Senior Project Manager - Real Estate

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Project Manager to join our busy and expanding Leeds office, supporting our clients to deliver projects and programmes in the Real Estate sector. You will be working on a variety of projects in a wide range of sectors including, Sports & Leisure, Commercial, Occupier & Residential.,

• To lead Project Management Commissions, taking responsibility for end to end service delivery, often with respect to large or complex projects.
• To act as the key, day to day client interface, ensuring that client objectives are met and that projects are delivered to time and cost targets and the appropriate quality standards.
SCOPE Project Managers handle commissions of varying scale and value; depending upon the complexity of the project etc., the normal would be up to £40m in value. However, where the service provided is advisory in nature, for example advising on urban re-generation funding, the overall project size may be much larger. Project management, to include:
• Advising at a strategic level at the project conception stage, including providing advice on the different approaches that can be adopted in order to successfully achieve the client's overall objectives
• Leading the establishment of the overall success criteria for the project, including time, cost, technical and performance parameters
• Planning for and the ongoing management of quality, safety, health and environment issues
• Establishing effective project governance, processes and systems to be utilised throughout project
• Project planning, including ensuring the production of the detailed project plan
• Advising upon the procurement of resources
• Leading and facilitating the overall cross-functional project team
• Monitoring and applying performance management techniques, including the use of KPI's to improve project performance
• Managing the change control process
• Monitoring and advising upon project finances
• Managing the flow of project information between the team and the client, through regular meetings and written communications
• Ensuring the production of formal project progress and other reports
• Taking a leading role in interfacing with the client and other consultants, at all project stages
Marketing and business development, to include:
• Taking responsibility for developing new business opportunities with existing and new Turner & Townsend clients
• Identifying and acting upon cross-selling opportunities
• Working with Associate Directors and Directors to construct bids for new work
• Attending formal client pitches with Assistant Directors and Directors
• Ensuring that project case study, photograph and project CV files are kept up to date
• Identifying and acting upon opportunities to improve project management products and services
Internal management accountabilities, to include:
• Staff management (where appropriate) - Inputting into the formal management of an Assistant Project Manager or small project management team, to include 1st round recruitment interviews, input into resource management and attendance at junior staff appraisals
• Knowledge management - Ensuring that key information and learning generated from each project is input into the Turner & Townsend internal database
• Financial management - Ensuring prompt client invoicing and utilising FMS in order to monitor a project's financial status
• Process improvement - Identifying and acting upon ways to improve internal systems and processes