall coordination of the construction effort in support of the effective safety, Quality Assurance / Quality Control (QA/QC), and client programs and objectives.
  • Assisting in the procurement of material testing and inspection and commissioning services, AV testing and commissioning services as required.
  • Working to construct proposals for new work or variations for existing projects.
  • Identifying opportunities to improve Project Management procedures, templates and products referring ideas to the appropriate line manager.
  • Provides direction to planning, scheduling, and engineering functions as required.
  • Interface with scheduling consultant as needed to evaluate schedule strategy.
  • Identifying and ensuring that the appropriate line manager is aware of quality, safety, health, and environment issues.
  • Establishing effective project governance, processes, and systems to be utilized throughout project.
  • General line management responsibilities (where appropriate) are effectively discharged.
  • Conduct kick-off and regular meetings with key project stakeholders (architects, engineers, suppliers, contractors), to track and report on progress.
  • Support development of contractor and overall purchasing strategy, responsible for execution of defined strategy, including move management and FFE procurement and coordination.
  • Work with the other project function teams and client’s procurement department to coordinate FFE procurement and ensure owner meet deadlines for all owner procured items.
  • Work with other project function teams to review as-built documents, and closeout items.
  • SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable. 

Qualifications

  • A minimum of 10 years' experience working as an Owner’s Representative, Construction Project Manager, or equivalent.
  • Experience managing large public sector or religious construction projects or programs.
  • Exceptional verbal and written communication skills.
  • Ability to be self-sufficient and independently manage / own multiple projects.
  • Ability to advise at a strategic level, including providing advice on the different approaches that can be adopted in order to successfully achieve the clie

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