Cambridge, United Kingdom, United Kingdom Hybrid Employment

Turner & Townsend is hiring a Project Director - Planning & Scheduling

Responsibilities

  • Managing commissions in a client facing role, managing high value and complex projects, developing our talented teams and engage in our local markets.
  • Improving Planning and Scheduling (and interfacing project controls) processes to create efficiency and increasing benefits to our clients
  • Developing interdisciplinary relationships that operate for the benefit of our clients.
  • The continued success and growth of the Planning and Scheduling team in relation to business generation, resource planning, and business strategy / opportunities.
  • Project scope, capability delivery and maintaining high levels of client satisfaction.
  • Senior Line management activities including career development and Planning and Scheduling.
  • The development of the project controls capability through recruitment, training and experience.
  • The implementation, embedding and roll-out of any identified changes to Planning and Scheduling processes.
  • The national and regional Community of Practice.
  • The benefits and requirements of Performance and Reporting within the business and externally within industry.
  • Subject Matter Expertise.
  • Expert analysis to relevant stakeholders and senior management, supporting effective decision making.
  • Training and coaching clients and less experienced leadership team members on Planning and Scheduling processes and practices.
  • National and regional initiatives that are aimed to achieve strategic goals such as growth, outreach or improvement.

Requirements

  • Experienced in Planning & Scheduling
  • Proven track record in managing high value and complex projects
  • Experience in client-facing roles
  • Strong leadership and team development skills
  • Experience in project controls or related disciplines
  • Ability to manage and grow business in local markets
  • Experience in infrastructure or defence projects/programmes
  • Willingness to travel regionally
  • National mobility within the UK

Nice to Have

  • Part of an award-winning Planning & Scheduling community
  • Experience collaborating with national and regional networks
  • Involvement in innovation and process improvement initiatives

Work Arrangement

Hybrid — Midlands, Central South

Team

Team size: over 600. Structure: national team of Controls & Performance professionals

Additional Information

  • Regional travel required
  • Opportunity to innovate and collaborate with experienced professionals
  • Career development supported by career pathways
  • Training and coaching responsibilities
  • National mobility required
  • Applicants must be based across the UK
Required Skills
Infrastructure
About company
Turner & Townsend
A global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries, working with clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources to deliver impactful projects and programmes. Capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.
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Job Details
Department Infrastructure
Category management
Posted 7 months ago