Associate Director – Project Management - Energy Infrastructure

<p>Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries.<br><br>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.<br><br>Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.<br><br></p><p><br><br>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.<br><br></p><p><br><br>Please visit our website: Description<br><br></strong><p>We have exciting opportunities for Associate Directors to join our expanding team. Following significant growth and ongoing delivery success with our clients, we are looking for high calibre leaders to support our clients deliver a wide range of high-profile projects across Infrastructure, to be a leader in the industry and help mentor and develop the future generation of Project Managers. We want you to join us and to transform together.<br><br></p><p>As a member of our growing team, you would be working to help us make a difference with our clients in delivering a diverse range of highly complex projects and programmes. You would be based in our Manchester office and likely spend your time with colleagues and client teams based across the North West region. There is ample opportunity to thrive, own your career and reach your potential, from within an inclusive, engaging, and supportive culture. The only boundary is your imagination.<br><br></p><p><strong>Associate Directors at Turner & Townsend:<br><br></strong></p><p>Associate Directors at Turner & Townsend work on business initiatives and a broad range of projects and programmes across the low carbon, clean energy and transmission distribution sectors; including innovative small modular reactors, battery energy storage, Pioneering Carbon Capture schemes, part of the Great Grid Upgrade, among many others.. We are looking for individuals with the following skills, experience, and behavioural attributes:<br><br></p><ul><li>Significant experience managing multiple disciplines / teams / advisors / clients on infrastructure or energy projects/programmes across the lifecycle, ideally across sectors and clients. Proven and demonstrable success, and able to challenge / set strategy. </li><li>Excellent leadership skills, capable of setting high standards and managing performance against these, utilising people and resources efficiently to meet and exceed stakeholder expectations. Able to succeed in ambiguous and challenging environments. </li><li>Leads and is accountable for the health, safety, and wellbeing of those within your sphere of responsibility. Has a practical understanding of CDM and is able to apply this appropriately across teams. </li><li>Ability to anticipate client challenges and determine applicable solutions, innovating as necessary, through your depth of understanding of stakeholder needs. Can do this sustainably. </li><li>Promoter of inclusive teamwork, building and fostering trust with empathy, diving a ‘one business’ collaboration mindset within T&T and across clients. </li><li>Foster client and industry partnerships, developing and growing relationships. </li><li>Able to use your leadership skills and influence to bring our purpose and vision to life, expanding your impact as you do. </li><li>Coach and mentor others and encourage development of people around you, and you have a thirst for learning; using this to develop best practice. You spot, harness and nurture emerging potential. </li><li>Strong interpersonal and stakeholder management skills, comfortable working with a diverse range of personalities across clients and partner organisations and able to build long-term trusted advisor relationships with our clients. </li><li>Creative, curious and growth mindset, and acts as a role model. </li><li>Promoter of inclusive environments, acting as a role model. <br><br></li></ul><strong>Qualifications<br><br></strong><p><strong>Beneficial Experience:<br><br></strong></p><ul><li>Experience of complex and multiple forms of procurement and managing NEC / other form contracts. </li><li>Experience of managing contractors, consultants and other advisors on infrastructure and energy projects and programmes in differing environments, ideally multiple sectors. </li><li>Experience of consultancy and/or client-side project management. </li></ul><p><strong>Preferrable qualifications:<br><br></strong></p><ul><li>Degree level qualification in a management, construction or infrastructure related subject, or equivalent experience. </li><li>Professional affiliation with the APM, ICE, or an equivalent professional institution. </li><li>Project management certification (e.g. APM / PRINCE2 / MSP / ChPP). </li><li>NEC Accreditations or qualifications. <br><br></li></ul><strong>Additional Information<br><br></strong><p><em>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.<br><br></em></p><p><em>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. <br><br></em></p><p><em>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.<br><br></em></p><p><em>Please find out more about us at control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.<br><br></p><p>Join our social media conversations for more information about Turner & Townsend and our exciting future projects: <br><br></p><p>Twitter<br><br></p><p>Instagram<br><br></p><p>LinkedIn<br><br></p><p><em>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. <br><br></em></p><p><em>Any unsolicited resumes/CVs submitted through our website or to Turner & Townsend personal e-mail accounts, are considered property of Turner & Townsend and are not subject to payment of agency fees. In order to be an authorised Recruitment Agency/Search Firm for Turner & Townsend, there must be a formal written agreement in place and the agency must be invited, by the Recruitment Team, to submit candidates for review. <br><br></em></p><p>SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.<br><br></p><p>Join our social media conversations for more information about Turner & Townsend and our exciting future projects: <br><br></p><p>Twitter<br><br></p><p>Instagram<br><br></p><p>LinkedIn<br><br></p><p><em>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. <br><br></em></p><p><em>Any unsolicited resumes/CVs submitted through our website or to Turner & Townsend personal e-mail accounts, are considered property of Turner & Townsend and are not subject to payment of agency fees. In order to be an authorised Recruitment Agency/Search Firm for Turner & Townsend, there must be a formal written agreement in place and the agency must be invited, by the Recruitment Team, to submit candidates for review. <br><br></em></p><p>SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.<br><br></p><br><p>Join our social media conversations for more information about Turner & Townsend and our exciting future projects: <br><br></p><p>Twitter<br><br></p><p>Instagram<br><br></p><p>LinkedIn<br><br></p><br><p><em>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. <br><br></em></p><p><em>Any unsolicited resumes/CVs submitted through our website or to Turner & Townsend personal e-mail accounts, are considered property of Turner & Townsend and are not subject to payment of agency fees. In order to be an authorised Recruitment Agency/Search Firm for Turner & Townsend, there must be a formal written agreement in place and the agency must be invited, by the Recruitment Team, to submit candidates for review.</em></p>

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