Senior Project Manager

About the Position

Location: Antwerp site, 5 days a week

Language: Fluent in Dutch and English

Employment: Permanent

Under minimal supervision, the Senior Project Manager acts as the client representative for all aspects of assigned engineering and construction projects and is responsible for delivering those projects to the customer. This position will focus on mechanical and utilities projects applied to industrial facility systems – chilled water, compressed air, HVAC, steam, and system control schemes. The role requires working as a liaison between the customer’s departments and 3rd party suppliers to ensure the incorporation and communication of all aspects affecting the successful delivery of the project.

Projects will vary in size and scope, and the Senior Project Manager is expected to develop and deliver a variety of projects at any one time. This position represents the client’s best interest at all times, therefore a good understanding of the client’s business issues is required. These issues include industrial environments, validation, commissioning, and safety. The role works with customers to develop and deliver a project which best suits their needs, with an emphasis on timely project delivery.

Typically manages projects of moderate to advanced complexity, risk, and exposure between $10,000 and $5,000,000 in total cost to the client.

Responsibilities

• Identify and generate project opportunities from within a set portfolio of maintenance contracts.
• Liaise with key stakeholders on their requirements and explain the feasibility of their schemes to become a trusted advisor.
• Work with developers, designers, and sub-contractors to define and document scope(s) of work(s).
• Develop and understand the full scope of works in line with the desired project business case and in turn outcome. This is to be within agreed budget requirements and required profit margins.
• Manage, run, and draw up tenders on behalf of the customer as required. Carry out full tender analysis of all sub-contractor returns.
• Identify, reduce, and manage all statutory and commercial risks associated with the project they are leading.
• Ensure the customers QHSE practices and processes are fully embedded in each project.
• Ensure full compliance with project management policies and procedures.
• Manage the day-to-day operational aspects of the project(s) “end to end.” Activities include estimating, business development, quantity surveying, sub-contractor management, and site manager duties.
• Work closely with relevant stakeholders to ensure effective and efficient implementation of the project(s).
• Ensure customer acceptance is adhered to, in writing and in line with the project plans.
• Mutually agree payment schedules and applications for payment to the benefit of the project and the business.
• Ensure project documents are complete, current, and appropriately stored.
• Provide timely monthly reports to the Project Development Manager in an agreed format.

Requirements

• Minimum 7 years’ experience of successfully delivering projects in a technical, FM, construction, or critical environment.
• Recognised qualification in Project Management.
• Fluent in Dutch and English (orally and written).
• Broad understanding of construction Health and Safety law and legislation.
• Experience and skills in understanding, developing, and maintaining client relationships.
• Analytically minded with strong financial and numerical skills.
• Strong presentation skills and proven ability to secure new business.
• Ability to deliver to deadlines.
• Proficient in common application software (Microsoft Project, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint).
• Experience in oil and gas or similar industry with intensive safety programs is considered a plus.

We Offer

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.

Please find out more about us at www.turnerandtownsend.com

About the Company

Who is Turner & Townsend?

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries. Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy, and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people's lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world's most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.

Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset, and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero, and digital solutions.

We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world's largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project, and cost management offering in markets around the world.

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