Assistant Project Manager

Company Description

At Turner & Townsend we’re passionate about making the difference. That means delivering better outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realize their potential, and doing our part to create a prosperous society.

Every day we help our major global clients deliver ambitious and highly technical projects in over 108 offices in 45 countries worldwide.

Our team is dynamic, innovative and client-focused. Our clients value our proactive approach, depth of expertise, integrity and the quality we deliver.  As a result our people get to work on some of the most exciting projects in the world.

Job Description

We are seeking an Assistant Project Manager professional with a passion for excellence. Ideal candidate will have a passion for large construction projects and be driven to deliver excellent service for our clients. 

As an assistant project manager who provides support to our projects control team, you are responsible for managing all aspects of the change and risk management processes to support the capital projects for our client as well as supporting on scheduling, planning and cost control activities. You will be working to develop procedures, by managing and supporting the execution of ongoing capital work. You will be working closely with the project controls and project management teams and should be highly detail-oriented and organized with excellent analytic and problem-solving abilities.

Responsibilities:

•          Support project change and risk management logs and processes including monthly risk and change reviews with project leadership and SMEs.

•          Contribute to the development of project control procedures and solutions for capital project delivery.

•          Contribute to monthly risk management processes through to project completion, including regular reporting to project leadership

•          Support project controls team with invoicing reviews, audits and approvals. Maintaining tracking tools and chasing outstanding actions. 

•          Support the development of the contingency and contingency drawdown.

•          Run change management process with weekly / monthly cadence as appropriate, including regular reporting to project leadership

•          Audit changes to ensure alignment with subcontractor agreements and project procedures, including assessment of contract change orders.

•          Coordinate with the project controls teams to ensure incorporation of changes and risks into the cost forecast and schedule.

•          Support the project controls team with ad-hoc requests from the client for reports, process improvements and standards.

Qualifications

•         Bachelor’s degree (preferably Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, or related field)

•          2+ years of project management or construction experience

•          Direct experience working on teams within a complex matrix environment

•          Experience within the construction industry is preferable 

•          Local candidates preferred, if not local, must be relocatable

•          Must possess exemplary communication and reporting skills - both oral and written

Additional Information

Turner & Townsend is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. Equal Employment Opportunity Posters  If you’d like to view a copy of the company’s affirmative action plan, please email recruitmentUSA@turntown.com.  If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact the Human Resources Department at 713-457-9400 or recruitmentUSA@turntown.com.  This telephone line and email address is reserved solely for job seekers with disabilities requesting accessibility assistance or an accommodation in the job application process. Please do not call about the status of your job application if you do not require accessibility assistance or an accommodation. Messages left for other purposes, such as following up on an application or non-disability related technical issues, will not receive a response.

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