Project Director

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 clients deliver ambitious and highly technical projects in over 118 offices and 47 countries worldwide.

At Turner & Townsend, we offer a wide variety of benefits to our staff to help them inside or outside of the work. We offer true work life balance, working from home arrangements, team events and much more.

Due to growth and ongoing delivery success with our clients, Turner & Townsend's is looking for a Project Director to join our Infrastructure team in Sydney. With a strong pipeline in Water, Utilities and Power projects, we are looking for someone who has great technical experience but equally strong soft skills to collaborate with our clients and stake holders.

Job Description

* Lead and manage complex projects and programs as the key client interface.
* Build and foster constructive relationships with key external agencies (Treasury, INSW, DPIE, IPART, Minister’s Office etc) and partners (major developers, partners in innovation etc) involved in the assurance, development and delivery of projects.
* Build and manage stakeholder relationships with the supply chain and senior stakeholders across the business and in the external operating environment, embracing diversity of skills, backgrounds and experience.
* Secure approval of the Projects through each gateway from multiple stakeholders within Client organisation and key stakeholders external to client.
* Ensure compliance of and the Supply Chain to safety, probity, quality, environment and construction and maintenance requirements.
* Developing working relationships, problem solving and driving projects to successful completion.
* Managing the design process to achieve the client's requirements and manage expectations.
* Reviewing project plans and specifications, scheduling, costs saving measures, discrepancies, potential construction problems, etc.
* Managing project timelines, risks and reporting.
* Managing project budgets and advising on options to keep budget on track.
* Chairing project meetings with clients and consultants.
* Being engaged with marketing and business development initiatives.

Qualifications

* A recognised Degree qualification relating to a technical field: Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management or Architecture.
* 10 + years project management experience delivering highly complex and technical projects.
* Ability to thrive in a high pressure, fast paced environment.
* Advanced Microsoft skills are essential and Primavera skills will be highly regarded.
* Excellent command of written and spoken English with excellent report and bid writing skills.
* Strong leadership skills with the ability to lead and develop a team.
* Highly motivated and driven with a passion for delivering to your clients.

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.

Turner & Townsend does not accept any speculative or unsolicited CV’s that have been sent to our internal recruitment team or hiring managers from agencies outside of our preferred supplier list. Any speculative or unsolicited CV’s will be treated as a direct application.

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.

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