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Senior Project Manager - Defence

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In-Office
Derby, Derbyshire, England
Senior level
In-Office
Derby, Derbyshire, England
Senior level
Manage and deliver defence projects by planning, monitoring, and controlling project delivery, ensuring alignment with client needs and fostering strong stakeholder relationships.
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Company Description

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.
Please visit our website: www.turnerandtownsend.com

Job Description

If you are an established Project Manager with an existing background or aspirations in exploring the Defence sector, the Midlands team are growing their capabilities within this space. The Defence sector is becoming one of our fastest-growing regions, due to client demand we are keen to speak to candidates with a military/defence background who thrives on working on dynamic projects. You will be joining an existing team, seeking to expand on their size and expertise to cater to our high-profile clients.
 

Job Objectives

  • Influence and support client project delivery through appropriate planning, monitoring and controlling
  • Interact with the project team to define and interrogate scope of work
  • Champion the appropriate programme and project delivery strategies to secure a successful business outcome
  • Definition of programmes and projects ensuring alignment with client business needs and context
  • Promote and foster positive working relationships with internal and external stakeholders
  • Develop and update detailed schedules, cost information and identification of variances from original plan; prepare and mange any remedial actions required
  • Ensure appropriate services to the project are delivered through technical, engineering, project controls, commercial and financial support functions
  • Prepare Business Cases and obtain approvals
  • Carry out Gateway reviews
  • Maintain timely and effective change management processes and procedures
  • Prepare regular and clear status reports, dashboards and the like
  • Prepare and manage the project plans
  • Monitor and advise on status of project KPIs

Qualifications

Expected Qualifications:

  • Educated to Degree level or equivalent in a relevant subject
  • Full UK Driving Licence

Ideally a Selection of:

  • Member of the Association for Project Management (MAPM)
  • Hold Security Clearance 
  • Managing Successful Programmes – Practitioner APMP
  • Certified Project Management Associate
  • PRINCE2 – Practitioner

Additional Information

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

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SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

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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. 

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