Job Description

Company Description

Who is Turner & Townsend?

All over the world people are using buildings, infrastructure, and assets we helped to deliver. It could be the hospital they work in, the railway they travel on every day, the fuel that powers their car or the data centre they depend on at work. For more than 75 years we\xe2\x80\x99ve been helping to deliver transformational programmes across the real estate, infrastructure and natural resources sectors, making a difference to people\xe2\x80\x99s lives and ensuring a return on investment for our clients and their investors.

Our purpose:

Transforming performance for a green, inclusive, and productive world.

The world is changing and we have a responsibility to support that change, helping drive it and be part of it. Through the commitment, capability and care our team brings, we build trust between clients, suppliers, governments and society. Delivering better outcomes that have a positive impact on the world around us. We work smarter to face the challenges of the future; bringing the clarity that helps teams realise their full potential across the real estate, infrastructure and natural resources sectors. It\xe2\x80\x99s how we\xe2\x80\x99ve made the difference for more than 75 years.

Our values:

Love a challenge: We love a challenge and we work hard to make change happen and see things through. We don\xe2\x80\x99t stand still, challenging ourselves and others to do better every day. And we are trusted to do the right thing, raising standards all the time.

Stronger together: We\xe2\x80\x99re stronger together by connecting people in diverse teams, so that we can all collaborate to deliver our best work. We focus on what matters and use our influence to build a better world for everyone.

Bring out the best in everyone: We bring out the best in everyone. We help each other to make the most of our potential, always learning from our experience. We treat each other with care and respect and make time to give everyone a voice



An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and pro-active Associate Director within our PMO team in our office in Singapore.

We are currently delivering significant programmes of work for public sectors, delivering to high profile clients for work.

Many of our projects are iconic, international in reach and offer exciting challenges and exposure to some of the most innovative schemes in the market place.

Experience of leading workstreams on transformation programmes and the desire to grow within a fast-paced, intelligent, external-facing and innovative environment would be ideal.

Main Purpose of Role

• To be part of Turner & Townsend\xe2\x80\x99s PMO team
• To lead PMO, taking responsibility for end to end service delivery.
• To provide support on major PMO, taking responsibility for an aspect of service delivery.
• To ensure that client objectives are met and that projects are delivered to time and cost targets and the appropriate quality standards.

Key Accountabilities

• Establish the overall success criteria for the project, including time, cost, technical and performance parameters
• Leading on compliance for quality, safety, health and environment issues on project commissions
• Leading on establishing effective project governance, processes and systems to be utilised throughout project
• Lead on Project planning, including producing the detailed project plan
• Leading on advising upon the procurement of resources
• Leading and facilitating the overall cross-functional project team
• Leading on the monitoring and applying performance management techniques
• Leading and advising upon project finances
• Leading and advising on Contract Administration processes, claims resolution and disputes
• Managing the flow of project information between the team and the client, through regular meetings and written communications
• Preparing 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:

• Identifying opportunities to develop new business with existing clients and reporting such opportunities to the appropriate line manager
• Leading in the production of bid documentation
• Ensuring that project case study, photograph and project CV files are kept up to date on our internal systems
• Identifying ways in which project management products and services can be improved and referring ideas to the appropriate line manager

Internal management accountabilities, to include:

• Knowledge management \xe2\x80\x93 Ensuring that key information and learning generated from each project is input into the Turner & Townsend internal database
• Financial management \xe2\x80\x93 Ensuring prompt client invoicing and monitoring a project\xe2\x80\x99s financial status
• Process improvement \xe2\x80\x93 Identifying ways in which internal systems and processes can be improved and referring ideas to the appropriate line manager
• Line Management \xe2\x80\x93 Mentor and develop line reports, carry out performance reviews and identify skills gaps in the team

Qualifications

• Bachelor\xe2\x80\x99s degree in Real Estate, Architecture, Civil Engineering, Construction or other related fields.
• At least 15 years of experience working on PMO projects.
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft products (Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Word, SharePoint, Project).
• Good analytical skills, Able to execute multiple projects at the same time without disruptions. Able to work with the client from all chains of command. Able to be a good representative of the client.
• Demonstrated experience of a willingness and ability to consistently dive deep into project delivery, creative problem solving, and the ability to push past barriers to achieve full project execution.
• Fluent in business English is a must (additional regional languages are a plus)

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.

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